This piece of pop surrealism is perhaps too oblique for me, but...what is this about? (And where in Florida is Jason from?) I like this piece, it leaves me with a sense of knowing less than I did before I read the article.

This made me smile early in the morning at work.

Mercedes - It's a parody/commentary on overly self-important liner notes intended to convey the genius of a dubiously talented musician. For example, the description of the first track of the imaginary CD, while flowery and meant to atttribute innate musical skill, amounts to the equivalent of one note played 8 times for various lengths of time, repetitively, until the 7 year-old musician is distracted and leaves to watch TV. He could have said the first 8 notes of "Chopsticks" but I personally think that the Star Wars reference is funnier.

Why do Ayalet and Farhad get top-of-the-page for their navel-gazing and sh*tty reporting, but this surreal, hilarious, layered piece gets buried? Come on, editors. Put it out in front so it sells better than those stale pieces.

...this was funny. I haven't laughed so hard since you published excerpts from Harrison Ford's diary way back in 2001. There needs to be more of this and less of the (sincere) navel-gazing.

I'm not sure what the point of this was, but it wasn't funny, if that's what it was intended to be. Why was it written in the third person by the author? Is it supposed to be parody or something?

clearly you haven't had your fish sticks yet and you're feeling cranky. It will pass.

Um, ok.

Come now, it says "Satire" before the piece.

Had Jason Roeder only lived in Southeastern Wisconsin, he would have heard his name pronounced as "raider," and the world might have known a singular hair metal artist. This is a tragedy. Maybe he did live in Southeastern Wisconsin. Maybe that's the real tragedy.

Had Jason Roeder only lived in Southeastern Wisconsin, he would have heard his name pronounced as "raider," and the world might have known a singular hair metal artist. This is a tragedy. Maybe he did live in Southeastern Wisconsin. Maybe that's the real tragedy.

Had Jason Roeder only lived in Southeastern Wisconsin, he would have heard his name pronounced as "raider," and the world might have known a singular hair metal artist. This is a tragedy. Maybe he did live in Southeastern Wisconsin. Maybe that's the real tragedy.