Occasionally, an underrated band will ascend to perfectly rated or even overrated glory. When The Mighty Mighty Boss Tones leapt to fleeting superstardom off the power of their ska-lounge album Let's Face It (Dickie Barrett even intones on their superior live album "Live from the Middle East," in reference to the smash single "The Impression That I Get": "Who wants to hear this fucking song again?"), it was a little bit sad in a way, like seeing one of your children off into the world. You're happy and elated that they found success, but you kind of miss that completely irrational sense of connection you felt with them, their music, their way of life. And if you ever see snotty 14-year-olds with baggy pants wearing a tee-shirt with that band's name on it, you'll walk straight into an elementary school and slowly scratch your fingernails slow and hard against the nearest blackboard until it's all, all better.

That's the cool thing about music, though: the pendulum constantly swings. Thanks to the Gods that's so, as it makes for plenty to talk about, and plenty more to listen to.

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