*The views expressed in Truesday are those of the author and do not represent Austinist as a whole. Thank heavens.* -The Editors This life is complicated, and it’s certainly got its surprises. The diversions, as it were. Like the runaway trains, the bank robberies, and the dirty alley awful-mistake-sex. But often times- hell, most of the time --it’s one contemptible bore after another. Seriously, the vast majority of our days are spent droning along......

In the mid 1980s, the US Senate (provoked by a high-powered busybody wives club called the PMRC) held a series of hearings on so-called “porn rock”—music containing lyrics about violence, sex, drugs, and the occult. The hearings were pointless but hilarious, providing a public venue for several old, rich, uptight assholes to make fools of themselves reciting lyrics from songs by prominent 80s rock bands. And though the hearings are probably best remembered for testimonies......