I've found myself listening to this stuff more and more lately. The local station has fewer annoying "scream at you" car commercials than my old classic rock standby, and the tone is a hell of a lot less depressing than anything catagorized as "alternative". In fact, I've concluded the alternative in "Alternative Rock" means alternative to happiness. I just wind up pissed off or wanting to kick someone's ass after listening to any station called "the LASER" or "THE X". On the flip side, I think there's a little TOO much happiness going on in pop music...just a creepy vibe