I really miss Sub Pop's Loser days. Back before Seattle had a Sound(TM), the Northwest had a severely caustic, nihilistic musical aesthetic, egged on by punks who had beards when they didn't give a fuck about shaving. These were dudes who personified the sarcastic sneer--Green River, Mudhoney, Tad, and all those other "grunge" rockers who pulled metal up from a sludgy muck just enough to kick it around it around the dive bars with maximum aggressive momentum. Pissed Jeans came up across