NERD ROCK MONDAY: Pale, bad clothes, went to college, formed a one-off band with a homeless man, airs on NPR


After the bag of flour hits the guy on the left in the 'Eraser' video, it's important no one remember the beat or what the tune sounds like.

Applaud the duo named No Age, the Los Angeles Times' Sunday nerd rock select choice.

All your host can do is stand aside and quote a few descriptive lines, recognizing No Age fit the threadbare/dull chic of all good nerd rockers: gray hooded athletic sweat and ill-fitting trousers from Sears, the Salvation Army or some functional equivalent/combination of the two.

"No Age subverts many common paradigm's of modern rock's hypercommercialism..." writes a reporter for the newspaper.

DD just thought they looked shitty. Good to know it's not an accident.

"...and [Dean Spunt] once formed a one-off band with a homeless man ... but the band has long outgrown [the capacity of the old dive they used to play in]."

"No Age has been faced with the old dilemma of reaching new fans while keeping its all ages and jamming-econo values intact."

"'We don't live on Elitist Mountain ..." one of the members told the Times. Perish forbid.

"...[A]rrestingly thin Dean Spunt has worked as an actor and wardrobe stylist ... passionate intelligence -- Randy Randall studied neurolinguistics at USC and taught special education courses at South Gate High School."

Played on NPR? Check.