Ten years ago this month, a songwriter from nowhere and his ramshackle band brought out one of the few truly great albums of this generation, a musical curio so gloriously odd that it almost defies explanation.

While the memory of Nirvana and Kurt Cobain was still fresh in everyone's mind, grunge died a terrible, terrible death at the hands of Candlebox and Ugly Kid Joe .

Ten years ago this month, a songwriter from nowhere and his ramshackle band brought out one of the few truly great albums of this generation, a musical curio so gloriously odd that it almost defies explanation.

INTENSE: Bullhead Warrior Devon Freeman, right, battles with Redlands, Calif., Juggernauts Noah Sforza on Saturday during the AYSO tournament.

Flowers memorialize the victims of a triple murder in Charlotte earlier this month.

For years, they had met over sandwiches and Bloody Marys at tailgate parties before their sons' games.

TEAMMATES: Capt. Master Sgt. John Talley, United States Air Force retired, grew up in the same town as the other Junior ROTC instructor, Mike Tompson, United States Air Force, retired, at Mohave High School, ...

Man: Indecent exposure accidental ANDERSON, S.C., Feb. 20 -- An Anderson, S.C., man who pleaded guilty to indecent exposure told the judge the incident was an accident caused by his shirt becoming stuck in his ...

STAYING POSITIVE: Ed Komes prays before the start of last year's Relay for Life.

MP3: "About to Walk" The fact that most of the indie online community spent the bulk of last week waxing nostalgic about Neutral Milk Hotel's opus and swan song In the Aeroplane Over the Sea , is a testament to ...