Hump Day Helper -- "Elegant Bachelors" Edition

Because it's Wednesday, and we all need a pick-me-up to make it through the rest of the week in our respective hells, WDR is providing some fun.

The big news this week is the reunion of '90s alterna-rockers Stone Temple Pilots, so we honor them today as title-holders of "Hump Day Helper of random week in April". There are probably a few reasons why you may be greeting this news of pretty decent news with a collective "meh"--they weren't the best of the grunge bands (though they weren't as bad as a lot of the critics claimed)' they've only been gone for a while, and their offshoot projects (the craptacular Velvet Revolver and the better-than-you'd-think Army of Anyone) got some good airplay; and speaking of airplay, turn on Modern Rock radio and within a couple of hours you'll hear one of their hits. Plus, I have to mention that their last album, Shangri-La-Dee-Da, is a fucking atrocity.

That being said, I'm somewhat excited for their return. Sure, STP is no Soundgarden, but it's still something, right? We'll overlook the fact that they've decided to skip over Oregon in their reunion mega-tour, and celebrate the fact that STP was a pretty darn good band, Scott Weiland's lyrics aside. Trust me, listen to the guitar and bass parts to their songs, and tell me that the DeLeo brothers aren't great--Dean's brilliant use of strange chords and Robert's melodic bass are both worthy of respect.

While I feel their best song is either the ballad "Atlanta" or the mid-tempo mood piece "Big Empty", that doesn't really do the job of being a Hump Day Helper. So instead we're doing the rave-up, "Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart", which simultaneously shows the rawk side of STP and the fact that Scott Weiland is pretty demented for coming up with a title like that.

So keep your bankroll lottery eat your salad day deathbed motorcade!

And if you're confused about the title of this post, this should help set you straight