News You Can Bruise for 2002 December 11

Favored albums for long intra-California road trips, as recommended by my friend and co-worker Andrew Ryan:

• Crooked Rain Crooked Rain, by Pavement
• Songs For The Deaf, by Queens of the Stone Age

I'm going to get both of these and try them out on my Bakersfield trip. Any others?

Update: Greg Knauss recommends Lovegod, by the Soup Dragons, "because it's so relentlessly upbeat. And, God, you're going to need that in Bakersfield."