Double Standards Inc.

Some songs get buried at the end of a disc for a reason. Not sure what the value of "Double Standards Inc." is, really. Robert Pollard does some interesting things within the confines of lo-fi recording, adding heavy reverb to his vocals and playing a stabbing guitar figure at low enough volume that tape his becomes an actual element of the song, but there's not much of a hook here.

Perhaps the most interesting thing here is that he drops the title of Guided by Voices fourth album, Same Place the Fly Got Smashed, into the lyric. And I know from reading up on GBV lore that the "same place the fly got smashed" refers to Pollard seeing a spider (commenters, correct me) on the same spot of his basement wall where he had earlier smashed a fly. What that has to do with a hot day in Kansas, the smell of money or double standards, I'm not sure.