well...I was refering to Malkmus' deadpan delivery and bizarre wordplay, plus their wildly minimalistic way of playing and arranging.
Also: Anybody else find it funny that when Green Day tried to go controversial and make a political statement (like a real punk band or something) they suddenly gained a gigantic following of mindless mainstream-pop loving adolescents?
Also, again: I'd like to point out that Jeff Buckley and Elliott Smith saw an increase in recognition after they died, because when a musician dies young it creates a massive surge of publicity. People who might have had no opportunity to hear a band/musican before suddenly make a new discovery once mainstream media shines their big fancy spotlight because some people just don't know of good sources in which they can find the music that isn't being force fed to them.