Does J Mascis Make Lou Barlow Seem Mostly Normal?

Mascis has always been a weirdo, making Barlow the normal one, but sometimes Barlow comes across as a pretty typical guy who wants to be big, huge, popular, and whatever else.  I guess that's not unusual, but when the bullshit is always the same, it looks bad when you don't see how tired it is.  Barlow has had his ups and downs, but maybe he's just a regular guy who wants to be a star.  Bob Fay was never a real issue though--the drummer is never the real problem and almost always a scapegoat; the only band who should have fired their drummer because he was sublimely awful was Rush because Neil Peart is a fucking menace--and it is kinda sad that Barlow can't admit that now.  Record company inanity is as old as record companies.