tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469802837653192448.post5716927726951381908..comments2024-01-12T05:23:28.237-08:00Comments on The Larryville Chronicles: The Boys Consider Time Magazine's Picks for Best Song and Best Book of the Year! / Plus, Richard's Hipster Pick of the Day!Noghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05295766937253277420noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469802837653192448.post-7943763739809570462008-12-16T15:11:00.000-08:002008-12-16T15:11:00.000-08:00Everyone's taking a cue from Pitchfork these days ...Everyone's taking a cue from Pitchfork these days (and I do believe the LC needs to try its hand at writing such nonsense one of these days!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469802837653192448.post-12097652042380603222008-12-16T15:08:00.000-08:002008-12-16T15:08:00.000-08:00"But then humanity, in the form of Japanese taiko ..."But then humanity, in the form of Japanese taiko drums..."<BR/><BR/>Has <I>Time</I> been reading lawrence.com? When's the last time "humanity" arrived in the "form of..drums"? Shouldn't "humanity" have to arrive in the "form of"...um...HUMANS? And I'd love to get a hold of the liner notes for said song to see "Taiko Drums" listed. Or is that just a MIDI patch on a keyboard (thus making the aforementioned quotation even more ridiculous). <BR/><BR/>And my music has sometimes been labeled "acousmic," which is much cooler and sexual than "acousmatic," which seems to imply that the band will not actually be there tonight, only playing their music from hidden speakers. Avant-garde? I think not. At least not as avant-garde as Todd Snider's "Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues"! "Silence...music's original alternative...roots grunge."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469802837653192448.post-13305936038512421102008-12-16T15:05:00.000-08:002008-12-16T15:05:00.000-08:00It's long enough for many, many plane rides (and I...It's long enough for many, many plane rides (and I think one entire section consists of forensics reports about dead women). Light airport reading, for sure!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469802837653192448.post-81851966431450392902008-12-16T14:07:00.000-08:002008-12-16T14:07:00.000-08:00I actually bought 2666 for the wife for Christmas!...I actually bought 2666 for the wife for Christmas!<BR/><BR/>-I expect it shall warm her on the plane ride to Frisco!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com