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| From | mark london <mrl@psfc.mit.edu> |
| Subject | Re: New Strokes album - it's a.... |
| Date | Fri, 3 Oct 2003 13:47:19 -0400 |
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>From: "AssociationWorks" <AssociationWorks@comcast.net>
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>Wow...a scary notion!! I always thought their debut was a
>by-the-numbers example indie rock that was mediocre..at best!
>I can only imagine how retched the new one must be based on
>Bruce's assessment! Then again...I also have a hard time
>understanding how so many people cream over the White Stripes too...
Hype, marketing, and the "this is different than everything else I'm
listening to, so I like it" effect. All of which eventually wears
off. It's the reason why we buy music, and then years (months?)
later we listen to it, and wonder how we ever could have liked it in
the first place.
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