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| From | Ken Kase <kenkase@nighttimes.com> |
| Subject | Re: U2 |
| Date | Thu, 25 Nov 2004 09:26:21 -0600 |
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Don't folks in Hawaii and Alaska celebrate Thanksgiving too?
On 11/25/04 9:10 AM, "bryan" <munki100@pacbell.net> wrote:
>> I find it amusing that everyone in the media seems to be going out of their
>> way to find something negative about THIS particular U2 release, but the
>> criticisms are catty and lame.
>
> I posted the Pitchfork review (without comment), but didn't
> necessarily agree or disagree with it -- I just thought it was a
> strong review, and interesting.... I like the album a bit more
> than I did last week, personally, but can see why *most* critics
> are diggin' it and praising the album -- certainly the fans are
> going to buy a million copies in the first week, showing how
> they feel -- but I also see why the ones who don't dig it so
> much are going out of their way to be, as Jaimie says, "catty
> and lame." (Aren't Pitchfork's reviews often "catty and lame"
> for no reason other than to be smarty-pants critics? I still read
> the reviews because they sometimes make me laugh out loud).
> I think any time the hype on something gets so loud that you
> can't hear a dissenting voice, that dissenting voice ends up
> screaming a little louder to be heard....right?
>
> Happy Thanksgiving to those of U.S. in the lower 48, and Happy
> November 25th to everyone else,
>
> Bryan
>
>
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