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| From | Miles Goosens <outdoorminer@mindspring.com> |
| Subject | Re: Foutains review at Pitchfork |
| Date | Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:07:23 -0400 (EDT) |
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Stewart:
>There are people out there who get mightily pissed when their secret
>little band achieves any notable level of success -- there were
>Auditeers who were nearly furious when "Stacy's Mom" hit, as I
>recall --
I recall this too, and recall the brickbats crossing the ad nauseum threshold pretty quickly.
Personally I've never liked FOW, pre- or post-"Staceys Mom," but I no longer feel the need to belabor this. I wish my dislike of them created more FOW for those who do, like if we were all at a buffet and the fact that I didn't care for the crab rangoon meant more for those who dig it.
(I did buy their first two albums and gave them at least three spins each at the time, then repeated the three-spins-each test before selling them, so I feel like the good-faith effort has been given.)
>and there are other people who automatically dismiss
>anything that's overtly shooting for an audience beyond 12 people.
>These people can be safely ignored.
And should be!
I'll add my voice to the hopefully-growing chorus of advocates for the new Mitch Easter. It's exactly the album any Let's Active fan would have wanted from him, and is stellar from start to finish. Please pick one up when you purchase your FOW.
later,
Miles
np: Frank Black, "Seven Days"
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