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| From | "Holmes Online" <bholmes_fm@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: Receiver - an apology |
| Date | Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:33:56 -0500 |
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From: "David Bash" <bashpop@earthlink.net>
> I patently disagree with this statement, and I am somewhat taken aback by
> your use of the word "sane", whether it was meant to be personal or simply
> as a figure of speech.
Lighten up Francis, it's a figure of speech. (And in case you are wondering,
that is a movie quote and also meant to be humorous and non-threatening)
>>Does this sound like someone who is simply saying "I really love this
>>album, and I want to shout it to the mountaintops", or rather "if you
>>don't like this album (or don't *admit* to liking it), there is something
>>sociologically wrong with you?
I don't know what that has to do with what I wrote. I think you're pursuing
your own argument with the arrogant jerkiness that you and several of your
friends suffered at an earlier time.
> Hopefully when I write reviews or lists which include reviews, I don't
> come off that way, either. Having said that, my hesitancy to use the term
> "Best Of" comes from my concern that someone out there *might* see me as
> being arrogant and pedantic, and I never want anyone to feel that way
> about me.
Dude, I love you, but you are taking yourself way too seriously and this
conversation way too personally.
> Hopefully people will always think of me as a big fan of whatever music
> I'm writing about, and that I'm just really excited about it.
And *that* is the point I'm trying to make, that when we all post our lists
here we are writing from our hearts, not as music historians.
cheers
b
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