Great idea, writing this article.  Confronting anger is the first step towards resolving it.  I realize I'm late to the party here, but I have a dauntingly enormous post that I'd like to share.

Great idea, writing this article.  Confronting anger is the first step towards resolving it.  I realize I'm late to the party here, but I have a dauntingly enormous post that I'd like to share.

Haven't read this yet.  But I just wanted to say I'm really glad this exists.  N Rabin is the reason I became a diehard AV Club reader and mid-90s hip hop was my introduction to music.

Haven't read this yet.  But I just wanted to say I'm really glad this exists.  N Rabin is the reason I became a diehard AV Club reader and mid-90s hip hop was my introduction to music.

Also Zoolander, but that is technically a documentary.

Also Zoolander, but that is technically a documentary.

@avclub-6512bd43d9caa6e02c990b0a82652dca:disqus Thanks Noel, appreciated.  I hope it's clear that, despite my fondness for salty language and sarcasm, my criticism of your language is not personal.  You're definitely one of the good guys, even if my opinions rarely coincide with yours.

@avclub-6512bd43d9caa6e02c990b0a82652dca:disqus Thanks Noel, appreciated.  I hope it's clear that, despite my fondness for salty language and sarcasm, my criticism of your language is not personal.  You're definitely one of the good guys, even if my opinions rarely coincide with yours.

@avclub-6354461b879d3b121b0c33d5e7e5da4f:disqus I always enjoy it when commenters respond to a reasonable, polite argument between a reader and the author by calling it trollbait.  Clearly, anyone who doesn't agree that Regina Spektor is a virtuoso is being insincere.

@avclub-6354461b879d3b121b0c33d5e7e5da4f:disqus I always enjoy it when commenters respond to a reasonable, polite argument between a reader and the author by calling it trollbait.  Clearly, anyone who doesn't agree that Regina Spektor is a virtuoso is being insincere.

@avclub-6512bd43d9caa6e02c990b0a82652dca:disqus I appreciate you making the distinction, even if we continue to disagree.  I would appreciate it even more if that distinction was made clear in your article (I strongly believe that linguistic clarity is a duty of critics; after all, by the standard you propose many…

@avclub-6512bd43d9caa6e02c990b0a82652dca:disqus I appreciate you making the distinction, even if we continue to disagree.  I would appreciate it even more if that distinction was made clear in your article (I strongly believe that linguistic clarity is a duty of critics; after all, by the standard you propose many…

@avclub-b7f0b1c1761095727bb5513df24a3302:disqus I hope you're right about that.  My hunch is that the opposite happens, that turning Kate Bush into an adjective makes people less likely to explore her music because they feel like they already know her music (by way of listening to Regina Spektor, ugh).

@avclub-b7f0b1c1761095727bb5513df24a3302:disqus I hope you're right about that.  My hunch is that the opposite happens, that turning Kate Bush into an adjective makes people less likely to explore her music because they feel like they already know her music (by way of listening to Regina Spektor, ugh).

@avclub-6512bd43d9caa6e02c990b0a82652dca:disqus Ms. Spektor certainly has talent, and is gifted with a very good singing voice.  However, I've always understood "virtuosity" to refer to someone whose ability is exceptional in all regards.  For an artist, this would imply that the emotional and stylistic components of…

@avclub-6512bd43d9caa6e02c990b0a82652dca:disqus Ms. Spektor certainly has talent, and is gifted with a very good singing voice.  However, I've always understood "virtuosity" to refer to someone whose ability is exceptional in all regards.  For an artist, this would imply that the emotional and stylistic components of…

Given that Kate Bush is used to describe every female singer between Regina Spektor and Grimes, is it really likely these critics are listening to Kate Bush and making helpful introductions for their readers?

Given that Kate Bush is used to describe every female singer between Regina Spektor and Grimes, is it really likely these critics are listening to Kate Bush and making helpful introductions for their readers?

I'm going to invent a device that automatically electrocutes a music critic's genitals every time they compare something to either Kate Bush or Bjork.

I'm going to invent a device that automatically electrocutes a music critic's genitals every time they compare something to either Kate Bush or Bjork.