FYI Mumbo
The Bryan Ferry flap is taking place in Europe, not the U.S.

You're correct, Juketea
I should have said "one of the longest tracks." Not that I meant to make song length the focus of the review.

You're correct, Juketea

A.C. Slater
Guilty as charged, Slater … if that's your REAL name!

I know Scott, but..
When you quoted me, you conventiently left off my parenthetical aside: the show's premise is "capable" of delivering vicarious fun, but for me at least, it doesn't. I know not to expect growth. But ENTOURAGE isn't loose or funny enough to make up for its lack of depth, character development, and…

Keep Pitchfork out of it
I don't think Noel was bashing Pitchfork in his comment, just one review in particular. I'll second his comment, btw, at least when it comes to WIM, a record I like far more than their other records BECAUSE of the lyrics, not in spite of them. Look forward to hearing this one.

How did that happen?
I don't know, but the link has been fixed. Thanks for the head's up.

FYI
Hey guys, the pretentiously hipsterish term "yindie" is short for yuppie indie. Sorry for the confusion.

HMM
It was free when I posted the item. At any rate, the news item has been fixed. Thanks, dear reader!

One last thing
Andy1, that's not what I meant at all. But hopefully we'll bump into each other some time to talk about this in person—message board communication has a lot of shortcomings.

Clarify
I don't think music lovers are "superior" to music likers. I'm not even sure what "superior" means. Like I wrote, lovers are irrationally obsessed with music. They just think and talk about it a lot more than the average person. (Fan is short for fanatic, after all.) I don't think music lovers have bad…

Experience
You got me, Joker. That's pretty much exactly what I was saying, though I'm not tying them together—they are mutually exclusive.

Amen Elizabeth (Lady) Jane
The Stones are the best. So is Springsteen—torture be damned!

That said
My point is specific to cult bands. If we were talking about Justin Timberlake, American Idol and sugary pop hits, a whole other group would likely disagree with me.

Skullturf
Great discussion guys! Skullturf makes an interesting point—essentially, he believes you should like what you like no matter how else likes it. One of the points I was trying make in my post is that people who seek out cult indie music are (consciously or unconsicously) seeking out a subculture of people…

Lobsters
If given the choice between a packed bar and Starbucks, yeah, I'll take the packed bar. And of course success is good for the band, and I wish them well. But can we agree that there are unwelcome byproducts of welcome success that might detract from the enjoyment of following that band?

One more thing (or two)
Hey guys, thanks for commenting. For the record, I'm not "whining" about obscure bands becoming successful. (I think some of you are taking your kneejerk dislike of hipsterism out on me.) As I wrote, I'm always glad to use good music rewarded. But as a fan, largeness can detract from the…

Sorry again
Make that "link," not "like."

Delp
The (very sad) news like for Brad Delp has been fixed. Thanks!

Wow
I bought this record last night and I'm floored. Definitely an album of the year candidate.