In a message dated 3/21/00 10:31:15 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Chris Ryan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) um. . .if you admit in your very article that you weren't aware of a band, why try to offer a deconstruction of their music and place within whatever "scene" you're pinpointing? i mean, don't fake the funk. fucker. i think that not only is the built to spill tag easy, convenient, and somewhat erred, but so are the pavement, replacements, pixies, and bob mould comments. i hate this music journalist "look at me, i know indie academia" bullshit, where names are tossed off just to show that hey, you were down, keepin' it real, back in 87, yelling for the replacements to bring back bob stinson. ooh, don't forget that gang of four comparison! i mean, shit, why didn't he just throw in some comments about ian mackaye and post-punk emo pioneering and cover all of the bases? it's got to be influenced by something in all of that; rolling stone or spin published an article once about it, i'm sure. what-the-fuck-ever. blah. someone asked about bright eyes mp3s; there's one at www.insound.com. star
