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<i>But all of the interesting British Pop, from the Kinks to punk to postpunk to New Romantic, didn't in any sense reflect America back to itself. From the American POV, it brought something to the table that wasn't on offer, it was an exotic presence. </i> To continue making massive...

I have to say I find the UK vs. US debate fairly pointless, and weirdly nationalist. You can argue forever about who was running "tings," and you won't get an answer, and there aren't really any interesting ideas produced along the way. In terms of what happened post 83 or whatever though, I...

<i>give or take the odd amazing line the lyrics seem like gibberish to me</i> I'm sorry, but this is just rubbish. It would be truer to say the odd line or verse is gibberish; sometimes his more surrealist lyrics conjure brilliant imagery, sometimes they just don't mean anything. But that's...

joeschmo But hey, I'm sure if he'd put on some dodgy makeup and sang about robots, you'd think he was really fuckin' deep...

OK, let's break it down: <i>What is supposed to be groundbreaking or interesting about Dylan's tuneless voice</i> What's interesting is how much he does with his limited instrument. He must have used abut 10-20 different voices over the course of his career. <i>frankly hideous harmonica...

what goes around every few years, some critic writes the "too much music" article. it's not a problem for anyone other than critics.

please part ii (and when i say a good argument against would be more interesting, i don't mean that childish ranting you're offering up top)

please At this point in time, after so much has been written by so many intelligent people (ie, not Brian Appleyard) about Dylan, I don't see how it's possible to not get what the appeal is, unless you're really determined not to. Sure, you don't have to like it, and a good argument why he's...

i like this <a href="http://sugarhigh.abstractdynamics.org/archives/005810.html">"So why is it so important to delegitimate M.I.A.?"</a>

blissblogger sez: "i am just curious why it is considered so inconceivable and and unseemly that an oxbridge-educated off-white person from hertfordshire might feel some kind of connection and empathy (and also admiration) vis-a-viz mostly black youths in london what a sad fucking world when...

"if "real" is taken as an indice of deprivation/oppression/exclusion, the implication, as far as one can extract it, seems to be that any brown-skinned person is always in a worse position than any white person so that the guy who owns Harrods or someone in the ruling class of Ghana is realer...

What this jaded New York hipster saw: Dee: Mediocre MC with no stage presence. Very stiff up there. Only lyrics you could make out were that daft "mui" noise he repeats every five seconds, which is just lame. Jammer: Star of the show, rapped some, controlled the stage, brought the energy. Too...

Am I the only one that thinks if Fwd isn't actually a sample of Beyond the Dance, it might as well be, then?Not very ardkore.