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Come And Get It I thought I should revive this thread to note that Rachel's new album is an honest-to-god pop masterpiece. Shockingly consistent, high quality all the way through. Tracks like "funny how," "crazy boys" "negotiate with love"...(not to mention so good AND some girls)...goddamn...

Yeah, I had thought about that, but I think the problem is that we're viewing enjoyment as some sort of all-or-nothing kind of proposition. Surely, once you've realized the politics of some song are objectionable, your enjoyment of it will decrease somewhat? Knowing you shouldn't enjoy it...

I think this is a really key point. Essentially, what's the difference between a convincing argument that changes someones perception of a piece of music, and one that does not? I would say that in the latter case, it hasn't actually been argued successfully, if you are still able to enjoy the...

Sigh...yet another artist I like disparaged because he's not as good as a bunch of music i've never heard. I think this definitely relates to the too much music thread, in that for all I know you could be completely correct Woebot, but godamn sometimes it feels like such a chore to go back and...

Yes yes yes! The record works so well because it somehow takes all the basic channel/chain reaction dubbed out hazy bliss and without removing a single element from that formula turns everything into super sensual classic house music. Oh and the basslines, not enough can be said about the...

Ummm, the Geneva Convention? Made by a consensus of international powers, reflecting a general shared believe in the value of human life and the need to mitigate unnecessary cruelty. It could even be said to be a "realistic" document, in that it doesn't try and outlaw all war (that would be...

While I'm here I might as well comment on this too, i guess. Well, it's nice that Wolfowitz is continuing on with the debt relief program (by no means his idea, of course), I'm very interested to see what strings come attached to all these anti-corruption measures. I have a rather sneaking...

So, as matt b said, we should just give up? Just stop trying to make things better, stop criticizing those doing harm, because, hey, who can think of anything better? This is TERRIBLE reasoning, trying to pass off your failure to think outside of the modern political doctrine as "realism." I...

Yes!! I love that series. Really great. Book of the Long Sun and Book of the Short Sun are also pretty good, but not quite as mindblowing as New Sun. Also highly recommend Greg Egan. Permutation City is probably his best, but also good are Diaspora, Distress and any of his short story...

luciano's stone age and teen angst remix seconded and thirded. especially stone age. man i love that tune. would also add to the list: nathan fake - dinamo & coheed booka shade - mandarine girl (on a more housey tip...HUGE tune)

oh man, kanye is forever in my good books for that one. everyone's been tiptoeing around it, but i'm glad someone finally put it bluntly, on national tv. i really, really hope they get some help to those people soon though.

buoyant. today's word brought to you by a beautiful day at the beach.

yeah this is pretty heartbreaking, hope everyone's alright. who haven't we heard from yet? luka? craner? mpc? anyone else? it's amazing how worried you can get about people you only know via the internet.

Oh yeah, i was going to point out to Oliver America's support of the Uzbek regime awhile back as they brutally killed their own civilians for daring to protest. Of course this is just a "tragic exception to the rule" or something like that, rather than clear evidence that US only wants democracy...

DIE!!! ;) actually amerie's great too, but there's tons of good r&b out there. i can't remember the last pop-rock song as good as kelly's last two singles

hohoho, i may or may not have been sober when i posted that, but i certainly was listening to kelly clarkson! (as I am right now actually) I mean really, the chorus of both those songs (they are kinda similar...) are just so life-affirming and joyous...MY GOD! i lose it everytime i hear them i...

damnit that title was supposed to be in all caps. KELLY CLARKSON RULEZ!!

Seriously, "Since U Been Gone" and "Behind These Hazel Eyes" are the top two singles of the year, hands down. I fight anyone who says otherwise to the death. To the death!!

but yeah, Oliver works well as a contrary opinion in these debates :)

I dunno, maybe i've just been distracted by other things, but it seems to me like there hasn't really been any big groundbreaking developments that have caught my attention in a while. Everything just seems to be going on being crappy (Iraq, US gov't etc...) without really developing in any...