Comments on: I’m not Against Me! http://blog.gw-1.com/2008/01/14/im-not-against-me/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:07:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Andy Whitman http://blog.gw-1.com/2008/01/14/im-not-against-me/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Andy Whitman Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:46:38 +0000 http://blog.gw-1.com/?p=29#comment-17 Thanks, Grant. I appreciate your kind words. And I look forward to seeing your Top 10 list. Thanks, Grant. I appreciate your kind words. And I look forward to seeing your Top 10 list.

]]> By: gw http://blog.gw-1.com/2008/01/14/im-not-against-me/comment-page-1/#comment-16 gw Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:23:55 +0000 http://blog.gw-1.com/?p=29#comment-16 Hi Andy -- First of all, great column in the month's Paste -- simply, wonderfully crafted. Deeply personal (the hypochondriac fear of the Nuclear Apocalypse coming back years later in unexpected ways, etc.) without beating anyone over the head. Not the most pleasant way to research your material, but the old adage "write what you know" has never been wrong. Just incomplete. Thanks for writing it. Secondly, and far less importantly, I'm still working on my Top 10, but it's percolating to the stop of the To Do stack. Thanks for the Jacob Golden recommendation -- I will look him up. Hi Andy –

First of all, great column in the month’s Paste — simply, wonderfully crafted. Deeply personal (the hypochondriac fear of the Nuclear Apocalypse coming back years later in unexpected ways, etc.) without beating anyone over the head. Not the most pleasant way to research your material, but the old adage “write what you know” has never been wrong. Just incomplete. Thanks for writing it.

Secondly, and far less importantly, I’m still working on my Top 10, but it’s percolating to the stop of the To Do stack. Thanks for the Jacob Golden recommendation — I will look him up.

]]> By: Andy Whitman http://blog.gw-1.com/2008/01/14/im-not-against-me/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Andy Whitman Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:41:41 +0000 http://blog.gw-1.com/?p=29#comment-15 I like "New Wave" a lot as well. Paste drives me crazy. Every year they publish a "Top 100" list that is not my list, and therefore they get it wrong. The National? Bah. "Boxer" isn't a bad album, but it's nowhere close to the best album of the year. My favorite "rock" album of 2007 was probably the new Brooooce. I say "probably" because my opinion changes almost hourly, and the award could also go to Arctic Monkeys or Art Brut or Radiohead. About the only thing I can say for certain is that when the new Hold Steady album is released, it will probably be the best rock album of 2008. And if you're looking for a new Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel fix, check out Jacob Golden's new album "Revenge Songs." It's a great breakup album, and you'd swear that you were listening to Paul Simon in 1967. I like “New Wave” a lot as well. Paste drives me crazy. Every year they publish a “Top 100″ list that is not my list, and therefore they get it wrong. The National? Bah. “Boxer” isn’t a bad album, but it’s nowhere close to the best album of the year.

My favorite “rock” album of 2007 was probably the new Brooooce. I say “probably” because my opinion changes almost hourly, and the award could also go to Arctic Monkeys or Art Brut or Radiohead. About the only thing I can say for certain is that when the new Hold Steady album is released, it will probably be the best rock album of 2008.

And if you’re looking for a new Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel fix, check out Jacob Golden’s new album “Revenge Songs.” It’s a great breakup album, and you’d swear that you were listening to Paul Simon in 1967.

]]> By: gw http://blog.gw-1.com/2008/01/14/im-not-against-me/comment-page-1/#comment-14 gw Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:02:19 +0000 http://blog.gw-1.com/?p=29#comment-14 hey, somebody's got to do it! They were Spin's #1 Band Of the Year (or album of the year) for 2007, that made me give them a try. Weird year for #1's... Paste had The National as their Dark Horse pick. Though "The Boxer" is a more, shall we say, artistic endeavor than "New Wave" when I need to get my rock on, I know which one I'll pick. hey, somebody’s got to do it! They were Spin’s #1 Band Of the Year (or album of the year) for 2007, that made me give them a try. Weird year for #1’s… Paste had The National as their Dark Horse pick.

Though “The Boxer” is a more, shall we say, artistic endeavor than “New Wave” when I need to get my rock on, I know which one I’ll pick.

]]> By: mg http://blog.gw-1.com/2008/01/14/im-not-against-me/comment-page-1/#comment-13 mg Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:28:47 +0000 http://blog.gw-1.com/?p=29#comment-13 gw haven't heard these guys, but glad to know you're out there discovering new music. mg gw

haven’t heard these guys, but glad to know you’re out there discovering new music.

mg

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