Everyone has opinions

Long Winter John Roderick didn't like the Clap Your Hands guy

"His songs were decently folky and he honked along on the harmonica, which was passable. Maybe it sounds like Neutral Milk Hotel or Talking Heads on the records, as I’ve heard reported, but it didn’t pass my dorm room test, which is: If you were stuck in a dorm room at SUNY Purchase and the same person was singing these songs, would you be thinking, “Holy shit, this guy is great!” or would you be trying to figure out how many songs was the polite number to endure before you could reasonably claim you had a ton of homework?"

but enjoyed Radiohead.

"I tried to imagine what Thom Yorke would think of the guy standing in front of me, weaving drunk, head-hankie askew on his blonde buzz-cut, sleeveless tie-die and Marlboro Lights, actually doing the dance of the seven veils, with the waving fingers and the snake-charmer swiveling, along to the song “Karma Police,” but then realized that it didn’t matter whether Thom Yorke got the creepy-crawlies and had to cover himself with antiseptic wet-wipes at the thought of this guy. Musicians can’t pick their fans, and Radiohead deservedly is loved by all."


which recalls the New Yorker view on Radiohead's fans:

"Radiohead has much in common with the Grateful Dead, including passionate fans who follow the band from city to city, trade bootleg recordings of shows, puzzle out the meanings of the band’s cryptic lyrics, and (in Boston, at least) dance badly while smoking expensive-smelling weed."

Got the Roderick from Largehearted Boy, and Backwards City posted the New Yorker. (I thought the current issue's more interesting article was about Co-op City)

Other stuff:

Britt Daniel's eMusic Dozen

Of Montreal remix record coming 2 Mp3s now available

Pirate concept album coming out on Anti- Records