tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post4979974180716850996..comments2024-01-23T17:14:04.067-05:00Comments on Jaltcoh: Top 10 posts from a year of bloggingJohn Althouse Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-52008548443151352422009-12-19T01:32:11.528-05:002009-12-19T01:32:11.528-05:00Doomtrain: First of all, you apparently meant to p...Doomtrain: First of all, you apparently meant to post your comment in a different post. Second, did you see the part where I admitted that my list was subjective and I linked to 6 or 7 other lists to give a broader range? Just because you like those bands you listed doesn't mean I'm somehow obligated to like them. I wasn't "fixated" on a few bands to the exclusion of others. I listened to songs by the bands you mentioned and they didn't stand out to me. For instance, I linked to <a href="http://summeranne.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">Summer Anne's list</a>, which includes songs by Belle & Sebastian and the Hold Steady. Those are reasonable choices and I wouldn't criticize them, but I didn't include them on my list because I've never heard music from those bands that grabbed me and got me excited about listening to them on my iPod. It would have been disingenuous of me to include a song by the Hold Steady on the list just because I know a lot of people like them. Some of the mainstream-media song lists, like the ones by NME and Rolling Stone, are more of a "here's the official music you're supposed to like from this decade." My list was transparently done by one person with idiosyncratic taste, so I don't expect everyone to agree with all my choices.John Althouse Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-88668201877008300342009-12-18T23:39:42.174-05:002009-12-18T23:39:42.174-05:00Upon further inspection, this list is extra disapp...Upon further inspection, this list is extra disappointing because instead of encompassing as wide an array of quality as you could, it seems you defaulted toward a rather obvious bias toward six or seven bands. We get the message, Radiohead was decent. Yeah, yeah, you liked Of Montreal a bunch. Big deal, give them their moment in the sun and leave room for other players, not just multiple samples from the handful of albums that you feel like pimping out without saying as much. Belle & Sebastian? The Hold Steady? Black Kids? The Noisettes? Kaiser Chiefs? Will Dailey? Jens Lekman? Sam Roberts Band? The Hush Sound? It feels like you barely scratched the surface of good stuff because you were too fixated on a select group and sorta stopped looking past that point.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00462747634867065979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-58031684312507717202009-04-13T00:58:00.000-04:002009-04-13T00:58:00.000-04:00Trey said:You have done well, I would buy you a be...Trey said:<BR/><I>You have done well, I would buy you a beer and toast you if I could.</I><BR/><BR/>I first read that as "I would buy you a beer and toast if I could," and I was trying to decide if those two things would taste good together, LOL.Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433235586096305061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-27964951162442013112009-04-12T23:42:00.000-04:002009-04-12T23:42:00.000-04:00You have a really cool blog! Thanks!!!1!!!You have a really cool blog! Thanks!!!1!!!Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-82646912365010026582009-04-12T20:16:00.000-04:002009-04-12T20:16:00.000-04:00Congratulations, Jaltcoh. I don't know your dad, ...Congratulations, Jaltcoh. I don't know your dad, but I believe he is a writer? I don't know your mom either, but I do spend quite a bit of time reading her blog and even commenting some. I know she likes to write, too. I am pleased to see that this acorn doesn't fall far from the tree(s). All too often these days, that expression is used in some negative sense, and that's a pity.<BR/><BR/>On a more personal note to you, I want you to know that you have me thinking a LOT more about the role of young men in today's American society because of your discussions about the disadvantages. Dr.Helen made me aware of the topic first, and frankly, I was originally angered. It was really your post and the corresponding links and commentary around the internet that now has me standing back and THINKING instead of REACTING to this topic. Thank you for that.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094488084214911115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-24691059707678189692009-04-12T19:28:00.000-04:002009-04-12T19:28:00.000-04:00Well, gee, thanks!Well, gee, thanks!John Althouse Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-65048567636222050982009-04-12T19:19:00.000-04:002009-04-12T19:19:00.000-04:00Congratulations! I have tried to blog, but I so la...Congratulations! I have tried to blog, but I so lack your focus and tenacity. You have done well, I would buy you a beer and toast you if I could.<BR/><BR/>Carry on!<BR/><BR/>TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-17928264755494399822009-04-12T18:47:00.000-04:002009-04-12T18:47:00.000-04:00Thanks, all! Thanks for the link over at your blog...Thanks, all! <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link over at your blog, Kev. And happy blogiversary to you too. <BR/><BR/><I>BTW, I'm one of those whose blog description does contain the phrase "random thoughts and rants," but I always thought of that as being not so much self-deprecating...</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, don't worry, I was just on another one of my pointless diatribes when I wrote that.John Althouse Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-10413196762815949642009-04-12T18:41:00.000-04:002009-04-12T18:41:00.000-04:00Congrats! Today is my blogiversary too! Here's t...Congrats! Today is <A HREF="http://themusingsofkev.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-cant-let-this-go-by-unnoticed-again.html" REL="nofollow">my blogiversary too</A>! Here's to many more years! <BR/><BR/>(BTW, I'm one of those whose blog description does contain the phrase "random thoughts and rants," but I always thought of that as being not so much self-deprecating, but rather realistic. I think I do well most of the time, but I concede that I'm not exactly cranking out Shakespeare over there... *grin*)Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433235586096305061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-13595551046456179082009-04-12T13:03:00.000-04:002009-04-12T13:03:00.000-04:00You are truly helping correct the balance. Congrat...You are truly helping correct the balance. Congratulations, John, and I'm looking forward to learning much more from you.Richard Lawrence Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951947957345891398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-65183640107704566132009-04-12T12:30:00.000-04:002009-04-12T12:30:00.000-04:00Congratulations! Here's to many more Moleskins-fu...Congratulations! Here's to many more Moleskins-full of inspiration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com