Steve SMith wrote:
And some of my very favorite music writing of all hails from John Darnielle at Last Plane to Jakarta. One review a week... but WHAT a review.
I'm really glad you mentioned this...I din't know anything about this regular column, but if this is in fact John "Mountain Goats" Darnielle, just yesterday I was just reflecting on how broad this guy's tastes were, it's beautiful. Here are two little tastes: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/watw/02-08/mountain-goats.shtml http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/41 And this was mentioned too, by Skip: "[Marc]Weidenbaum was and is one of the most undervalued guys in music journalism. Heroically open-minded, and one of the most patient and incisive editors I've ever known." Just in case you guys haven't followed him, he runs a fine site more oriented to left-of-center electronic music. His interviews are absolutely top-notch. http://www.disquiet.com/ ------s __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com