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Tuesday, November 29, 2005

The Opposite of Lightness?

Posted by on November 29 at 16:14 PM

Regarding this Atlantic street rep’s plea for hype [re: Dan’s Listening PARTAY! post below], be forewarned that the band he’s plugging is beloved by ironic-hipster douches for their “are they joking?” replication of ’70s hard rock, replete with castrato yelps and Brian May guitar-hero aping. These yobs are either geniuses on the order of Spinal Tap, or cynical advantage-takers of ironic-hipster douches. But, hey, SWAG!