RTP-area local music and culture

["rick sawyer" <rickbang AT gmail.com>]

bo's right.  i hereby retract my statement about todd morman's brain
power.  in an ideal world, one where my therapist holds sway, my
response would have been more like this:

On 5/13/06, Todd Morman <tmorman AT nc.rr.com> wrote:
>  > i despise stephin merritt and his music,
>  > and maybe there's a political dimension to my
>  > feeling
>
> Yeah, it means you're a homophobic prick.
>
> That *is* how this kind of smear works, right? From the Slate article:

todd --

thank you for your contribution to our discussion.  your inflammatory
words have gone a long way toward elucidating the nature of a "smear,"
which, unfortunately, i was not defending.  i'd venture to say that
your insult is a bit out-of-line.  this, and other, similar
self-important acts of condescension (previously referred to as "your
schtick") have grown tiresome in the six years i have been reading
this mailing list.

> todd Sasha Frere-Jones has been a shit of a writer for a long time morman

also, may i suggest that you lay off the haterade?

sincerely,

rick sawyer