RTP-area local music and culture

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

actually, chris, whether or not his follow-up comment vitiated what he
said, it was a swipe at me.  at any rate, instead of responding to my
post (which was an attempt to respond to calloway's question about the
interplay of the aesthetic and the political) he responded with all of
the thuggish subtlety of a duke lacrosse supporter.

further, the point i had been making (over two posts) was that the
logic of frere-jones could absolutely not be boiled down to "merrritt
hates outkast therefore he hates black people."  rather, frere-jones
was making an irresponsible claim based on a tendency to ignore black
music that he *correctly* diagnosed.  by correctly, i mean by
merritt's own freaking admission.

if morman doesn't have the attention span to participate in listserv
discussions, maybe he shouldn't be the one calling people pricks.

luvv
rick

On 5/13/06, Chris Rossi <nospam AT spacelabstudio.com> wrote:
> Actually, Rick, I think if you go back and reread what Todd said, you'd
> realize that he was actually making fun of the writers in question, not
> actually saying you were a homophobic prick.  You're only a homophobic
> prick if you follow the logic of frere-jones, et al, which is what seems
> to be under attack.  It was typically sarcastic, but not actually a
> swipe at you.  Unless I'm reading it wrong.
>
> rossi
>
>
> rick sawyer wrote:
> > 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
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