RTP-area local music and culture

[James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com>]

This is how I read it.

--- 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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> 
> 
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