Comments on: ‘Pop’ still means ‘Popular’, right?

By: areed

areed — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:19:36 +0000

I wouldn’t call myself an Idol fan, but I will admit that given enough time in a room full of paintbrushes a group of chimpanzees will eventually paint the Mona Lisa. Oh, and they’d need paint. And probably food and water, too. Otherwise you’d just have piles of digested paintbrushes and a bunch of dead monkeys. But I digress.

The public library also rents out shows like HBO’s Rome, Entourage, etc. It’s a gold mine of contemporary media. And it has books to keep you warm while you watch TV.

By: Trey

Trey — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:13:28 +0000

What’s funny to me is that Rob Miller’s comment has an undercurrent of ‘crisis’ to it. As if there were few issues of such weighty importance as the fact that Americans (as defined by those silly millions who watch ‘American Idol’) have a poor taste in music. Chances are good that most of those who have any idea what good music is don’t waste their time watching the show in the first place.

Obviously there are exceptions as you seem to consider yourself a fan of some kind.

I have only seen bits of it during those unfortunate instances when I’ve been at my grandmother’s house at the same time that the show was on. Those visits were then cut as short as possible so that I can honestly say that I have never seen an entire ‘episode,’ or whatever you call it . . .

Oh, and Travis–good band. I got to hear their CD thanks to the Carrollton public library–how about that?

By: Will

Will — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:49:52 +0000

Well, now that I’m commenting I can see the video.
I like these bands – I think I’ve heard “Until You” before, and I’ve heard of WMMF, but I hadn’t listened to them before.
Nice. I like.