tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post4474247037341033328..comments2024-02-29T03:29:52.934-05:00Comments on A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago: Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113168955236758821noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-73966668464744940832014-04-10T14:55:43.539-04:002014-04-10T14:55:43.539-04:00I agree strongly with your points regarding Kloste...I agree strongly with your points regarding Klosterman. I will go further and suggest he has become an unbearable hipster.Nigel from Cameroonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-65950320941786662662014-04-10T10:51:08.231-04:002014-04-10T10:51:08.231-04:00I admit that despite this article's "rela...I admit that despite this article's "relative" brevity, I lost interest after about three self-indulgent paragraphs so I did not read it closely, and maybe I missed something. But it seems that Klosterman is stating as fact that there are a sheer number of people who really care about Kiss, as demonstrated over time, and I just don't know that that's true, and I don't see compelling evidence that it is.<br /><br /><br />There certainly are some people who care about Kiss (to an unnatural degree, perhaps), and Klosterman is clearly one of them. But it's a longstanding flaw of his writing that anything he believes has to be universally true, and I think this is an example of that kind of illogic.Fred Appnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-61444742848776147272014-04-10T10:32:03.812-04:002014-04-10T10:32:03.812-04:00Where is Jimmy Buffett in the critical consensus?Where is Jimmy Buffett in the critical consensus?Adam B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-33649559269161879042014-04-10T10:09:48.876-04:002014-04-10T10:09:48.876-04:00That's what I find interesting about his metri...That's what I find interesting about his metric though - "the sheer number of people who really care about an artist, demonstrated over time." I'd argue neither Hanson or NKOTB qualify. But are there other artists who do where the "critical consensus" is even worse than it is for KISS? There has to be right?Tosy and Coshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-80570513363406975412014-04-10T10:05:12.928-04:002014-04-10T10:05:12.928-04:00The KISS Army took crap from peers when shouting t...The KISS Army took crap from peers when shouting their praises. This bonded them together like no others. However, Klosterman's metric certainly applies to other bands, such as New Kids On The Block, and Hanson. Are they Hall-worthy?Jojonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-83624233240003226372014-04-09T20:31:02.285-04:002014-04-09T20:31:02.285-04:00I think that's really a rather comforting anal...I think that's really a rather comforting analysis. As terrific a band as Blue Oyster Cult -- my favorite band, hands down -- really is, and more influential than most give them credit for. Even though many would say -- "More Cowbell" SNL bit aside -- that they're a good 1970s rock band with a handful of really seminal tracks, very few people care about them very much.The Pathetic Earthlingnoreply@blogger.com