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I was amused: "They're Made Out of Meat" by Terry Bisson
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I am bitterly amused by something else. In the amazon.com reviews for Depeche Mode's latest album, Delta Machine, some reviewers are pissed that they don't still make exactly the same music they did in the 80s. I'm not kidding.
If Linkin Park lasts 30+ years, I guess that's something they can continue to look forward to. *g* ( Since they already have people deeply pissed their music is evolving.) I was annoyed with Linkin Park when their most recent album, Living Things, went backward a bit toward their older style in response to their haters/former fans. The people missing their old style still weren't happy of course because it's not old style enough. I hope LP learned from this that they shouldn't bother trying to make the bitter haters happy. Keep making albums like the prior one, A Thousand Suns, where you follow your own inspiration without worrying, because with Living Things some of the Thousand Suns fans were disappointed they didn't continue to go forward, while a lot of the people who want more Hybrid Theory and/or Meteora responded with "That's a lie; it's a trap!" and nobody was happy.
Except people who like to hate, and that kind of hater's happy is sadomasochistic in that it also hurts the rest of us.
(I liked Delta Machine, though I felt it has some flaws. It was also a good album to be listening to while I was watching Hannibal. I may talk about it in a future post.)
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I am bitterly amused by something else. In the amazon.com reviews for Depeche Mode's latest album, Delta Machine, some reviewers are pissed that they don't still make exactly the same music they did in the 80s. I'm not kidding.
If Linkin Park lasts 30+ years, I guess that's something they can continue to look forward to. *g* ( Since they already have people deeply pissed their music is evolving.) I was annoyed with Linkin Park when their most recent album, Living Things, went backward a bit toward their older style in response to their haters/former fans. The people missing their old style still weren't happy of course because it's not old style enough. I hope LP learned from this that they shouldn't bother trying to make the bitter haters happy. Keep making albums like the prior one, A Thousand Suns, where you follow your own inspiration without worrying, because with Living Things some of the Thousand Suns fans were disappointed they didn't continue to go forward, while a lot of the people who want more Hybrid Theory and/or Meteora responded with "That's a lie; it's a trap!" and nobody was happy.
Except people who like to hate, and that kind of hater's happy is sadomasochistic in that it also hurts the rest of us.
(I liked Delta Machine, though I felt it has some flaws. It was also a good album to be listening to while I was watching Hannibal. I may talk about it in a future post.)