first - in re: the new modest mouse, there are a few intelligent things i've heard that i wholeheartedly agree with. i think the overuse of "studio magic" is entirely detrimental to the music, and i think all involved whould be criminally prosecuted for drowning out the stylings of eric and jeremiah so drastically. as far as "selling out," remember, it's much cooler to say "buying in." second, if you think that any of this stuff screams "radio-play me!" than you have a serious misconception of the fickle tastes of american pop audiences. should we consider that korn's first album was a sell-out for doing so well? i mean, i hate 'em and all, but who would've predicted that as blowing up and being the next big thing, to the extent that it predicated much of the popular shit to follow for the next five years (limp bizkit, slipknot, et al)? and if you think that modest mouse is suddenly making music to be sold moreso than before, i would point out that in terms of trying to describe any of their music as being "radio friendly", polar opposites still has this album beat hands-down. but it's all irrelevant. it's your opinion. wise lars ulrich quote of the day: "if a car mechanic downloads my music for free, it's like, i want him to come fix my car for free." maybe lars does have a point . . . in that he's a supreme dickmonkey. what a fucking asshole. and i must say, good steven, it was a highly grievous error of me to leave out the pants-bandanna. this is gonna rock. period. everybody's workin' for the weekend; everybody's goin' off the deep end. . . star
