The curse of popularity; also, why I haven't updated lately

This article from the Onion AV Club makes some nice points about why your favorite bands getting big (looking at you, Postal Service, Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire) kind of sucks. And the difference between liking music and loving music. And the difference between liking anything and loving anything.

It incorporates several themes I've been meaning to write a little essay or essays on lately. So go read it and then pretend that I said all that stuff.

So I'll get an update done soon, I promise. The last month or so has been busy. Trips out of town, company in town, lots of school. I have a thesis committee meeting next week, which is always a big deal. Cindy got me addicted to 24 DVDs (currently on season 3, and, honestly, the addiction is starting to wane). My copy of Super Paper Mario arrived on Saturday and it too has been taking up a chunk of my time. And there's always stuff to read.

But I'll get around to it. It'd just be nice if all this could be magically taken care of. It's much more fun writing about things that just happened than things that happened 4 months ago. I guess a partial solution is to start writing some posts in real-time so that they're ready to go when I catch up to the here and now...