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i keep trying to go to sleep but all these thoughts keep distracting me tonight...randomly
I want to say something in defense of Run DMC, an act that I have enjoyed for many years. No, they are not uberpoets and not particularly significant considering the achievements that have been made by more talented artists in the rap genre, but they were a significant presence in the early formation of what truly was an original and significant new form of American music.
What equal significance has Nickelback played in the history of American music? I suggest that they have played none, nada, zilch. Therefore I think to compare Run DMC to Nickelback is uninformed at best and somewhat of an insult at worst. Nickelback is a canned act built on pre-existing successful forms performed more virtously by artists in the past. Including Bob Seger...at least Bob Seger was Bob Seger.
Ok, now I am going to bed.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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