tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post4412299544169000216..comments2024-03-28T05:23:44.479-07:00Comments on Wilfully Obscure: Notes on new music: Bird Streets, Guadalcanal Diary, St. Lenox, Dot Dash & the Jeremy Band.spavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986537771229635843noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-88336385514038231822018-09-12T17:56:31.311-07:002018-09-12T17:56:31.311-07:00Thanks for the kind words Mark. As far as your ob...Thanks for the kind words Mark. As far as your observation about the term "pop" becoming less of a negative thing, I haven't particularly noticed. Pop was seen as something almost totally untowards in the early 90s when metal, grunge and rap dominated, but upon graduating high school around the same time I stopped keeping score.spavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00986537771229635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-7215124239384712672018-09-12T13:34:28.239-07:002018-09-12T13:34:28.239-07:00Nice, thoughtful and well-constructed reviews. I ...Nice, thoughtful and well-constructed reviews. I agree with you on Bird Streets (though I didn't know that Jason Falkner was involved), and especially your "narrative prose" remark, and while I have have not listened to the others yet, I do remember Guadalcanal Diary from their first time around, and look forward to listening to The Jeremy Band based on your description.<br /><br />On another note, have you noticed that the term pop (as in pop music) has lost some of its negative connotations over the last few years, and if so, why?Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13063639986915628650noreply@blogger.com