GOOD.
i have friends who are like this guy, who would be considered all hipstered out simply for their strange attitudes towards media consumption. it's like if there's a disconnect between how you look or think and what media you're into, then it's supposed to be ironic, a term which both confuses and angers them. one of them: she dresses up a little odd, as white as white can get, and is super aggro, but her love for mac-dre is VERY real. cheap photo-shops, drunken freestyling, knitting, and violent bay-area rap arent some escapist uber-indie ideal to her, it's what she loves, and she can't stand it when douches with zero imagination accuse her of not being serious about it.
and it sounds like this guy is coming somewhat from that. so as TACKY as it is, it's good to know that there's the same kind of LOVE put into it.
and that "dream-pop" bit was dead on
also, he seems to be on the same label as the bran flakes. big plus!
edit: just remembered that this connected brother of yours is dr. thorpe! nice to see him write seriously (and well) about music, although his SA column (and front page adventures, these days) continue to endlessly entertain (old newspaper brawl being pretty memorable).
does he actually think underworld is washed up?
