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“Hey, Dad, listen to this . . .”—my 18-year-old son Luke

Mr. J. Medeiros, “Constance”

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wow, somehow i did not know Tommy Johnson [12/16/09], just fine. Luke’s guy [Passion Pit, 12/15/09] was good too.

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Responding a couple days late to your Passion Pit [12/15/09] posting. I was first exposed to Passion Pit last year when my son . . . wrote a paper on the role of bloggers in the distribution of music. He tracked Passion Pit’s hits on My Space in relation to hits on a well-respected music blogger, Stereogum, and a music blogging compilation Hype Machine. Although he started off on the premise that the blogs and internet distribution of music was a new and democratic form of distribution of music, I believe he ended up concluding that the music blogs were just another way to exploit artists. . . . I do not recall all of the details, but there appeared to be a number of examples where a music blog became successful (lots of hits – I couldn’t believe how may, like hundreds of thousands) off of the free distribution of music by up and coming bands. Then the blog was bought out and/or funded by one of the large music/entertainment conglomerates without anything going to the artists.

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i think feldman [12/5/09, 11/7/09] is the discovery i’ve enjoyed most thru your clips (which i consistently enjoy, but much of the other music i know). i played him for my students during the 3-week term, along with an Eno video installation and Malick’s Days of Heaven (still my favorite movie ever). it made for an interesting contrast between the few who appreciated such work and the many who were bored/nervous/offended because “nothing happens.”