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The tantalisingly titled Dragon Sauce (who according to my weblogs is something to do with White Denim's UK record label www.fulltimehobby.co.uk) has this to say regarding my slight dissing of their band, White Denim:

"Sounds to me like you're scared to come out and say you like a new band incase, in 6 months time, they aren't regarded as credible. sad state of affairs, especially as a journalist.

if you've not been excited about a new band since 1997 you're in the wrong job."

Firstly, it has been many, many, many, many, many, many years since I wrote about music - the mid-90s, I reckon. In those heady days, Blur were just trying to break through and Oasis were a sparkle reflected from a bead of sweat dripping down Alan McGee's nutsack. I am not a music journalist and I have never been credible. For fuck's sake, I list Genesis and King Crimson as a couple of my favourite bands, so that says a lot about my credibility. I don't care for White Denim because they are a throwback to the past. I look at your website and have cut-and-pasted this quote from the band, which reinforces my opinion that most of these guitar bands are stuck in 1979.

“I think we’d all really like to turn into XTC,” quips Terebecki.

'Nuff said, really.

As for being excited by new bands, Tortoise are an exceptional band that continue to make challenging and engaging albums. I very much doubt White Denim will be doing the same in 2019. Of course, I live to be proved wrong. So go back to peddling your inconsequential fad-culture muzak to the kids who know no better.

Meanwhile on the blog, Mr Oz has a problem indoctrinating his children with the music of Genesis:

"My little girl objected to The Lamb Lies Down en route to the childminder the other week."

There's your problem - the Lamb. Start her on "Selling England by the Pound" - the instrumental section of "The Cinema Show" will soon have her onside.