Comments on: “The Believer” Music Issue: Is Rick Moody a Martian?

By: mishaps

mishaps — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:35:28 +0000

@Michaelangelo Matos: I thank you from the bottom of my shriveled obsessive-compulsive heart.

I like Moody's fiction, and I think you might actually like some of his short stories (flip through Demonology, which has a lot of stylistic trickery but also some truly great writing) but the man should be forcibly prevented from ever writing about music again. By Dale Peck, if necessary, who could in fact totally take him in a fight.

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:30:26 +0000

Someone send this dude the new CSS stat!

By: rajmahall

rajmahall — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:16:17 +0000

You know, I have never put on a record and thought, “Wait, this song is in 4/4 time?! Blecchhh!” I must not love music as much as this guy.

By: Catbirdseat

Catbirdseat — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:03:53 +0000

I saw him “open” for the Magnetic Fields years ago in D.C. I’m sure you can imagine what that was like.

By: Michaelangelo Matos

Michaelangelo Matos — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:35:32 +0000

@mishaps: good thing I didn't put quotes around it, then. I'll fix--thanks.

By: mishaps

mishaps — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:08:03 +0000

It's "the worst writer of his generation," not "the worst novelist alive."

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By: OokieDookie

OokieDookie — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:01:46 +0000

That New Republic piece by Peck was insane. I read it in a criticism class along with Arlene Croce’s New Yorker article on Bill T. Jones. Controver-say!

By: Michaelangelo Matos

Michaelangelo Matos — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:24:51 +0000

I am planning further posts about the issue, Al. Worry not.

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:22:51 +0000

Surely there’s more to criticize in this issue: yet another Ian Mackaye interview that seems to be exclusively about straight edge and his feelings about alcohol, and something called “The Grizz-ind: In Praise of Rap CDs Purchased on the Street.”

By: Ned Raggett

Ned Raggett — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:18:20 +0000

Not even Miccio could pull it off.

Dying of laughter here.

By: natepatrin

natepatrin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:57:07 +0000

That passage was horrifying. Then, gleaning some familiar muso jerkoffery from those sentiments, I read it again with “Gentle Giant” replaced by “Frank Zappa”. It simultaneously clicked and got worse.