Yeah I wrote in my initial entry in the parentheses – maybe I should stop using them if no one reads whats inside them – that Yanni was fresh off of spousal abuse charges.

I saw the validity in the article but I also see your point. I think it’s refreshing to see people open their ears and lives up to new things.

I personally know that each individual is very different from the other, but then I also know that some people after being nerds for so long will latch onto the new trend just for the sake of being trendy.

I don’t know. It’s annoying if they’re doing it because it’s trendy from an indie point of view. But, I don’t necessarily think that all who listen to Bloc Party or Sufjan are trendhounds.

Although I went to Carnegie Hall recently for the Free Tibet concert and there were terrific performances all around . . . but for some reason the highest amount of cheers came when Sufjan Stevens went on stage. I actually even heard some people mocking the traditional music when it came on and wanted to punch them in their kidneys. But that’s neither here nor there. I’ve noticed that some people will listen to anything because it’s trendy and ignore really good music simply because they don’t have a crowd to share with. But then there are others who thrive solely on the music that is undiscovered and scoff at mainstream shit.

The New York magazine article wasn’t really condescending. It was trying to make a feature out of some of the generic information they had gathered. They probably spoke with or observed a couple of Yindies and took all the information from them. Really, I think they didn’t necessarily say that these are the bands that makes you a grup, but rather listening to these bands is a part of what a grup likes to engage in – for reasons of it being cool. Am I making sense? I hope so, otherwise I’ve just wasted a shitload of time.

In the end, if Yanni’s tunes with their subtle domestic abuse tones are what get you going or it’s Sufjan’s melodic and orchestral ballads that you enjoy swooning to – what matters is that you’re happy.

Dhaval – it’s the people who want to tell everyone that they’re like everyone else that makes me batty. i don’t know. hope i don’t sound angry. maybe i should start listening to yanni. although he was charged with domestic battery recently, i think.

Hahahahahahaha. Okay, enough. But honestly, I don’t know if you’re angry with the people that want to all be the same or angry with those who label those who seem to be the same.