Is this the same field Eminem rapped “Love the Way You Lie” from?

Kacey Musgraves really really needs to be on this list.

I don’t think he blasted her, but despite his announced intentions to not shame or embarrass her, he does exactly that, particularly when he brings up Chestnutt and Linkous.

This is filled with ad hominem attacks and generally carries a very unhelpful tone. Not that Lowery’s Chestnutt and Linkous paragraph is much better…

Here’s a wonderful response article by Wesley Verhoeve that everyone should probably read.

“We are tilting at windmills here people. I used the expensive word ‘quixotism’ in the title of this article, and that is the actual problem here. David represents the impracticality in pursuit of ideals, manifested by lofty and romantic ideas. David, and many of the stake holders that have tweeted in his support, play the part of Don Quixote in this farcical short novel that is the transition phase of the music industry.

Utopia as seen through the eyes of Don Quixote is merely an illusion. We should look at the Utopia seen through the customer’s eyes, and build a system around it. This is not about morals. This is about smarts. It’s not about being right or wrong. It’s not about rebelling. It’s about a giant shift in consumer behavior and how we as an industry deal with that.”

At the time, Post-Nothing didn’t really do much for me. So imagine my surprise when I picked this on my iPod and it blew my shit entirely away. My favorite is the opener about the dreamers who drink and smoke themselves silly wondering if they have anything to live for, but “Younger Us” is sweet and “The House That Heaven Built” knocks me over. My AOTY so far along with the new Loudon Wainwright. Incredible.