I agree with your basic point, that it’s lame to post something just because you dislike it, or in order to hold it up to ridicule. However, I’m willing to take the chance that despite the fact that there is a large majority who would just laugh at it, a small few might actually appreciate it, possibly even for reasons completely unlike my own. Just like you have an ax to grind for reasons that are entirely your own.

As someone who loves to go digging for interesting records, I wind up with an awful lot of duds — or at least things that I wind up having no interest in. They fall off my radar almost as soon as they leave the turntable. I don’t bother to write about them. I like the DC & Company album. The disco songs are hilariously bad, and the non-disco tracks are a painful adventure. But taken as a whole, the album engages my imagination and evokes my curiosity about the artists, their milieu and their motivation. In the meantime, it would be unkind to my readers if I did not warn them about the possible consequences of their download!

Sorry what I wrote not only didn’t encourage you to download the album, but caused you to write off both the album and me. By the way, I’ve enjoyed your site for years. Thanks!

The one thing about 365 Days Project that has always bugged me is the fact that many of the “curators” (people that send in mp3s and write some opinionated mumbo jumbo) have a complete disregard for the albums (or individual songs) they contribute.

It’s odd to me that you would contiribute an album (D.C. and Company - Let’s Dance the Night Away) that you obviously despise (re-read your post and try to find something at all positive in your description of the album)

I know post-modern irony was big on the internet about 8 years ago, but it’s now 2007 and individual cultural artifacts (like old LPs, uh…postcards) need to be treated with at least a small amount of respect.

On the surface, 365 Days Projects appears to take a loose and “scholarly” approach to showcsing old music…

But (if I’m not mistaken) a true scholar or true “lover of music” shouldn’t insult the heck out of the music they pretend to appreciate….something’s just not right about that kind of approach.

Honestly, I couldn’t even bring myself to begin to listen to your apparently vile (and vintage) bad disco jazz album. You just didn’t make it seem that appealing…maybe if you’d simply written: “strange album…I really don’t like it” I would’ve listened

thanks for reading (if you did)
long live the Wobblies

KB in CA