My review of “Helplessness Blues” was re-published!
May 11th, 2012 | Filed under: Creative Development, Music, Writing | 2 Comments »
I was raised up believing I was somehow unique, but it turns out that other people really like Fleet Foxes, too! (Oh well.)
A week or two ago, I was contact by my old friend Holgrave, of The Hipster Conservative, who asked whether I would mind their site re-publishing my post, Why “Helplessness Blues” is the most important song of my generation, as part of their May issue.
I did not mind. I was pleased as punch and said yes, provided that they append a sufficiently hipster by-line. I’m not actually sure if I’m either hipster or conservative (for my general approach to politics, I recommend Baby’s a Red by House of Heroes) but I’m happy that my article was of interest to Holgrave and his readers.
So, here’s the review on their site. Thanks Holgrave, and the whole gang at THC, for the kind re-publish!
Read this when you posted it last time, and I’m even more struck by it the second time. An accurate and stirring analysis: it’s a lot of what I have been thinking about over the past couple of years; it’s good to see it articulated this way.
Hey, you’re the one who gave it to me for Christmas. I’d never heard the song before your yuletide boon, so cheers to you!