Dan's Boss: Sorry, Dan: Never saw American Psycho, but I never critique music to the degree of diatribe (no wonky, esoteric, haughty, where’s your head at pontification from me on the arts, no sir.) I like what I hear, see a concert from time to time, buy a few CDs and crank them loudly. Far from being an aficionado . . . but I do have an unfair advantage to a degree. My son being a rocker, former band member, composer, guitar player, studied sound engineering, and buys far too many iTunes, CDs and DVD’s – he tries his best to keep me current. I introduced the lad to modern/alternative rock when he was a youngster and first started playing guitar. We discovered niche bands together like Tonic, Fastball, Guster, Seven Mary Three, Train and Dishwalla before they broke out and made some real dough, etc. All the while we were feasting on early Pearl Jam, REM, Foo Fighters, Soungarden, Deftones and Charlottesville Dave. So my son now returns the favor to old Dad and constantly forces me to listen to new stuff . . . some of which I like, ala Coldplay first three albums. (And, he knows I think Phil Collins bites, except for his Disney movie tunes which are lovely.)

...but I never critique music to the degree of diatribe (no wonky, esoteric, haughty, where’s your head at pontification from me on the arts, no sir.)

. . . but I do have an unfair advantage to a degree. ...We discovered niche bands together like Tonic, Fastball, Guster, Seven Mary Three, Train and Dishwalla before they broke out and made some real dough, etc.

See, that's why I could never write satire. I just couldn't bring myself to write comedy like this, and...who knew? It's reality in someone else's world.

Poor guy. What is he, 27? Young'un. You know, one day he's going to wake up and realize that there is life beyond iTunes, and he will remember saying these words, and he will blush.

Hopefully, he'll be alone in his station wagon when he does so.

I'll take a Coldplay person over what I have to deal with any day of the week.

I wish it was. I literally cut and pasted his comments from Outlook.

I'll take a Coldplay person over what I have to deal with any day of the week.

. (And, he knows I think Phil Collins bites, except for his Disney movie tunes which are lovely.)

i pretty much refuse to speak with anyone about music because it just upsets me.

I call shenanigans on the initial post...no one can be that big of a douche.

I hope.

Please tell me it was a joke.

Yeah- how can he remember all the stuff this guy was saying???

Good call.

I literally cut and pasted his comments from Outlook.

they know i like music