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[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

Following on from the discussions of what we are 'supposed to like', I thought I would pose the question: How open are you about your pop fandom to your friends? And how about new people you meet?

This was also triggered by thinking about music lists on sites like MySpace and Facebook. The artists I list on there are all ones I like, but there are some big emissions - Bodies Without Organs, Backstreet Boys, Darren Hayes. Some of my all time favourites but there is no mention of them on my MySpace or Facebook. When you're filling out these things you have to think of every person who might see it, and even though I am confident enough in my poptasticness to say that I like pop music, I prefer to list the lesser known poppy bands (such as Robyn and Margaret Berger), or the slightly more critically acclaimed ones (Patrick Wolf or The Pipettes, for eg). How do those of you who use these sites deal with this issue? Do you think anyone is completely honest?

Comments

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I keep it, along with owning a Staind album as Emergency Ego Deflator Facts. Teh shamez.

He has promised to end the horror after the twelfth book and then we can all go back to our lives. Not that I've actually read the eleventh or most of the tenth but still.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I HAVE, ftb I read them all LAST YEAR. My rationalisation (well after the fact, what was really to blame was a 4 hr delay at Heathrow airport) was that I would allow myself one last nostalgic nerdy indulgence before the inevitable maturity of imminent fatherhood. Said inevitable maturity hasn't really materialised but oh well.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Ah, I think I was being confused by his "I shall best death (http://www.locusmag.com/2006/Features/03JordanLetter.html)" talkings, but that's just about how long it will take to finish all the books in him.