Music as conversation

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

New Pitchfork column by me on answer records, fan fiction, music as conversation... thanks to piratemoggy for her help putting this one together!

http://pitchfork.com/features/poptimist/7635-poptimist-21/

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[theastronomymod.livejournal.com]

One of my writers did a dissertation on fan fict - specifically the Duran Duran fan fict universe. I ALWAYS wanted her to expand that into a book, but she was always too busy writing fic. Which is the way of things - the books get written by those who weren't actually there, because those that are, don't have the time.

Someone else just linked me this, which has just increased my respect for Franz Ferdinand 100x:

http://www.chartattack.com/news/37457/franz-ferdinand-dont-mind-being-coupled-with-morrissey-in-gay-fan-fiction

He seems like a really intelligent bloke - just wish I liked his music better!