Jonah Bayer pt. II : in which our hero earns himself a cookie

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The age we live in is amazing. In the last week or so, I’ve been introduced to a writer’s work, intensely disliked said writer, written an (admittedly) mean-spirited blog post about the writer, gotten a response from the writer who, for all intents and purposes, shouldn’t even know who I am, received a press release from Gibson telling me about the writer’s new work, and, after reading the article, grudgingly gained a little respect for the writer.

And if I passed him on the street, I would have no idea.

Jonah Bayer’s follow-up to the Top Ten list that fueled my ire is posted at Gibson’s website, and, I have to say, OK, at least he gets what was so pathetic about the first one. There’s still a strange atmosphere of a music snob lampooning music snobs, which creates this sort of irony black hole, but I get the feeling that Jonah actually sat down and wrote this one, instead of leafing through The Great Indie Discography and phoning it in.

And, I have to hand it to the guy, he manned up and actually left a comment on our previous post.

Jonah, if you’re reading this, I take back nothing I said about your first “indie snob” post, but give credit where credit is due for your second. [ms]