Some of these responses are the reason so many have stopped coming here.

Er... There's not one antagonistic post here, Kendall - other than yours. I suggest you stop looking for trouble where there isn't any.

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You get a far broader sweep of things on TV & Radio these days, especially around festival time, which is how my wife and I first heard METRONOMY - unheard in our house a year ago they're now pretty much our favourite band after catching them on TV last summer. We saw them in MCR a few months back supported by Nzca Lines and Teleman - and they've become firm favourites too. I think we first heard FKA twigs on Jools Holland's Later - her stuff beggars belief; the curious might check out Video Girl on YouTube - not for the faint hearted I grant, but if it's genius you're looking for - or conformation of the living breathing beauty of Pop Music...

I'd say the Pop Scene now is healthier than ever - staggeringly in its diversity - but maybe that's because (acutely aware of growing long in the tooth!) I'm making more of a determined effort to engage with it and reap the not inconsiderable rewards.

Doesn't stop me loving the old stuff though. Just bought a deluxe vinyl / CD re-issue of Musik Von Harmonia - and I still think Tomorrow Never Knows on Revolver sounds like it was recorded next year.

To some, sadly, it will always be just a noise. Their loss.