http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2002-2006 by the authors Fri, 1 Sep 2006 03:38:30 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/08/31/211729.php#comment-435982 Mark - Scotland is that little country nestled between France and Russia. Grace - Thanks for scratching that itch. But let me say it again. They did give me a snow-globe and now I'm thinking of collecting them. ]]> 435982@blogcritics.org Fri, 1 Sep 2006 03:38:30 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/08/31/211729.php#comment-435929 Don't worry, they know where Aberdeen is. Other than the Scottish city, "Aberdeen" was the name of the development they lived in when starting the band in Boston... which is on the Atlantic. And so slightly more relevant than you make out. They also all went to Boston College, which is a pretty highly-rated school with a tough admissions policy. So fair enough that the music's not to your taste, but they're certainly not stupid. ]]> 435929@blogcritics.org Fri, 1 Sep 2006 00:50:29 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/08/31/211729.php#comment-435905 <i>Quite possibly they are simply products of the American public school system and their world geography isn't what it should be.</i> now <b>that</b> is funny! where's scotland? ]]> 435905@blogcritics.org Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:10:10 EDT