Comments on: Are We Desperate Yet? http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/27/are-we-desperate-yet/ The Sweet Release of Reason Tue, 22 May 2012 20:28:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: R.J. Lehmann http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/27/are-we-desperate-yet/#comment-7685 R.J. Lehmann Mon, 13 Mar 2006 05:24:42 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/27/are-we-desperate-yet/#comment-7685 Even if I had no preconceived opinions about socialized medicine, I'd hardly consider it a recomendation that it would help subsidize a proliferation of whiney and tuneless crackas who can't play their instruments. Even if I had no preconceived opinions about socialized medicine, I’d hardly consider it a recomendation that it would help subsidize a proliferation of whiney and tuneless crackas who can’t play their instruments.

]]> By: R.J. Lehmann http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/27/are-we-desperate-yet/#comment-7689 R.J. Lehmann Mon, 13 Mar 2006 05:24:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/27/are-we-desperate-yet/#comment-7689 Even if I had no preconceived opinions about socialized medicine, I'd hardly consider it a recomendation that it would help subsidize a proliferation of whiney and tuneless crackas who can't play their instruments. Even if I had no preconceived opinions about socialized medicine, I’d hardly consider it a recomendation that it would help subsidize a proliferation of whiney and tuneless crackas who can’t play their instruments.

]]> By: Jamie Mellway http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/27/are-we-desperate-yet/#comment-7684 Jamie Mellway Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:42:30 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/27/are-we-desperate-yet/#comment-7684 I don't follow this at all. What does socialized medicine have to do with making music? Correlation doesn't imply causality. A better bit of Canadian socialism to blame is CanCon. Perhaps there are good music scenes in Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto. I don’t follow this at all. What does socialized medicine have to do with making music? Correlation doesn’t imply causality.

A better bit of Canadian socialism to blame is CanCon. Perhaps there are good music scenes in Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto.

]]> By: Jamie Mellway http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/27/are-we-desperate-yet/#comment-7688 Jamie Mellway Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:42:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/27/are-we-desperate-yet/#comment-7688 I don't follow this at all. What does socialized medicine have to do with making music? Correlation doesn't imply causality. A better bit of Canadian socialism to blame is CanCon. Perhaps there are good music scenes in Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto. I don’t follow this at all. What does socialized medicine have to do with making music? Correlation doesn’t imply causality.

A better bit of Canadian socialism to blame is CanCon. Perhaps there are good music scenes in Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto.

]]> By: Matthew Yglesias http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/27/are-we-desperate-yet/#comment-7683 Matthew Yglesias Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:49:20 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/27/are-we-desperate-yet/#comment-7683 Dude, your math is wrong. If the Pitchfork list is 10 percent Canadian, then that means US acts outnumber Canuck acts 9:1, but the US population outnumbers the Canadian population 10:1. Perhaps more to the point, many non-Canadian bands aren't American either. 10 percent Canadianness (assuming that's the right number) is a lot of Canada. For indie rock promotion purposes, at any rate, the relevant feature of the Canadian system is simply that it severs the employment-medicine link rather than its various other aspects. Dude, your math is wrong. If the Pitchfork list is 10 percent Canadian, then that means US acts outnumber Canuck acts 9:1, but the US population outnumbers the Canadian population 10:1. Perhaps more to the point, many non-Canadian bands aren’t American either. 10 percent Canadianness (assuming that’s the right number) is a lot of Canada.

For indie rock promotion purposes, at any rate, the relevant feature of the Canadian system is simply that it severs the employment-medicine link rather than its various other aspects.

]]> By: Matthew Yglesias http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/27/are-we-desperate-yet/#comment-7687 Matthew Yglesias Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:49:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/27/are-we-desperate-yet/#comment-7687 Dude, your math is wrong. If the Pitchfork list is 10 percent Canadian, then that means US acts outnumber Canuck acts 9:1, but the US population outnumbers the Canadian population 10:1. Perhaps more to the point, many non-Canadian bands aren't American either. 10 percent Canadianness (assuming that's the right number) is a lot of Canada. For indie rock promotion purposes, at any rate, the relevant feature of the Canadian system is simply that it severs the employment-medicine link rather than its various other aspects. Dude, your math is wrong. If the Pitchfork list is 10 percent Canadian, then that means US acts outnumber Canuck acts 9:1, but the US population outnumbers the Canadian population 10:1. Perhaps more to the point, many non-Canadian bands aren’t American either. 10 percent Canadianness (assuming that’s the right number) is a lot of Canada.

For indie rock promotion purposes, at any rate, the relevant feature of the Canadian system is simply that it severs the employment-medicine link rather than its various other aspects.

]]> By: nofrontin http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/27/are-we-desperate-yet/#comment-7682 nofrontin Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:23:57 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/27/are-we-desperate-yet/#comment-7682 Hi Will, I just wanted to say I loved your response to Michael Brendan Dougherty's post on "morality" and markets. - a libertarian from sioux city Hi Will,

I just wanted to say I loved your response to Michael Brendan Dougherty’s post on “morality” and markets.

- a libertarian from sioux city

]]> By: nofrontin http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/27/are-we-desperate-yet/#comment-7686 nofrontin Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:23:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/27/are-we-desperate-yet/#comment-7686 Hi Will, I just wanted to say I loved your response to Michael Brendan Dougherty's post on "morality" and markets. - a libertarian from sioux city Hi Will,

I just wanted to say I loved your response to Michael Brendan Dougherty’s post on “morality” and markets.

- a libertarian from sioux city

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