“I do not like year-end lists,” Darnielle wrote in an article entitled “Some Albums John Darnielle’s Dug in 2004.” It’s hard enough to say what I mean when I say “This is a good record”: good for what purposes? Good for who? Good for how long? Good as in “useful” or good as in “noble”? And so forth. Dull voices croak things about “posterity” and whatnot, but I don’t buy any of that:
12. See America Right
12. See America Right
12. See America Right
“I do not like year-end lists,” Darnielle wrote in an article entitled “Some Albums John Darnielle’s Dug in 2004.” It’s hard enough to say what I mean when I say “This is a good record”: good for what purposes? Good for who? Good for how long? Good as in “useful” or good as in “noble”? And so forth. Dull voices croak things about “posterity” and whatnot, but I don’t buy any of that: