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Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Plain White Ts – Rhythm of Love

NO. FUCKING. APOSTROPHE.



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Michaelangelo Matos: England Dan and John Ford Coley is BACK!
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Zach Lyon: Yeah, I guess it’s about time for the Plain White Ts to write their Pillsbury chocolate chip cookies commercial jingle.
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Jer Fairall: Not only does this out-wuss “Hey There Delilah”, this actually out-wusses Jason Mraz.
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Chuck Eddy: Have we reached a point where emo-pop, diet ska, and John Mayer have all merged into one melting bowl of vanilla ice cream? Seems like it. Still, this is pleasant. And I even kind of like that bell-like harmony break two-thirds of the way in.
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Anthony Easton: He is playing this softly in the background to convince himself that it is a seduction rather than anything nefarious. When they awake, he will make pancakes and play Jack Johnson, to convince her that everything is alright.
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Martin Skidmore: A Caribbean acoustic number, strumming along in a relaxed way, though they can’t resist some drums thudding in in unwelcome ways in parts. I’m sure it will sound sweet to some, but it sounds limp and saccharine to me.
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Alfred Soto: More rhythm, less love.
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Katherine St Asaph: We get one of these a year, it seems: dippy reveries for sensitive souls scared of all the sex and technology and minor keys on the charts, to whom Train is too flirty and Bruno too much, who just want love and ukeleles and cute unthreatening boys. Points awarded solely for mentioning neither pillow-flipping nor “I’m so gangsta, I’m so thug.”
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3 Responses to “Plain White Ts – Rhythm of Love”

  1. katherine, on January 26th, 2011 at 8:54 pm Said:

    I wonder which stylebook the T(‘)s use.

  2. Mark M, on January 26th, 2011 at 10:57 pm Said:

    I see no need whatsoever for an apostrophe.
    Yours,
    A veteran sub-editor

  3. katherine, on January 27th, 2011 at 11:55 am Said:

    Oh, I wasn’t correcting anyone! Apologies if it came off that way.

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