That’s my favorite comment so far. I like Derek’s other stuff better, but I think that this is the natural progression of an artist. They start running out of clever ideas and start exploring with their sound. Look at the Beatles towards then. Blame it on the drugs, but the truth is they simple wanted to create something new and original. I hope Derek will eventually come full circle and release another House Show type album. But let’s be honest, we’d all probably get bored of him if he never changed it up like this.

You are right, though. A mainstream artist might record (or at least write) 30 songs and then release 10 on an album, letting cooler minds pick and choose what works best. I’m thinking that Derek probably puts out nearly everything he makes. As a hardcore fan, I like it this way, but I realize that this probably hurts Derek’s appeal to casual fans who’d be better served with a more filterd exposure of Derek.

the lyrics are ridiculously akin to something an angry freshman in high school would write.

the music sounds like a nintendo game and moby had a lovechild.

maybe his label didn’t want to put this out because, well, it’s terrible.

and i will now retreat back to my cave of silence. i will post again in two weeks.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/video?id=6907656

It has also been in the Philadelphia Inquirer since Wednesday:

http://search.philly.com/?q=valley+swim+club&cat=site&f=&sortby=date&offset=10

And when we start looking at nearly all other issues that are listed in those chapters (as Matt suggested), we find destructive, hurtful behaviors, or those with people who are unable to consent. Comparing a loving relationship between two consenting same-sex adults to a “relationship” between an adult and a child or a human and a dog is unfair because they simply aren’t comparable.

I’m not saying whether it is or isn’t a sin, but rather saying that the whole idea that it’s “plain” is perhaps not so much the case.

But the club took $1,900 from the camp without first realizing they couldn’t handle an additional 65 kids? Seems like a pretty significant detail that would need to be worked out before money was exchanged.

I dunno. If someone were accusing my private club of discrimination, I’d be in front of every news camera in an INSTANT giving the whole story. This many days after the incident, this sounds like a spin job.

You still have to account for all the things the kids say they heard members say. And I want to hear more about the pool attendant that allegedly told them the club didn’t allow minorities.

Who knows. Like I said, I hope it was a misunderstanding.

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Swim-Club-Members-Nothing-to-Do-With-Race.html