People go elsewhere to find news and information these days - generally the place with the least "friction". To most people, least friction = Facebook. Unless you spend lots of time curating your own friends or building lists I bet you find Facebook a bit boring right? You can probably find all your GPN info on Facebook, or a forum or somewhere else. Those sites probably won't make a big deal out of essays like this one, which I love.

<a href="http://www.everybodytaste.com/2013/04/i-dont-like-radiohead-problem-with.html">via EverybodyTaste</a>

It's wonderful when massively appealing songs and artists come along so that we can enjoy their music as a community: whether that community itself is a concert, a group of close friends, or even online on Twitter or in a comments section. But it's equally wonderful when a song can elicit two vastly different reactions from two seemingly similar people—it's almost magical. To one person, a James Blake song may sound like pure ecstasy, soft honey, and Jesus. But to another it could either be a snore-fest or unbearably physically acrid, like a surprise gulp of lumpy forgotten back-of-the-fridge milk.

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This is me: I learned what a verse, chorus, and bridge are from Tom Petty and Joe Strummer; Chuck Berry taught me how to play the guitar; I can't stand REM nor Death Cab For Cutie; I worship The Walkmen, Prince, Nina Simone, and New Order; The Replacements are my favorite band of all time; Kurt Cobain seemed like an interesting guy, but I can't stand Nirvana; I don't ever listen to soft jazz, post 1990s hip-hop, or heavy metal; I love old country and poppy punk; the top three most played songs on my iTunes are Plastic Bertrand's "Ca Plane Pour Moi," Garland Jeffrey's "Wild In The Streets," and Thee Oh Sees' "I Was Denied."