Who the hell does Jeff Dreadnaught think he is?

Published: August 25, 2007, 6:23 am

Tags: music journalists, los angeles, deerhunter

It's probably best to ignore bad reviews, pop people. It's equally best to ignore the good ones, but ignoring the bad ones is a good place to start.Believe me, having a coked-up guitarist shouting in your face in a winebar doesn't tend to do anything to raise the reviewer's opinion of a band, and it never comes as surprise to a journalist when a band tells them that they disagree with his or her opinion that they're not very good. I've nver quite understood why bands think that screeching "you know nothing about music" at someone who doesn't like the work is going to achieve anything.Having said which, Deerhunter's exchange of emails with Jeff Weiss of the LA Weekly does at least manage to be amusing and Weiss makes a fairly wise observation:The fact is that you are probably in one of the most criticallyacclaimed bands out right now. Why care so much about onewriter who doesn't care for your music? Is it really worth your time towrite sarcastic e-mails? It's not going to change my

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