In an endearingly rambling post that needlessly denigrates Noam Chomsky and Ani DiFranco -- and the fans thereof -- Andrew at The Poor Man trots out an intriguing thesis: "fan outrage is directly proportional to fan idol suckiness". We're undecided on that premise, but it allows Andrew to just about nail the appeal of Led Zeppelin:
Led Zep? It is certainly true that a combination of big toilet brush hair, doll-sized denim outfits, dead sharks, and needle drugs hidden in a hollowed-out copy of The Silmarillion leads to some rather embarrassing moments. And yet, despite these handicaps, they manage to rock fucking balls, dude, and so almost 50% of fans surveyed have a sense of humor. No need to be defensive when you drop riffs like that. Rock on.
So yeah, despite the gratuitous Noam and Ani knocks, and the Wesley Clark support, and the extremely troubling mascot thing on his page, The Poor Man continues to blog some of the heaviest riffs on the net, day after day. So we'll keep listening. Uh, reading. Blog on!