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The Week in Comments: Aug. 21-25, 2006

August 28, 2006

Readers like Boys Like Girls, are torn on Paris Hilton, and have a deep intellectual understanding of all things Billy Corgan, including Zwan.

We know we've done our job when we invoke both joy and ire of SPIN.com readers. The former responses came from fans of Boys Like Girls, those summery punk-pop upstarts who make cute love songs for any season. Our own Kyle Anderson ticked off a few other readers with his less-than-praiseful words on Paris Hilton. And Billy Corgan has emerged a less divisive figure than this week's other stories, as readers offer learned insight into the Smashing Pumpkins reunion without actually smashing any pumpkins.

ARTIST OF THE DAY
Boys Like Girls
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The gist: MySpace and PureVolume darlings Boys Like Girls are well-liked indeed. They sing about the spunk they're looking for in the ladies, and they just might find it one reader, whose rambling comment is probably one of the sweetest stream-of-consciousness yearbook entry-esque comments ever.

The comments:
"Everyone who went last night is lucky! I wish I could, only I live in MD. So yeah. Anyway, it is the best CD EVER. Well, almost. I love it so much. All the tracks are excellent. I couldn't pick a favorite song if they had a gun to my head. Hah. But it's amazing, and I agree with everyone that they are the sweetest dudes ever. Once Paul came up and talked to us. Haha. We told him when the CD was coming out. Haha. He was surprised, but anyway, they are so down-to-earth. I wish them luck. They are definitely going somewhere. I just hope it doesn't happen too fast, but no matter how 'big' they get; they deserve it 150-percent. I'm so happy for them. They are definitely in the running for the best CD this year and potentially EVER. So I think everyone should try to help them, and make them the band of the year." -- Guest

ALTERNA-DETRITUS
Burning Sensation
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The gist: "We need to hate Paris [Paris Hilton's debut]. We need to lambaste it on message boards. We need to hang out at record stores and talk people out of buying it. We need to petition retailers not to carry it. We need to hijack trucks that might be delivering it to stores -- and then get Paris to pay our legal fees. Because she's responsible," Kyle Anderson says in his weekly column, prompting a delivery truckload of another sort, comments from SPIN.com readers.

The comments:
"This article isn't going to effect anyone who disagrees with you. The only thing your article provided was more publicity for Paris' album. Maybe I should right a lengthy and ambitious article about how journalists need to stop giving free publicity to garbage. But then, I would be an idiot because it wouldn't change anything and we will still be listening to Paris' songs on some random PA somewhere." -- Guest

"That was hilarious and true. It's revolting that people without talent, like Paris Hilton, have the nerve to create such abominations. I'm not sure if I'm using the correct word when I say "create", because Paris lacks any creativity that she would've channeled into her album." -- Guest

"The author needs to chill. He may be jealous?" -- Zevginzburg

EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT...
Smashing Pumpkins' Studio Sessions
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