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I haven't heard Radiohead's new record, and, for reasons I haven't explored, have no immediate intent to hear it. But I mostly enjoyed reading Sasha Frere-Jones and Gerald Marzorati's back-and-forth in Slate about it. Here's the weirdest thing: I really enjoyed Frere-Jones's opener, thought he was more or less right about Radiohead's career so far and the critical reaction to it, and man, it really made me want to buy the new album. It wasn't until his second letter that I realized that he doesn't like it.

(As for the last day: A best-of without "Idioteque"? Crazy.)