Comments on: better? http://revjim.net/2009/08/07/better/ because a Reverend can't be wrong. Wed, 09 May 2012 16:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: FarrisGoldstein http://revjim.net/2009/08/07/better/comment-page-1/#comment-143452 FarrisGoldstein Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:32:06 +0000 http://revjim.net/?p=12303#comment-143452 Sure, but that's like saying, "This song sounds like the Beatles."<br><br>Of course it does, every song sounds like the Beatles. :) Sure, but that's like saying, “This song sounds like the Beatles.”

Of course it does, every song sounds like the Beatles. :)

]]> By: FarrisGoldstein http://revjim.net/2009/08/07/better/comment-page-1/#comment-143072 FarrisGoldstein Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:32:06 +0000 http://revjim.net/?p=12303#comment-143072 Sure, but that's like saying, "This song sounds like the Beatles."<br><br>Of course it does, every song sounds like the Beatles. :) Sure, but that's like saying, “This song sounds like the Beatles.”

Of course it does, every song sounds like the Beatles. :)

]]> By: Jim Reverend http://revjim.net/2009/08/07/better/comment-page-1/#comment-143066 Jim Reverend Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:17:22 +0000 http://revjim.net/?p=12303#comment-143066 I agree. Proselytizing isn't bad if you believe what you are spreading. I'd add, also, that you must be doing so for the benefit of others and not for your own fame, fortune, or salvation of some sort.<br><br>I don't know why, but I am suddenly comparing your beliefs of Frank Zappa to my own of Jesus Christ. I agree. Proselytizing isn't bad if you believe what you are spreading. I'd add, also, that you must be doing so for the benefit of others and not for your own fame, fortune, or salvation of some sort.

I don't know why, but I am suddenly comparing your beliefs of Frank Zappa to my own of Jesus Christ.

]]> By: FarrisGoldstein http://revjim.net/2009/08/07/better/comment-page-1/#comment-143065 FarrisGoldstein Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:00:13 +0000 http://revjim.net/?p=12303#comment-143065 I don't know what that one skill is, either. Frank Zappa probably didn't have very much of it, whatever it is, but I can tell you with scientific certainty that his music has helped (and is helping) me find my answer to that particular question you're trying to answer.<br><br>Am I proselytizing? Probably. But a wise man who just so happens to hold the same "religious beliefs" as I do recently told me that proselytizing isn't bad if you actually believe what you're trying to spread.<br><br>I believe Frank Zappa was a real human being, and an asshole, and an awesome father. I believe that Frank Zappa probably would have nothing to do with me personally, had he ever met me. I believe he was not exceptionally nice or compassionate to the people he worked with or around. I believe that Frank Zappa was the most important musician of the 20th century. I do not believe he is the most important musician in the 21st century. I don't know what that one skill is, either. Frank Zappa probably didn't have very much of it, whatever it is, but I can tell you with scientific certainty that his music has helped (and is helping) me find my answer to that particular question you're trying to answer.

Am I proselytizing? Probably. But a wise man who just so happens to hold the same “religious beliefs” as I do recently told me that proselytizing isn't bad if you actually believe what you're trying to spread.

I believe Frank Zappa was a real human being, and an asshole, and an awesome father. I believe that Frank Zappa probably would have nothing to do with me personally, had he ever met me. I believe he was not exceptionally nice or compassionate to the people he worked with or around. I believe that Frank Zappa was the most important musician of the 20th century. I do not believe he is the most important musician in the 21st century.

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