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In 2005 he was praised as "America's best non-hip hop lyricist" by New Yorker critic Sasha Frere-Jones. After taking longer to think, Frere-Jones decided to remove the phrases "America's" and "non-hip hop" from her draft. However, her reviewer had already been reviewed and printed, and as a result Frere-Jones was laid-off by the New Yorker, citing her "inability to appreciate the difference between music lyrics and the angry ranting of self-indulgent millionaires." Realizing the bad press it would receive for this statement, the New Yorker added a footnote that stated that "There are some good rappers out there. Like Busdriver. Man, have you heard "Imaginary Places"? How does that guy do it?" Supposedly, Busdriver held a press conference to expound his appreciation of the New Yorker's prai

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  • In 2005 he was praised as "America's best non-hip hop lyricist" by New Yorker critic Sasha Frere-Jones. After taking longer to think, Frere-Jones decided to remove the phrases "America's" and "non-hip hop" from her draft. However, her reviewer had already been reviewed and printed, and as a result Frere-Jones was laid-off by the New Yorker, citing her "inability to appreciate the difference between music lyrics and the angry ranting of self-indulgent millionaires." Realizing the bad press it would receive for this statement, the New Yorker added a footnote that stated that "There are some good rappers out there. Like Busdriver. Man, have you heard "Imaginary Places"? How does that guy do it?" Supposedly, Busdriver held a press conference to expound his appreciation of the New Yorker's prai
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  • In 2005 he was praised as "America's best non-hip hop lyricist" by New Yorker critic Sasha Frere-Jones. After taking longer to think, Frere-Jones decided to remove the phrases "America's" and "non-hip hop" from her draft. However, her reviewer had already been reviewed and printed, and as a result Frere-Jones was laid-off by the New Yorker, citing her "inability to appreciate the difference between music lyrics and the angry ranting of self-indulgent millionaires." Realizing the bad press it would receive for this statement, the New Yorker added a footnote that stated that "There are some good rappers out there. Like Busdriver. Man, have you heard "Imaginary Places"? How does that guy do it?" Supposedly, Busdriver held a press conference to expound his appreciation of the New Yorker's praise. Unfortunately, no record of his speech exists as the rapper read the entire six-page document in the space of thirty seconds. There exists no record indicating that Darnielle and Busdriver have ever met in person. Darnielle was also included in Paste Magazine's list of "The 100 Best Living Songwriters." Darnielle's number was 82, mostly due to the fact that Paste magazine was attempting to pander to better-known songwriters (for example, Bob Dylan) in order to get a mention in a songwriter's autobiography. As of yet Paste Magazine has been unsuccessful. Despite this positive response, The Mountain Goats have received some negative response however, mostly in the form of YouTube commenter's oft typo-ridden comments. For many years there was a valiant battle among roving parties, those who liked The Mountain Goats, those who disliked The Mountain Goats, and those who disliked Nickleback. Admittedly, this third party was more difficult to distinguish as it consisted of the entirety of the human race. This text-based war ravaged The Mountain Goats for generations until the dissenters either left or realized they had the emotional depth of teaspoons. There has been a period of peace following this conflict, which continues into the present.
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