I am writing in response to the letter concerning CD reviewing choices by The State News (“Paper reviews unpopular music,” SN 1128). I would like to thank The State News for not wasting an album review on a boy band whose CD could very easily be predicted as being the same crap it has previously released. If you liked the last CD, you’ll probably like the next one. More interesting reviews may come from an artist whose musical genre may not be familiar to the popular audience, or a band with a great new sound and compelling lyrics not directed at an audience of 14-year-old girls. The State News chooses to review albums for people whose musical taste ventures beyond tunes used to sell fast food for Burger King, and I praise it for that.

Erik Tamlyn
civil engineering junior