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The obnoxious review:

That's one of the stupidest things I've ever read (the review, not your letter).

That's a mighty mean article, I'd say.  It's like Chris Squire bullied him or something as a kid.  

The review was dumb.  I could easily have overlooked all the snottiness if it had bothered to talk more about the book itself.  Typical self-serving trash journalism.   I shouldn't care (it doesn't affect my own appreciation of the music), but it frustrates me to see such laziness.

I couldn't care less, I'm immune to people bashing Prog, but it's a shame that the paper assigns a review to a critic who doesn't have the least appreciation about the subject, it's as if they would ask the review of 2001 A Space Odyssey to someone who hates science-fiction 

It's funny at its best, but I don't think it is true.
That's typically something that is written by people who cannot really appreciate prog.
That's the kind of reviews I wish to ignore (but secretly it makes me angry, while I should just laugh at it).

Don't be upset, it's just the snooze inducers at Rolling Stone, the last place to turn for meaningful, accurate writing on music (or politics).   Who bothers with RS anymore?

What I read was someone using insults to cover up ignorance of progressive rock *music*, as Iain says...lazy cliches.  If it were clever or witty or truly funny, I could appreciate it....but it was just boring and predictable.   

All:  Thanks for your responses.   Epignosis and Queen By-Tor: LOL!!

Quite juvenile article, pure trolling. I wouldn't have bothered with a response.
Pretty funny in places though. Obviously written by someone whose favourite styles are punk, new wave, hip-hop, and classical music (for added credibility).

Reminds me of the two part article in The Wire about a decade ago which thought that William Ackerman of Focus had been reduced to recording new age music for the Wndham Hill label. I mean if you're going to bash something at least  know what you're bashing. Why would anyone buy this?