Comments on: Too Close To Your Boundaries http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/09/too-close-to-your-boundaries Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:48:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Sean T. Collins http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/09/too-close-to-your-boundaries#comment-16948 Sean T. Collins Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:03:52 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2758#comment-16948 I listened to this without reading the review first and was struck by the familiarity with which he delivers the "Hey baby" lines, and then lo and behold, that's the point of the review. Nice. I listened to this without reading the review first and was struck by the familiarity with which he delivers the “Hey baby” lines, and then lo and behold, that’s the point of the review. Nice.

]]> By: Dan http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/09/too-close-to-your-boundaries#comment-16910 Dan Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:37:59 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2758#comment-16910 Great track. I forgot all about them. Cheers. Great track. I forgot all about them. Cheers.

]]> By: Jack Fear http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/09/too-close-to-your-boundaries#comment-16898 Jack Fear Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:47:00 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2758#comment-16898 That's incredibly insightful, and I think you've put your finger on what it is I love so much about KoC. Without being over-intellectual or dorky about it, they present a truly <i>adult</i> take on relationships. Pop, as you said, is very good at conveying the inchoate rush of adolescent feeling, every nerve exposed, everything HUGE and IMMEDIATE and OVERWHELMING - and sometimes it's nice to remember how that felt, to vicariously re-experience that. But the day-to-day reality of grown-up relationships is so much more measured than that - give and take between two parties, trying to find common ground, to respectfully disagree, to carry on with the hard work of loving each other. And it is hard work. And that message is so at odds with the popular (i.e., adolescent) notion of love that sometimes a guy can start to feel guilty about not being OVERWHELMED by the HUGENESS and IMMEDIACY of love and desire. And there's Erlend to remind you that you're not the only one struggling with this stuff. So, yeah. New Kings = Me happy. That’s incredibly insightful, and I think you’ve put your finger on what it is I love so much about KoC. Without being over-intellectual or dorky about it, they present a truly adult take on relationships. Pop, as you said, is very good at conveying the inchoate rush of adolescent feeling, every nerve exposed, everything HUGE and IMMEDIATE and OVERWHELMING - and sometimes it’s nice to remember how that felt, to vicariously re-experience that.

But the day-to-day reality of grown-up relationships is so much more measured than that - give and take between two parties, trying to find common ground, to respectfully disagree, to carry on with the hard work of loving each other. And it is hard work. And that message is so at odds with the popular (i.e., adolescent) notion of love that sometimes a guy can start to feel guilty about not being OVERWHELMED by the HUGENESS and IMMEDIACY of love and desire. And there’s Erlend to remind you that you’re not the only one struggling with this stuff.

So, yeah. New Kings = Me happy.

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