say what you will about the steve hoffman or asr forums, which can be insufferably rigid and intolerant, but folks there do actually stay on point and interact with each other, as opposed to the agon standard of bloviating and talking past each other. i've been tempted to quit posting here myself (which may or may not be a loss to the community), though there's still good smart folks to be found here and i particularly like the "what's on your turntable" and other music threads. in any event, @elliottbnewcombjr registers as a good guy and i'm sure he'll be missed.
