Sure list threads are annoying, and only a few bands can maintain a thread past a couple of pages, and I obsessively post in the Faith No More threads almost alone, and the sports threads are almost always at the top of the new thread button page--so, sure, PE isn't perfect. It's not going to be, and only rose colored glasses ever showed that it once was.
There are literally dozens of bands I wouldn't be listening to because of this forum. In my opinion, despite the sometimes narrow minded inanity that temporarily overcomes it, it is still serving its purpose: Expanding the horizons of new music everywhere.
Just this year, I wouldn't be listening to the following without PE:
Cardiacs (!!!)
Crowns Lark
Knifeworld
Osanna
Snarky Puppy (I'm seeing them in my neighborhood next week)
Bob Drake
Trojan Horse (they put out my favorite album of 2014)
XTC
Swans
Tim Bowness
Probably more? That's just one year. PE is awesome and serves its purpose well.
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