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Ross Douthat is a New York Times columnist.

Reihan: Kitsch Covers

By Ross Douthat
Oct 2 2007, 9:06 AM ET Comment

I will take a principled stand. Kitsch covers of pop songs should be really excellent and faithful to the source material, like Ted Leo's celebrated "Since U Been Gone" cover. This Amanda Palmer cover of "Umbrella" is, as we used to say when I was a kid, "wack."

Have you found that your slang is now laughably out-of-date? I still like to say "rad." My plan is to stick with it, and have it become a kind of generational marker.

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