BREAKING: Area Music Blogger Is Paranoid Other Music Bloggers Are Lurking

Last week, I joked that Gerard was lurking around my blog, and that Chris Ott may have "outed" himself in response to my earlier post about conflict-of-interest disclosures. I also noted Gerard's subsequent denial of Ott's "disclosure". Later that day, Idolator returned to the "who is Gerard?" subject to highlight Gerard's denial that Ott was Gerard.

Then, later again that same day, Idolator posted a piece about Technorati's "Popular Music" page, which post was headlined, "Bloggers Outside Of Music-Blog World Have No Idea Who Cold War Kids Are". When I saw that, I thought to myself two things: 1) "I could've written that headline, except it would've begun with 'BREAKING:'"; and 2) "Is it possible Maura is lurking around here too?"

Granted, lots of bloggers subconsciously absorb the phrasings and stylizations of other blogs they read and enjoy. Hell, I'll be the first to admit that I owe a lot [e.g., "Area Blogger"] to the snark of The Onion. And I loves me some Idolator. So, I can't really complain if I'm giving as good as I'm getting [whoa!]. It's all good.

Maura, if you're reading, hollaback girl! [Plus, I could use some advice.] Brian, same to you dawg!