"Ironically enough, they are often dismissed as 'too negative.' but this is always the case with apocalyptic expression. it tells us what we're trying with all our might to forget. it shows us the multifaceted ways in which we've become morally bankrupt and emotionally numb. we've fallen a considerable distance when we can only recognize such work as depressing. What could be more depressing that entertainment that serves as a king of soul anesthetic, broken cisterns that will hold no water, sentimental bubbles that distract us long enough to make us forget whatever it was that had us wondering (for one saving moment) what was wrong." -david dark, speaking about radiohead and other pop culture icons he refers to as "apocalyptic" in his book everyday apocalypse

and i just realized that that last sentence should really end with a question mark. but i think he got so caught up in his run on sentence that he forgot and ended it with a period. oh well.