― Nick Mirov (nick), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 23:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jerry (Jerry), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 23:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jerry (Jerry), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 23:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 23:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 23:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 23:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 23:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 23:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Patrick South (Patrick South), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 23:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 23:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― robin (robin), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 23:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 23:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
come to think of it "singer/songwriter" might become useful again eventually, it just isn't right now (heh except as in "nah, [x*] sucks; i'm into introspective singer/songwriters like eminem etc")
(*makes most sense if [x] = eg.destiny's child, but has greater potential if [x] = eg.wilco)
actually if it's meant derisively "s/s" is useful for exactly the reasons it sticks in my craw
― jones (actual), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 00:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― zemko (bob), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 00:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
Jerry, felching involves shit & clingfilm, right? I've never used that in a review! Got fairly close when writing about Simian once though..."I'd rather take a shit than hear any more of this. So that's what I did".
― Charlie (Charlie), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 00:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
"...and X is no exception"
― zemko (bob), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 00:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
― zemko (bob), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 00:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 00:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jones (actual), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 00:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jerry (Jerry), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 00:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jerry (Jerry), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 00:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 00:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jones (actual), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 00:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 00:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― james devon, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 00:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
End of thread.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 00:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 01:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
― robin (robin), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 01:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 01:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
strawmen of all kinds, but especially those that begin, "All electronic music is cold/boring/austere/etc., but [artist X] isn't." believe it or not, you still see this trope disturbingly often, at least in the US.
the very idea of "electronic music," though i've failed to come up with any better umbrella concept.
"genre-defying." though you see that more often in press-releases than actual rockcrit, thank god.
― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 01:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dave Loewenstein (Davlo), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 03:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
I also cringe & sieze up whenever I see "[X]pop" used, especially when the writer's trying to avoid the old [X]pop cliches.
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 03:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
[encompassing as many of your pet-peeves as possible as well as mine, this should prove to be the perfect review]
― Ryan McKay (Ryan McKay), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 03:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 03:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
charlie you sound like a really good music journalist
dammit, where's that sarcasm font when you need it eh?
― Charlie (Charlie), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 04:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 04:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
― bflaska, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 04:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― j.lu (j.lu), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 04:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― --fook (Hayden), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 09:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
More gay slang should work its way into music journalism. "Give the microphone the dirty sanchez" surely has resonance and meaning...
― kate, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 09:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
"everything from ___ to ___"
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 10:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 10:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― duane, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 10:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
okay, u guys have left out these self-indulgent adjectives: "self-indulgent," "hooky," "crisp," "jangly," "ballsy," "fresh," "summery," "smooth," "silky"
even worse, as I've read reviews of so many vastly disparate albums with these same adjectives or phrases used to describe them: "off-kilter arrangements," "eclectic rhthyms" "genre-defying", "irresistable" ("irresistable grooves" aargh) and the most overused, even though i know its necessary sometimes: "melodic" - it's just so err..generic!! Don't ask me what you can use in its place, just find more than one subtitute, if you do.
also STOP all the food adjectives please: "sugar-coated," "delicious," "tangy," "tasty," "sugary confection," "sweet melodies," "spicy beats," I DON'T WANT A MENU AND PLEASE STOP MAKING ME HUNGRY
― Vic (Vic), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 12:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― charlie va (charlie va), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 13:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Orange, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 14:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
i always picture a bright orange department of corrections jumpsuit.
― otto midnight, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 14:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― hstencil, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 14:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Neudonym, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 15:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
here's an excerpt of a review on stylus today:
While searching for information regarding Camille's Le Fil, the most frequent description you’ll run into is that the album is "the French pop equivalent to Björk's Medúlla." A bit troubling, considering that the Matthew Barney stroke-a-thon is one of the most pretentious, unlistenable albums of the last five years.
ooh, the pretentious/unlistenable double whammy! i've heard medulla plenty of times now and i can't say it's ever occured to me to describe 45 minutes of sound as "unlistenable."
― spastic heritage (spastic heritage), Monday, 31 July 2006 16:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― shookout (shookout), Monday, 31 July 2006 16:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― Nedpoleon (NedBeauman), Friday, 9 February 2007 21:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― exayve (xave), Friday, 9 February 2007 21:25 (seventeen years ago) link
Obviously it's forgivable to discuss blogs if you're talking about the marketing of a band, (which itself is quite overdone as a story these days), but it doesn't say one thing about the music, and it's always used to seem *in-the-know* but blase while avoiding actually saying anything new about the artist.
― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Friday, 9 February 2007 22:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― musically (musically), Friday, 9 February 2007 22:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― senator second p. newcastle (a_p), Friday, 9 February 2007 22:43 (seventeen years ago) link
It's like calling a band "e-mail blastcore"
― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Friday, 9 February 2007 22:47 (seventeen years ago) link