― Ben Williams, Tuesday, 20 May 2003 21:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 21:41 (twenty years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 21:42 (twenty years ago) link
Some words are valuable, some ain't
and then arguing that other people are guilty over overacademizing...really, now.
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 21:46 (twenty years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 21:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 21:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 21:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Ben Williams, Tuesday, 20 May 2003 21:52 (twenty years ago) link
vs. Fred Durst.
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 21:53 (twenty years ago) link
Christ you should have said something, they've already agreed in principle to publish my piece about this thread and I kinda need the money
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 21:54 (twenty years ago) link
Also, in a forum like this one, it's selfish to assume that just because a concept is over YOUR head, it's over everyone else's head too (cf. "overacademic bullshit").
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 21:54 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 21:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 21:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 21:59 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:00 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:03 (twenty years ago) link
"Impenetrable" to whom? To YOU! You're saying you can't understand it, therefore NO ONE can!
"Impenetrable" belongs on the "use other" pile, along with "unlistenable" (which I was guilty of using when I first got here).
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:15 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:34 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:39 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:41 (twenty years ago) link
I personally don't mind high vocabulary words in any type of writing; it forces me to get out my old and worn dictionary (the copyright's from 1954!) and look up the word, thus enabling me to learn a whole new word (as opposed to "Whole New World", which is a great example of a POS Disney song). However, when it comes to music criticism, I really can't stand the usage of a highly obscure musical artist or film director as a crutch when it comes to the description of said critic's opinion of the album/song/concert and assuming all of the reading audience will get said reference. Robert Christgau landed forever on my "I curse you forever!" list because of similar actions; I mean, what 13-year-old in 1993 Middle America was going to know some of the artists he referenced in his reviews? (Besides, he was one of those music critics who was there at the "it must've happened!" music journalism convention that obviously decided Duran Duran would forever get treated like shit by all "well respected" music journalists no matter what the band did, thus making people such as myself bristle at the mere mention of Q, Rolling Stone, Spin, NME, etc.)
*ahem* But anyway, college-level vocabulary doesn't bother me in the slightest. In fact, sometimes I welcome it in greedily. I like learning new words, new ways of describing things and putting words together, etc.
― Dee the Semi-Lurker (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:44 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:46 (twenty years ago) link
ha crosspost
― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 22:55 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 23:00 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 23:01 (twenty years ago) link
To paraphrase what I said before -- if you're not familiar with it, that doesn't necessarily make it "obscure."
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 23:03 (twenty years ago) link
Goddang, Blount look higher up in the thread for your precious names. You really can't think up any yourself?
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 23:03 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.orsiitaliani.com/durstdc3.jpg
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 23:05 (twenty years ago) link
the idea that english speaking music magazines are writing for some intellectual elite is hilarious to me.
― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 23:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 23:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 23:08 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 23:09 (twenty years ago) link
(hey! Ironically "Rollin'" just came up on my mixtape THIS VERY SECOND!)
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 23:10 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 23:10 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 23:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 23:12 (twenty years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 23:12 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 23:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 23:13 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 23:13 (twenty years ago) link