Hey, No Offense, But All Your Blogs Bite It

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jesus h what the fuck do you care

miccio (miccio), Friday, 11 February 2005 23:20 (nineteen years ago) link

i read the grime blogs

adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Friday, 11 February 2005 23:21 (nineteen years ago) link

You would think the blogosphere could be public diaries -- musings about this passion of ours, the great testing ground for the Big Ideas that end up in print somewhere, or maybe just write-ups of records our respective publications wouldn't let us review for whatever reason.

in other words, "They weren't what I expected them to be and that made me VEWY ANGWY!"

Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 11 February 2005 23:22 (nineteen years ago) link

and yes, I can see why Matthew doesn't like various blogs (mine included, if mine was one of the ones he looked at). What he's failing to see (and I'm talking about him in absentia because he hasn't bothered replying to his own thread yet) is that blogs go through cycles, writing-wise. Plenty of the time they're info-dumps, list-holders, and the like; other times, there will be a meme or a topic or a controversy that various folks comment on, adding to the conversation, until it exhausts itself. right now, I'd say they're on a down cycle--even Pazz & Jop hasn't particularly excited anyone this year, one way or the other. but really they're notes-on-the-run more than anything, and I'm not sure where anyone gets the idea that they're (usually) more than that.

Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 11 February 2005 23:34 (nineteen years ago) link

in fact, I'd say that music blogs (at least the ones I know) have largely split, from places to write for people who weren't writing to either abetting/aiding printed work, or writing-about-the-MP3s-they-post. and that the excitement over music blogging is essentially about the ones that emerged a few years back, mostly, and were heavier on writing-as-writing.

Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 11 February 2005 23:36 (nineteen years ago) link

Hstencil, you're being misleading now - most of those threads don't include me linking to my own site, which is what I was talking about! Most of the links that I've made to my site here have been about songs, not necessarily a "hey read my blog thing" but more "if you want the song, it is here."

Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Saturday, 12 February 2005 00:40 (nineteen years ago) link

either abetting/aiding printed work

Hmmm...it might be me, but I don't see Freaky Trigger that way, given the regular participants in it -- certainly a number of us are published writers but I feel it has its own ethos. That said I wasn't assuming you were referring to every last music blog out there.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 12 February 2005 00:45 (nineteen years ago) link

sorry I finally broke down and got a soda today. sugar rush.

miccio (miccio), Saturday, 12 February 2005 01:04 (nineteen years ago) link

you think he looks more like a troll, a goblin or an elf?

miccio (miccio), Saturday, 12 February 2005 01:05 (nineteen years ago) link

Goblin.

Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Saturday, 12 February 2005 01:09 (nineteen years ago) link

Given the color of the cap, I would say he looks like a shithead.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 12 February 2005 01:11 (nineteen years ago) link

when the little man stepped in shortly afterward and asked: "Now, my lady Queen, what's my name?" she asked first: "Is your name Conrad?"

"No."

"Is your name Harry?"

"No."

"Is your name perhaps, Rumpelstiltzkin?"

"Some demon has told you that! some demon has told you that!" screamed the little man, and in his rage he ran home and wrote "Nookie."

miccio (miccio), Saturday, 12 February 2005 01:13 (nineteen years ago) link

btw I just checked the Limp bizkit site and evidently Fred is recording vocals for the album in Prague.

miccio (miccio), Saturday, 12 February 2005 01:16 (nineteen years ago) link

the world has so many wonders to it. the czech people are a very interesting society. i do enjoy it. this album is dark musically already, but when mixed with the tone in the air of prague it becomes somewhat horrifying.

wes, ross, and myself have set up protools and a beta 57 microphone in an old apartment right near the charles bridge. this is where i am connecting with the darkness. some days are explosive others just plain heavy from the gothic aesthetic of this city in general. we have gone to the other side a few times with absinthe to discover the unknown. as it seems the unknown is quite demanding these days.

miccio (miccio), Saturday, 12 February 2005 01:19 (nineteen years ago) link

STOP!!!!!!

scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 12 February 2005 01:20 (nineteen years ago) link

i have moved the fred news back to the fred thread. i apologize. continue defending bloggery.

miccio (miccio), Saturday, 12 February 2005 01:25 (nineteen years ago) link

hahahaha!!! Fred's blog suxx!!

scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 12 February 2005 01:25 (nineteen years ago) link

Rum, Bloggery, & The Lash!

scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 12 February 2005 01:26 (nineteen years ago) link

spoken like a true bloggerer.

miccio (miccio), Saturday, 12 February 2005 01:27 (nineteen years ago) link

I actually felt like I'd kind of said my piece (albeit w/ typos) in the initial post, and was more interested in hearing what other people had to say than anything -- thus, I hadn't yet replied.

But Matos, et al, you make good points. I had, in fact, looked at yours, partly b/c I enjoy your ILM comments. I mean, obviously, I've looked at blogs from time to time prior to this, but there's no question that I went in this time still hoping to find something a bit more, I dunno, substantive. Readable, even.

And I'm not trying to be a snob about it, but aside from the perpetually-pitched Fluxblog, which has a simple but effective mission, that wasn't what I found, really. Maybe there IS a ton to be gleaned from them, but right now, they feel very 'needle in a haystack', by and large, and kind useless to me.

All that said, Web Nymph is a pretty good place to survey what's happening on the mp3 blogs.

Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Saturday, 12 February 2005 15:34 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.alienjesus.com/ed/images/fred.gif

miccio (miccio), Saturday, 12 February 2005 15:37 (nineteen years ago) link

Dear CBS,

today's episode of Without A Trace was disappointing for several reasons...

miccio (miccio), Saturday, 12 February 2005 15:40 (nineteen years ago) link

It's no Cold Case, that's for sure...

Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Saturday, 12 February 2005 15:41 (nineteen years ago) link

matthew, you forgot to link the blogs in your post. pete will be ferry ferry angwee.

stevie nixed (stevie nixed), Saturday, 12 February 2005 15:47 (nineteen years ago) link

http://thefreelancementalists.blogspot.com/ is ferry cwoss the mersey nice

don, Saturday, 12 February 2005 17:40 (nineteen years ago) link

Thanks, Matthew. I'd never heard of the Senegalese one. I've linked to you for a long time at (the lately slow-going) http://complicatedfun.com

I'm surprised that my polite request would irk anybody...

Pete Scholtes, Saturday, 12 February 2005 22:45 (nineteen years ago) link

http://thefreelancementalists.blogspot.com/ is ferry cwoss the mersey nice
-- don

I named that blog yunno

thee music mole, Saturday, 12 February 2005 22:54 (nineteen years ago) link

he did! hey colin email me

The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Saturday, 12 February 2005 23:34 (nineteen years ago) link

B-L-O-G
Everyone's perusing me!

Ken L (Ken L), Saturday, 12 February 2005 23:45 (nineteen years ago) link

It's been really confusing being one of two Matthews addressed in this thread.

Anyway, yeah, Benn Loxo Du Taccu has been gaining popularity over the past several months - the word of mouth is getting around. It was nominated for best African blog in the Bloggies, which I imagined raised its profile quite a bit. I'm very glad that it exists - I would love for more mp3 blogs focusing on specific non-Western countries to pop up because it's such a great resource and use of the format.

Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Sunday, 13 February 2005 01:13 (nineteen years ago) link

If you like Benn Loxo, you should also check out Red Lotus Radio and Fruits of Chaos.

More essay-centric music blogs worth checking out:

Ye Wei Blog
Architectural Dance Society
Clap Clap Blog
Poptext

Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Sunday, 13 February 2005 01:21 (nineteen years ago) link

dear god i wish i'd started the following blog:

http://indierock4eva.blogspot.com/Â¥

Sterling Clover (s_clover), Sunday, 13 February 2005 02:53 (nineteen years ago) link

Take the "l" out of "Blogger"
And it's "Bogger"...

thee music mole, Sunday, 13 February 2005 06:29 (nineteen years ago) link

my mouth bleeds alot because i like to bite the skin off the inside of my mouth.

heres my blog... www.everythingsgonegreen.blogspot.com

Nic de Teardrop (Nicholas), Sunday, 13 February 2005 14:56 (nineteen years ago) link

five months pass...
dear god i wish i'd started the following blog:

http://indierock4eva.blogspot.com/

i figured it out

s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 18 July 2005 03:01 (eighteen years ago) link

blogs sort of freak me out, i must admit. i don't follow the blogs of any ilxors. although i check tim finney's on occasion.

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 18 July 2005 06:16 (eighteen years ago) link

how do they freak you out more than ilx itself?

s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:54 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't get it. Are those all examples of bad music writing? Good music writing? Are they all "rockist"?

Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 18 July 2005 12:01 (eighteen years ago) link

They're examples of critics wetting themselves over indie rock, obv.

deej.., Monday, 18 July 2005 13:39 (eighteen years ago) link

And is that supposed to show that there's some kind of music-crit establishment conspiracy to promote indie rock? Maybe the blogger ought to stop looking in publications that tend to specialize in indie rock.

It's a bit like posting examples of critics "jizzing themselves over hip-hop" that are all from Source, XXL, and King.

Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Rap reviewers don't spend lots of time speaking in preposterous superlatives about mostly-average music. Although rap reviewers are hardly examples of great crit either.

deej.., Monday, 18 July 2005 13:52 (eighteen years ago) link

And is that supposed to show that there's some kind of music-crit establishment conspiracy to promote indie rock? Maybe the blogger ought to stop looking in publications that tend to specialize in indie rock.

It isn't - it's purely to make fun of people who think indie rock matters. If you ever saw the "this Shins song will change your life" scene in Garden State, the blog makes more sense.

save the robot (save the robot), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:53 (eighteen years ago) link

"I'm completely overwhelmed by this record. I Am a Bird Now is beyond any semi-confectionary aesthetic distance that you might bring to discussing your average album. This music grabs a hold of you and doesn't let go. It feels timeless and gorgeous and bigger than life. It may not be "soul" in the strict, music appreciation 101 sense, but it could make even the most jaded atheist approach a metaphysical regard. It is assured, seering and majestic SOUL to the utmost. I'd put on my critic's cap and dive into scrutiny, but I am too enraptured by this artist's music."

yeah youre right man change the artist name and thats exactly what the source said about slim thug

3, Monday, 18 July 2005 13:54 (eighteen years ago) link

haha xpost djdee beat me to it

3, Monday, 18 July 2005 13:54 (eighteen years ago) link

tho when i see some of these rap blogs go off about dipset or swishahouse or some bullshit its the same thing really & i would read a rap version of that site every damn day

3, Monday, 18 July 2005 13:55 (eighteen years ago) link

hhahaha, thats what i said about slim thug.

deej.., Monday, 18 July 2005 13:55 (eighteen years ago) link

"'Purple Haze' is a deep and at times uplifting album that continues to direct Cam'ron's never-ending journey through that part of the subconscious most in tune with the sights and colours of nature, with the emotions that are born in the day and the night."

3, Monday, 18 July 2005 13:56 (eighteen years ago) link

"Thus far in their short career, DSR have found themselves tenuously lumped in with the spiky and contrived screwed music scene most prominently lead by the likes of UGK and the increasingly shambolic Michael Watts. DSR have turntables and a fondness for Screw tapes but, apart from the guitarist’s asymmetrical indie hair, there the similarity ends.

Screw context, screw biography—DSR have been around too short a time for either to matter. What is important is that they have a sense of adventure, romance, belief and intelligence, of art, a desire to explode preconceptions and exceed expectations that marks them out way above and beyond any of their perceived peers."

3, Monday, 18 July 2005 13:59 (eighteen years ago) link

"We're almost exactly half way through 2005, and we may just have come across the album of the year. With Diplomatic Immunity, Dipset has set a landmark in modern rap music and therefore must be heard by everyone. This undoubtedly marks the first chapter in a long and illustrious career. Welcome them into your world."

3, Monday, 18 July 2005 14:03 (eighteen years ago) link


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