That's it! The only ism I want to come out of your mouths is jism. Overacademic Bullshit Must Die.

Blount, I don't wish Marcus got knifed, I simply asked if the world of rockcrit would be better or worse because of it. The man probably has family. Though I didn't hesitate to make the query about the value of the man's existence, seeing as how he said it WAS a good thing the dude from the Spin Doctors had throat ailments and may never get to sing again, because the Spin Doctor used the word "bitch" in "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong." Marcus set seriously caustic precedent there.

Some words are valuable, some ain't

and then arguing that other people are guilty over overacademizing...really, now.

vs. Fred Durst.

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

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").

"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).

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.

ha crosspost

To paraphrase what I said before -- if you're not familiar with it, that doesn't necessarily make it "obscure."

Goddang, Blount look higher up in the thread for your precious names. You really can't think up any yourself?

http://www.orsiitaliani.com/durstdc3.jpg

the idea that english speaking music magazines are writing for some intellectual elite is hilarious to me.