― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 31 August 2003 18:17 (twenty years ago) link
But Stence, when Meltzer says in the interview quoted above that even if something *did* happen in the '80's or '90's, it wouldn't matter, because "there was enough otherwise" and the idea "that there'd be new rock records" excites him as much as the idea "that there'd be new brands of meatless lasagna"...well, that's something quite beyond skepticism. When you've wiped the battlefield clean, war ends; when you completely discount the possibility of excitement, criticism becomes impossible. (OK, terrible metaphor, I know.)
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 31 August 2003 18:19 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Sunday, 31 August 2003 18:32 (twenty years ago) link
― dengo matherton (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 31 August 2003 18:34 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Sunday, 31 August 2003 18:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 31 August 2003 18:46 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Sunday, 31 August 2003 18:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 31 August 2003 18:54 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Sunday, 31 August 2003 18:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 31 August 2003 18:58 (twenty years ago) link
Also, I think I'd be the first to admit that my own curmudgeonly tendencies color a lot of this bias, too.
― hstencil, Sunday, 31 August 2003 19:00 (twenty years ago) link
― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Sunday, 31 August 2003 19:07 (twenty years ago) link
I'm definitely more likely to read a Meltzer review (unless it's one of those Dada bullshits) than a CMJ review because cynicism leads to better jokes. But a CMJ review never makes me assume talent is being wasted, becuz there's no implication of talent in the first place.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 31 August 2003 19:13 (twenty years ago) link
― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Sunday, 31 August 2003 19:29 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward, Sunday, 31 August 2003 19:52 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 04:12 (twenty years ago) link