I would have nixed the "Ain't it?" but possibly not much more
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:07 (fourteen years ago) link
He is the worst writer in the world today. He's routinely mocked on the rolling metal threads (and most other metal boards)
― Pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:10 (fourteen years ago) link
i dont know shit about metal but the guy seems like a p good writer
― max, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:12 (fourteen years ago) link
He's used to write for Stylus: http://thestylusdecade.com/apocalypsesky.html
― ksh, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:15 (fourteen years ago) link
*He
Oh, the guy who has that belief that all Mastodon fans are like, secret Widespread Panic fans or something.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:20 (fourteen years ago) link
He also used to write for Dusted.
― PANZER DIVISION DEVO (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I love Stew's style (he reminds me of dave q), I just don't know wtf he's writing about 75% of the time. It's probably better that way.
― No, YOU'RE a disgusting savage (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:22 (fourteen years ago) link
I read something by him occasionally and it just reminds me why I try not to read music criticism at all.
― PANZER DIVISION DEVO (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:23 (fourteen years ago) link
I dont think he knows what he's on about eitherxp
― Pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Could never work out how to pronounce this guy's surname
― MPx4A, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:26 (fourteen years ago) link
I say it as vote-lin in my head.
― No, YOU'RE a disgusting savage (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:28 (fourteen years ago) link
It's pronounced as asshole.
― Pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah Bertie Vogts the football manager is pronounced Bertie Votes so I go from there
― Originoo Golf Clappaz (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:29 (fourteen years ago) link
pfunk: is your primary problem with him that he's a bad writer, or just that he slags off things you like?
― m the g, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I assumed there was more of a "vert" thing because of the oe
― MPx4A, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:31 (fourteen years ago) link
I liked his Stylus Decade thing and dude is evidently a very adept writer but his would-be challoping is really tiresome to read
― Originoo Golf Clappaz (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah I'm gonna say it Vertlin
― MPx4A, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:32 (fourteen years ago) link
If I ever have cause to say it out loud for the first time
― max, Tuesday, February 23, 2010 1:12 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark
^^
― sharter the unstoppable ilx machine (history mayne), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:33 (fourteen years ago) link
idk if he's challoping coz he's talking about metal
― sharter the unstoppable ilx machine (history mayne), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:34 (fourteen years ago) link
He's good for the hit counts I daresay
― Originoo Golf Clappaz (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:35 (fourteen years ago) link
"I read something by him occasionally and it just reminds me why I try not to read music criticism at all."
you are better off, overall. you should still read my column in decibel every month though. it's short. won't take you long.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:36 (fourteen years ago) link
m the g i dislike his writing even when he writes about stuff i don't know.
― Pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:38 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/pop_playground/disconnecting-the-dots-getting-critical-with-music-critics-and-their-readers.htm
think I remember people getting really fucking angry about this but the comments don't load any more
― MPx4A, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:39 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't help but picture this guy typing the last word of the review, then sitting back in his chair, crossing his arms, and letting a little that'll-show-'em smirk creep across his face.
This kind of writing is so transparent and depressing to me.
― Shannon Whirry and the Bad Brains, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:50 (fourteen years ago) link
what's brent d. up to these days? i liked that guy.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Name looks Dutch to me, which would make the "oe" like an English "oo" sound (I think?) and the "g" an unpleasant throaty hairball noise, but assuming the guy is American and not Dutch all bets are probably off
(I quite liked that review but didn't enjoy his Stylus thing at all thanks to his tic of accusing some new swathe of music listeners of clearly being Republicans every other paragraph; never read anything else by the guy, but I find Mark Prindle funny so y'know I have some time for splenetic self-amused challop-bursts in music criticism)
― falling while carrying an owl (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:56 (fourteen years ago) link
the guy has got a 'character' and i can see disliking/disagreeing with the 'character' but he writes the 'character' p effectively
― max, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:58 (fourteen years ago) link
To summarise, then, this is probably not the worst piece of music writing ever
― MPx4A, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:00 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah guys it's not that he's a bad writer (so no this should not be here) but for those that know nothing about metal his critical acumen is p. much straight bullshit.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Herman are you sure your beef with this guy isn't that you disagree with his opinion, not that his writing is bad?
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:11 (fourteen years ago) link
i'll be honest, high on fire kinda bore me too. but i haven't heard the new one. not really going out of my way to hear the new one though. they are way up there on my list of bands that - on paper - i should love but don't.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:14 (fourteen years ago) link
would-be challoping
how does this work? even in the absence of biters, a challop is a challop right?
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:15 (fourteen years ago) link
i'll be honest, high on fire kinda bore me too.
I haven't heard Snakes for the Divine but you just took yrself off my xmas list buddy
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:17 (fourteen years ago) link
just being honest. wasn't a big sleep fan either except for dopesmoker/jerusalem. i like OM okay though.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I think Songs take far too long to get their bearing and then flail about listlessly, content with grand declarations of emotional quagmire received in wholly disconnected and unfounded ways – sorta like a dog flipping through a Time magazine photo special on the Haiti earthquake devastation. is bad writing.
― Shannon Whirry and the Bad Brains, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:21 (fourteen years ago) link
really digging this right now though:
http://shop.no-colours-records.de/cover/10566bazookatoxicwarriorscd1320091028.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:23 (fourteen years ago) link
looks like neo-thrash
I am completely over neo-thrash
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:24 (fourteen years ago) link
it's 9:23 a.m. and i'm listening to bazooka. how about you?
recorded at ASSLOVER studio in Taiwan. everyone should record there. i think its actually just a big hole in the ground wired for sound.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Bad writing how? That is very evocative of flailing listlessly to make an emotional impact but being too disconnected from the source material to be effective; it's likely that the anger generated by reading that glib comment is akin to the frustration this dude feels when he listens to this music.
― Jack the Dude-Kicker (HI DERE), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:25 (fourteen years ago) link
it is nu-thrash but it is really good taiwanese ASSLOVING nu-thrash. the riffs are great.
recorded at ASSLOVER studio in Taiwan. everyone should record there.
omg brb, goin 2 Taiwan
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:27 (fourteen years ago) link
i know, right?
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:30 (fourteen years ago) link
still think this line from the dude's other review posted on the metal thread would make a great ilx username for someone:
"a pulsing vibe on the clit of aesthetic eureka"
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Q: You really went for a new sound on this record - what do you attribute that to?A: I have to say, it's Asslover. Asslover really left its mark on this record, no doubt about it.
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:33 (fourteen years ago) link
words of wisdom on the back of the bazooka album:
fuck to: posers
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:33 (fourteen years ago) link
well one way in which it's bad writing is that a dog flipping through a magazine is a wholly incongruous image
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:33 (fourteen years ago) link
this thread took a bizarre turn
― Pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:34 (fourteen years ago) link
seriously though, i've had it up to here with the nu-thrash revolution as much as anyone, but this album rocks hard. very satisfying.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:35 (fourteen years ago) link