Fringey's taut-abbed painter

[SlaveNoMore]

Pretty Little Flower
Well, I guess I do not own any of the CDs he lists and do not think I will (with the exception of maybe the Black Keys, and possibly the Eagles of Death Metal because some cat recommended them). But, it is not like I look at his list and cringe in horror. Probably not a bad list for your average NPR listener. And for those of you who think I am just making some condescending slap at NPR listeners, you are correct.

I am somewhat surprised he left "The Grey Album" off the list.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
"Ken Tucker is also a film critic for New York magazine." I'm not saying that you cannot be a music critic and a film critic - I'm just saying it make me suspicious. Jack of all trades and what have you.

The only worthwhile film criticism would be on the order of "This movie sucks. Don't go. There's too much violence, and meaningless nudity. Or go, if you like that."

That is, sum up in less than 20 words. Instead you get a whole page. For popular movies the reviews are really dumb, especially when they start comparing to other movies..."This movie is bad, not as bad as ACTOR'S last movie, which was horrible."

Excuse me. Problem.

People read the review to decide to go to the movie in the first place, so if I had listened to the review of the last movie I wouldn't get the reference point as I wouldn't have seen the last movie.

For small films its even worse. Plot twists-surprises etc.? The review gives them all away. So you read the review before you see the movie and it ruins the movie. Read the review after and the nit-picking still ruins the movie. "The ___ scene was dumb, the ___ character was needless filler etc." Maybe they're right, but there have been a few movies that were perfect. You can nitpick them all. I just want to enjoy it, must this analysis be shoved in my face?

In sum, reviews are useless to decide if you should see a movie, damaging if read before seeing a movie, and harmful even if not read until after seeing the movie.

Music critic? Does anyone really read that crap? A review of a rock CD is the biggest wank I can imagine. How can people write that crap?

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
(It was very cold and snowy out, hence the tv-watching)

This is some sort of code for saying you didn't have a "date," right?

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I had a co-worker who drove me nuts with this shit ... He also used to laud awful bands like Deep Purple or King Crimson, and depending on who he was talking to, they'd either be underrated, or kitschy classic.

I went to college with that guy -- fucker used to play Blind Faith on his reel-to-reel ("the sound is much purer this way") in an attempt to impress sorrority chicks. After they told him that, no, they did not hear the pin droped on the studio floor by Ginger during "Presence of the Lord," he would pout, and they would go to the next room to do blow with the College Republican coke dealer.

[SlaveNoMore]

sebastian_dangerfield
Anyone got any info on "Death from Above 1979"?

Yes.

The "must-have" CD of November, 2004.

[dtb]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
If? Have you ever made it clear to a guy that you wanted to fuck only to have him decline? (Spouses don't count). I think thats unpossible.

Why can't most chicks just say "Lets go back to my place" and make it clear that they want to fuck? Why does it always have to be hints and a pseudo-courtship ritual involving loads of booze and double entendres and such. I enjoy flirting as much as next cat, but damnit, when you both have a shared interest in bumping uglies asap, just get down to brass tacks...

And that concludes my seminar on how many cliches one can use in a fifty word paragraph.

Given the quality and efficiency of this seminar, I'd like to sign up for all your seminars! What others do you offer?

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
What the fuck do you know? You're a goddamned U2 fan.

Pot. Kettle. [your iPod is]Black.

[dtb]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Well, I guess I do not own any of the CDs he lists and do not think I will (with the exception of maybe the Black Keys, and possibly the Eagles of Death Metal because some cat recommended them). But, it is not like I look at his list and cringe in horror. Probably not a bad list for your average NPR listener. And for those of you who think I am just making some condescending slap at NPR listeners, you are correct.

What about listeners of am radio?

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
Pot. Kettle. [your iPod is]Black.

[NotFromHere]

OK, cross post.

New from Ipod
My favorites...

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by dtb
What about listeners of am radio?

The only station that I spend any appreciable time listening to is an AM station.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
In sum, reviews are useless to decide if you should see a movie, damaging if read before seeing a movie, and harmful even if not read until after seeing the movie.

Music critic? Does anyone really read that crap? A review of a rock CD is the biggest wank I can imagine. How can people write that crap?

Reviews exist to keep bad wanna-be writers from writing books and movies and music, which would simply add to the huge quantity of books and movies and music out there, making it that much harder to find the good amidst the chaff. Be thankful that they're otherwise occupied. If we didn't have jobs for reviewers, we'd probably have another spate of Eighties music.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by bilmore
Reviews exist to keep bad wanna-be writers from writing books and movies and music, which would simply add to the huge quantity of books and movies and music out there, making it that much harder to find the good amidst the chaff. Be thankful that they're otherwise occupied. If we didn't have jobs for reviewers, we'd probably have another spate of Eighties music.

I like reading music reviews.

I also sometimes find them to be informative.

I am a bad bad man.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I like reading music reviews.

I also sometimes find them to be informative.

I am a bad bad man.

Misguided, probably, but "bad" in a moral sense? You can't shoulder all of the world's ills. Be nicer to yourself.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by bilmore
Misguided, probably, but "bad" in a moral sense? You can't shoulder all of the world's ills. Be nicer to yourself.

Thanks. I think I need some me time.

Look at what I just learned about Death From Above 1979 from a music review:

After Death From Above Records (aka the DFA), approached the band to change its name, the duo responded by tacking on the legal minimum of numbers to their moniker and posting to their former web site: "FUCK DFA RECORDS FUCK JAMES MURPHY WE DECLARE JIHAD ON THEM HOLY WAR ENDING IN THIER DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT... james murphy is a selfish piece of fuck that will burn in the flames of a specially dedicated rock and roll jihad. if i had the resources i would fly a plane into his skull."