[kj] Rolling Stone Weighs In

Leigh Newton gathering@misera.net
Thu, 28 Aug 2003 23:36:31 -0700 (PDT)


there's no way i'd cancel a free subscription either.
i think it's important to be in loop of what totally
sucks. as much as it is to keep tabs on what you think
is cool. 

--- Harley Quinn <webmistress@killing-joke.com> wrote:
> I won a free 1 year sub to Rolling Stone from
> publishers clearinghouse.. 4
> 1/2 years later, this shit STILL comes to my mail
> box every month
> I'd cancel, but its free, so hey, if they are stupid
> enough to keep sending
> it, I'll keep getting them and letting my kids make
> pretty pictures out of
> them
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Leigh Newton" <morbidflorist@yahoo.com>
> To: <gathering@misera.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 12:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [kj] Rolling Stone Weighs In
> 
> 
> > that's almost exactly the review they gave to
> Faith No
> > More's final (and quite great) album-Album Of The
> > Year. "Oh, they're old, they're tired, we sucked
> their
> > ass when they were cool, but this is just a big
> prog
> > rock mess......but the keyboards are cool." At the
> > height of "electronica", no less. Even when i was
> a 16
> > year old, grunge loving idiot, i thought rolling
> stone
> > sucked.
> >
> > Leigh
> >
> > --- Jester <webmaster@killing-joke.com> wrote:
> > > Fuck RS, right square in the arse, with an
> implant.
> > > No wonder Lester Bangs
> > > left that shit hole.
> > >
> > > If your not some POS band, that is the flavour
> of
> > > the day, then you don't
> > > get good pub from them.
> > >
> > > To fucking hell with em.
> > >
> > > "expertly constructed electronic
> > > textures"...huh???oh, you mean the fart
> > > noises??? And there is all the credibility you
> need
> > > right there.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/28/03 10:57 PM, "MotelHell@aol.com"
> > > <MotelHell@aol.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > As if you didn't already have enough reasons
> to
> > > boycott this glorified toilet
> > > > paper, Rolling Stone reviews the new album:
> > > >
> > > > KILLING JOKE
> > > > Killing Joke
> > > > ZUMA
> > > > ** (two stars out of five)
> > > > These middle-aged Brits, who first blended
> metal,
> > > post-punk and New Wave
> > > > sounds into an oppressive mess twenty years
> ago
> > > return with one of the darkest
> > > > albums in their extensive catalog. On tracks
> such
> > > as "Loose Cannon", the big
> > > > riffs and make for a heady, dark mix.
> > > > But
> > > > all the humorless gloom and doom feels
> oppressive
> > > after a while, and KILLING
> > > > JOKE ultimately plays like the soundtrack to a
> > > slightly pretentious horror
> > > > film
> > > > - Christian Hoard and Jon Caramanica.
> > > >
> > > > Opinions aside, what a horribly written bit of
> > > drivel (the adjective
> > > > "oppressive" apearing twice in three
> sentences?) I
> > > get the feeling the only
> > > > track
> > > > these cock-jockeys listened to was "Loose
> Cannon".
> > > And what's this about
> > > > "expertly
> > > > constructed electronic textures"? What does
> that
> > > even MEAN?
> > > >
> > > > Fuck Rolling Stone.
> > > >
> > > > Alex in NYC
> > > > Home: vassifer@earthlink.net
> > > >
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