[kj] Used CDs

Stephen Robinson gathering@misera.net
Tue, 7 Oct 2003 20:28:31 +0100


Isn't this all about 5-8 years out of date? It's all pre-brit pop! I know
it's stuff found in second hand bins, but they'd be 3 or 4 hand by now. If
anyone bought them that is.


> yeah, even though i agree with about 40% of what this
> guy has to say (although he was pretty smack on about
> The Melvins "Stag" album-my favourite of theirs), i
> just find scathing and unforgiving send-ups like this
> pretty hilarious. it's like looking in the mirror and
> pissing your pants with laughter. sort of like that.
>
> Leigh
>
> --- Alex Smith <vassifer@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > You guys are late. I already engaged the dubious
> > Mr.Ott.
> >
> > My biggest beef with Ott isn't that he has negative
> > things to say about Cop
> > Shoot Cop, but rather that he doesn't seem
> > especially well-versed (not just
> > in C$C, but in every case). Even a passive glance
> > through his blurbs reveals
> > an incredibly lazy, not-entirely-informed hack
> > perspective. As far as I'm
> > concerned, one's credibility as a music
> > journalist/"rock critic" is measured
> > by one's grasp on the material and the ability to
> > convey/contextualize/communicate in regards to that
> > material. Ott, in this
> > instance, has failed to do so, thus what he has to
> > say is moot.
> >
> > For those that care, I brought this debate to the
> > ILM boards, and Ott
> > himself has weighed in. Enjoy the battle of bluster
> > here:
> >
> >
> http://ilx.wh3rd.net/thread.php?msgid=3867517#3868018
> >
> > Alex in NYC
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------
> > From: Jelbod@aol.com
> > To: gathering@misera.net
> > Subject: Re: [kj] Used CDs
> > Date: Tue, Oct 7, 2003, 1:03 PM
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 07/10/03 11:00:43 Pacific
> > Daylight Time,
> > morbidflorist@yahoo.com writes:
> >
> > Don't let Alex see #49 though!
> >
> >
> >
> >    Ouch , yeah, i can see a blistering narrative
> > heading this way and to
> > Pitchfork.
> >
>
>
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