― 3, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 03:25 (twenty-three years ago) link
http://epk.radioandrecords.com/camron/downnout_011205/cover1.gif
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 27 June 2001 03:27 (twenty-three years ago) link
― 3, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 03:28 (twenty-three years ago) link
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― Sean F (Sean F), Wednesday, 27 June 2001 03:32 (twenty-three years ago) link
― deej.., Wednesday, 27 June 2001 03:32 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 27 June 2001 03:34 (twenty-three years ago) link
― 3, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 03:40 (twenty-three years ago) link
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― deej.., Wednesday, 27 June 2001 03:43 (twenty-three years ago) link
― deej.., Wednesday, 27 June 2001 03:44 (twenty-three years ago) link
But last night, I decided the time had come -- I was going to do download abunch to my Palm Pilot for subway reading during my commute. I thought itmight prove a good place to do a little research and keep abreast of the latest goings-on.
And seriously? What I found was a lot of lists, in-jokes, pictures,and inpenetrable references -- as well as links to other blogs, of course. Aside from the fact that almost none seemed to have much to say about actual music, almost across the board, they reinforced the worst cliches about music writers: that they're this uber-insular, elitist sect that's more interested in impressing one another than trying to think anew, even if it means saying something stupid.
Did I kind of expect that? Sure, I suppose. But the thing is: that's what ILM, for all intents and purposes, should probably be, but isn't. There's a lot of fresh, honest--dare I say--brave assessments on this board -- by, I might add, many of the same people playing this silly game I just described. You would think the blogosphere could be public diaries -- musings about this passion of ours, the great testing ground for the Big Ideas that end up in print somewhere, or maybe just write-ups of records our respective publications wouldn't let us review for whatever reason.
But from virtually all that I've seen, they aren't that at all. And that's just very, very disappointing. There are some great writers here.
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Friday, 11 February 2005 03:49 (nineteen years ago) link
you admit that and then have the nerve to criticize? heh, that's some cojones.
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 11 February 2005 03:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 11 February 2005 03:55 (nineteen years ago) link
great!
try harder, btw.
― f--gg (gcannon), Friday, 11 February 2005 03:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― jones (actual), Friday, 11 February 2005 03:58 (nineteen years ago) link
IMO, once you start consciously blogging for other bloggers, and not for yourself or for a real or imagined audience, the quality suffers badly. When that happens, it leads to online feuds and writers trying to outdo one another first and foremost. Also, people start becoming self-conscious about their niche in the blogosphere. They start thinking "I have to write about stuff that others aren't writing about, I've got to be more unique" instead of just writing about whatever interests them.
I'm not just referring to music blogs here, I'm referring to any internet communities I've come across -- music, sports, politics, you name it.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 11 February 2005 04:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― shookout (shookout), Friday, 11 February 2005 04:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― dr. phil (josh langhoff), Friday, 11 February 2005 04:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― everything, Friday, 11 February 2005 09:46 (nineteen years ago) link
Personally I don't like the MP3 blogs, aside from the odd blog that features mixes.
― stevie nixed (stevie nixed), Friday, 11 February 2005 10:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Omar (Omar), Friday, 11 February 2005 10:12 (nineteen years ago) link
And this was a surprise? You've read the Pazz & Jop poll comments section before, right? Anyway, most of the political blogs I've scrolled through seem to fit the same pattern as the music ones.
― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Friday, 11 February 2005 11:25 (nineteen years ago) link
I used to take great pains in always thinking of the first-time reader when writing each post, always trying to explain references etc. Then I decided that I actually liked in-jokes and self-referentialism and being part of a blog-gang, so I eased up on all of that. I fully expect 95% of casual readers to walk away scratching their heads and thinking WTF is he blathering on about. It's a blog, not a magazine. Horses for courses...
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 11 February 2005 12:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― stevie nixed (stevie nixed), Friday, 11 February 2005 12:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin, Friday, 11 February 2005 12:52 (nineteen years ago) link
i disagree. ILX is designed for two-way communication, for rapid response. blogs are online journals; the text is offered up to be read as an entity in itself, rather than as part of a discussion. that crappy little "comments: 0" at the bottom of thousands of blogspot posts says it all.
there are some excellent, awe-inspiring, life-affirming blogs out there. there are many, many more that are frankly knuckle-bitingly embarrassing; a good proportion of these are obviously written entirely for other members of the - cough - "blogosphere" to read. a good blog exists because it has something worthwhile to say and says it beautifully. a bad blog exists purely to affirm the writer's existence, which is ultimately rather pathetic.
it's like forming a band: for the sake of the rest of us, only do it if you actually have a driving need to do so.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 11 February 2005 13:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 11 February 2005 13:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― stelfox, Friday, 11 February 2005 13:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― um, Friday, 11 February 2005 13:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 11 February 2005 13:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Friday, 11 February 2005 13:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 11 February 2005 14:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Friday, 11 February 2005 14:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Friday, 11 February 2005 14:09 (nineteen years ago) link
Didn't you know, I keep it going just to promote yours. ;-)
that crappy little "comments: 0" at the bottom of thousands of blogspot posts says it all.
I have a lot of fans. I especially like the VEeAgra one.
― stevie nixed (stevie nixed), Friday, 11 February 2005 14:18 (nineteen years ago) link
I found Jess Harvell's year-end take on music on his blog very interesting even if I don't always agree with him. Jessica Hopper writes wonderfully. Dj Rupture/Jace Clayton's take on grime, life in Spain, and various others...There a Canadien guy who lives in Senegal and post about African music who's been mention elsewhere by me and others on ILM who's great. How about Julianne Shepherd, and Phil Sherburne,Christopher Porter and numerous others(I just learned from Sasha Frere-Jones blog about the jazz covers of pavement cd)...
― steve-k, Friday, 11 February 2005 14:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― genevieve rt, Friday, 11 February 2005 15:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Friday, 11 February 2005 15:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― David Allen (David Allen), Friday, 11 February 2005 15:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Friday, 11 February 2005 15:15 (nineteen years ago) link
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ... urgh [chokes with laughter]
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 11 February 2005 15:19 (nineteen years ago) link
whats your blog?
― um, Friday, 11 February 2005 15:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alienus Quam Reproba (blueski), Friday, 11 February 2005 15:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 11 February 2005 15:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nick Sylvester, Friday, 11 February 2005 15:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Friday, 11 February 2005 15:43 (nineteen years ago) link
Is there such a thing? I must live in an insular world.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 February 2005 15:43 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.daviddarling.info/images/Time_Tunnel.jpg
― and what, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 14:54 (sixteen years ago) link
lol this thread
― jordy (J0rdan S.), Friday, 30 January 2009 00:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Rappers are like Rod Stewart now; they're like a bunch of Liberaces with their gold rims. The Diplomats are just a little bit off key from what others are doing. They seem to be experimenting the most, and they have a real fight mentality. It's the guerilla side of hip-hop."
Maya Arulpragasam, New York Times
huh
― jordy (J0rdan S.), Friday, 30 January 2009 00:27 (fifteen years ago) link
lawl
― Mare Street tour guide (Dom Passantino), Friday, 30 January 2009 00:32 (fifteen years ago) link
hahahaha what the shit
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 30 January 2009 00:43 (fifteen years ago) link
What he DOES offer...is fire.― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, June 26, 2001 11:01 PM (7 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lol i was thinking about this literally yesterday
― some dude, Friday, 30 January 2009 00:50 (fifteen years ago) link
btw i need to call bullshit on gear finding purple haze on lp for $2
― jordy (J0rdan S.), Friday, 30 January 2009 00:53 (fifteen years ago) link
wtf happened to the time stamps in this thread...
miccio, you had a problem with a song being goofy?!?
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, June 27, 2001 3:23 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lol
― crackers is biters (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 30 January 2009 01:02 (fifteen years ago) link