― robin (robin), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 01:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 01:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
strawmen of all kinds, but especially those that begin, "All electronic music is cold/boring/austere/etc., but [artist X] isn't." believe it or not, you still see this trope disturbingly often, at least in the US.
the very idea of "electronic music," though i've failed to come up with any better umbrella concept.
"genre-defying." though you see that more often in press-releases than actual rockcrit, thank god.
― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 01:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dave Loewenstein (Davlo), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 03:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
I also cringe & sieze up whenever I see "[X]pop" used, especially when the writer's trying to avoid the old [X]pop cliches.
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 03:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
[encompassing as many of your pet-peeves as possible as well as mine, this should prove to be the perfect review]
― Ryan McKay (Ryan McKay), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 03:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 03:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
charlie you sound like a really good music journalist
dammit, where's that sarcasm font when you need it eh?
― Charlie (Charlie), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 04:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 04:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
― bflaska, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 04:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― j.lu (j.lu), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 04:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― --fook (Hayden), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 09:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
More gay slang should work its way into music journalism. "Give the microphone the dirty sanchez" surely has resonance and meaning...
― kate, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 09:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
"everything from ___ to ___"
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 10:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 10:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― duane, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 10:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
okay, u guys have left out these self-indulgent adjectives: "self-indulgent," "hooky," "crisp," "jangly," "ballsy," "fresh," "summery," "smooth," "silky"
even worse, as I've read reviews of so many vastly disparate albums with these same adjectives or phrases used to describe them: "off-kilter arrangements," "eclectic rhthyms" "genre-defying", "irresistable" ("irresistable grooves" aargh) and the most overused, even though i know its necessary sometimes: "melodic" - it's just so err..generic!! Don't ask me what you can use in its place, just find more than one subtitute, if you do.
also STOP all the food adjectives please: "sugar-coated," "delicious," "tangy," "tasty," "sugary confection," "sweet melodies," "spicy beats," I DON'T WANT A MENU AND PLEASE STOP MAKING ME HUNGRY
― Vic (Vic), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 12:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― charlie va (charlie va), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 13:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Orange, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 14:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
i always picture a bright orange department of corrections jumpsuit.
― otto midnight, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 14:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― hstencil, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 14:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Neudonym, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 15:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― A Nairn (moretap), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 16:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 16:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 16:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
grrrr.
― MikeB, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 16:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
Related: 'But still' and equivalents. That's just vagueness. As in 'They don't set my world on fire, but still'. But still -- what?
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 16:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― rog, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 17:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ken taylrr, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 19:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ken taylrr, Wednesday, 12 February 2003 19:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― kevin brady (groeuvre), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 19:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 19:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
'Popular beat combo' is an OK phrase when used seriously, though, like by people such as my Grandfather.
― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 23:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
(oh and what is the difference?)
― Andy K (Andy K), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 23:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jerry (Jerry), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 23:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 23:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Johnboy, Thursday, 13 February 2003 00:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 13 February 2003 00:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
"she"
"they"
― dan fitz (danfitz), Thursday, 13 February 2003 00:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Charlie (Charlie), Thursday, 13 February 2003 02:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 13 February 2003 02:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Kenan Hebert, Thursday, 13 February 2003 06:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 13 February 2003 06:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Kenan Hebert, Thursday, 13 February 2003 06:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
Here in CHicago, Peter Margasak uses it about once a month. He may be the only writer using it but it's too much (btw I'm not exaggerating, it's something that my friends picked up on and noticed). It's just kinda clunky and tautological. What are kilter dynamics?
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Thursday, 13 February 2003 07:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― wiseblood, Thursday, 13 February 2003 07:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Vic (Vic), Thursday, 13 February 2003 07:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Kenan Hebert, Thursday, 13 February 2003 07:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
Never mind. I drink too much.
― Kenan Hebert, Thursday, 13 February 2003 07:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
I think what Vic meant was "off-kilter (dynamics/arrangements)".
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Thursday, 13 February 2003 08:01 (twenty-one years ago) link