Don't think - What Was the Worst Piece of Music Writing You Read Today?

The worst thing I read today though was Chuck Klosterman's latest column in the new SPIN. I usually like what he writes, but this one was particularly horrifying. Hate it when SPIN gets all self-referential. It's like they are writing it for the 9 other rock critics that they hang out with at the same bar.

Sara

http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4137355

oh boy

not strictly music writing. not strictly writing.

?????

I don't know where to start.

hahahaha

"Decide not to have a wank"

"so i won't lose my edge."

Plenty of work got done last night when I got back in from watching couple of great local bands, one, Dirty North play a mash up of ska, hip-hop and razor-sharp lyrics like Antic Monkeys are rattling my cage. They were supported by Mike Garry, a fantastic poet whose Mancunian street poems will make him the poet laureate of Manchester within months.

so if i was british would this sound like an enjoyable night to me?

does that first sentence even work?

"Plenty of work got done last night when I got back in from watching couple of great local bands, one, Dirty North play a mash up of ska, hip-hop and razor-sharp lyrics like Antic Monkeys are rattling my cage."

what's rattling his cage? the band, the lyrics, or the arctic monkeys?

what is with his fucking hair

i lol'd

When I saw this revived I thought "I wonder if that has anything to do with that DiS 'death of music journalism' week...?" and thought if it wasn't, it needed to be posted here.

can we talk about his band now:

http://www.goldblade.com/

"Plenty of work got done last night when I got back in from watching couple of great local bands, one, Dirty North play a mash up of ska, hip-hop and razor-sharp lyrics like Antic Monkeys are rattling my cage."

what's rattling his cage? the band, the lyrics, or the arctic monkeys?

― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 15:32 (5 hours ago) Bookmark

They're Antic Monkeys, not Arctic ones. I dunno why.

i've noticed that the threads about "lol terrible music writing" always have the same dullards on them, people who are never on the threads about good music. hrrrm.

i notice you're here.

Goldblade are fucking terrible. But he used to be in the Membranes who were actually quite good.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/thelife/news/story?id=4474313

haha i love how it starts out meandering and tl;dr, then you scroll down some and he says:

If you're among the 90 percent of humanity that loves The Beatles unconditionally, the next 2,000 words are going to anger you.

yeah there's a lot of gold in archives of Paul Shirley's music writing for espn. i recall a reviewing of animal collective awhile back being very entertaining.

Ugh
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/111587-vivian-girls-26-august-2009-philadelphia-pa/

I recently came across Cassie Ramone’s Friendster profile through Google, and it happens that it is private to people other than her friends. Maybe I’ll have to sign up for a Friendster account. Maybe Cassie Ramone will accept my friend request, although I doubt Cassie Ramone will check her Friendster account often during this upcoming tour.

crepey

That Beatles piece would be a hell of a lot more convincing if he cited modern artists a bit more interesting than U2 and Oasis. Is the arrogance of his voice put on, or is that really him?

ugh @ that Vivian Girls thing. Total concept review misfire. Do they not have editors?

http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/news/16-09-09/pavement-reform/

Great news, but why refer to them as "The most influential band of their generation"? Even if it were true, why write something so horrible and overwrought?

what's totally messing with my head is that "Friendster" is italicized. I like this sentence:

Opening band The Beets had nothing to do with the fictional band from the classic Nickelodeon television show Doug.

because, you know, I actually would get my hopes up

what's totally messing with my head is that "Friendster" is italicized.

Ditto.

"Is the arrogance of his voice put on, or is that really him?"

No, that's him. I dont really think he has a clue what he is talking about. He did an ok article about Sunn 0))) though.

http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/news/16-09-09/pavement-reform/

Great news, but why refer to them as "The most influential band of their generation"? Even if it were true, why write something so horrible and overwrought?

― King of Snake (j-rock), Thursday, September 17, 2009 3:51 PM (1 hour ago)

eh, internet press releases jerkin it to pavement shocker

Why would a label who puts out a band's records say something hyperbolic and flattering about them?!

that's the most influential post of our generation