― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:12 (twenty years ago) link
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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:20 (twenty years ago) link
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― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:32 (twenty years ago) link
big mothafucking ditto!
― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:36 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:37 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:39 (twenty years ago) link
― trife (simon_tr), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:41 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:43 (twenty years ago) link
If I may read between the lines a little: I think Amateurist completely believes Chuck likes these albums, and just thinks Chuck acts precious special about that fact, to the point of either getting irritating or ceasing to offer worthwhile content.
If I may read between the lines further: I speculate that any such element of Chuck comes out more strongly on ILM, being that he's a successful music critic and most of us are not and thus he's in a position where one might naturally be expected to be a little puckish and insouciant.
I would also agree with the contention that being puckish and insouciant about such things can be entertaining, if it seems deserved and applied in moderation. I find it a little irritating when Chuck Klosterman does it. In my scant reading of Eddy I have never seen him cross the line enough to bug me with this, but I haven't read enough of his stuff to have much of an informed opinion. I am not, however, mystified by the idea that someone might detect and resent such a tendency.
Does that make more sense, James?
― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:45 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:55 (twenty years ago) link
1. Maxim takes on tougher targets than does Alex in NYC or amst (shock! outrage! they named bad bands and didn't go after the backstreet boys -- coz nobodys ever gone against THEM before!! its like everyone's afraid of making fun of current teenpop! they're practically on pedestals with the lips of every rockcrit ever puckered against their ass!) or derogatis.
2. Amst complains when ppl. (me) mention things they like with some reasons (tiffany's we're both thinking of her tonight coz its a great heartbreak song) and don't include dissertations. This is a rockist dbl. standard coz sure i'd love to write a dissertation on Tiffany sometime (i actually wrote one -- or at least an article) but if amst. sez "I love the rolling stones" who's gonna go "dude you have some fucking nerve saying you like them without proving it. its like yr. just trying to upset my critical applecart for no reason you annoyingly puckish scamp." More to the point I've never ONCE seen amst. give any in-depth explanation for his like or dislike of ANY MUSIC EVER.
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:57 (twenty years ago) link
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― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 23:07 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 23:08 (twenty years ago) link
Sterling -- what if you hate (or love) both?
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― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 23:16 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 23:16 (twenty years ago) link
i'd say more tiffany was APPRECIATED for dance numbers and deborah for ballads. but deborah hand so little range, a comparatively weak voice, and even her dance-numbers were pretty damn go nowhere. (out of the blue was the first tape i ever bought tho and it has a special place in my heart even if for no other reason.)
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 23:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 23:23 (twenty years ago) link
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