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I guess I exited for a while, can't quite say why but I am sure there is something I can say about it.
I spent last week with the flu which included a fever and what felt like my impending death. I still feel slightly off but then again at least I am alive. I believe I caught the British flu (thats a story in itself) at SXSW where I was the week prior. I had high hopes for SXSW this year as I didn't have to spend every waking moment behind a booth as I did the year before. Unfortuantely I did have to "network" which included me not seeing a lot of bands and catching only a few songs of the bands I did get to see. The last night my fever began but I pushed myself to wait in line, alone for almost an hour to see Daniel Johnston. It was definitely worth the time and he was a lot better than I had expected. I got to the front only to realize I would pass out if I continued to stand so I was forced to a booth in the back but still had enough of a view to not be too bothered. I then made it to Tokyo Police Club only to realize I was close to death and had to go back to my hotel room. Snowden the day before was surprisingly empty at the Pure Volume stage and I had to sit through a good share of punky pop bands linked to labels I won't mention. I can't say that any of the noteworthy events had much of anything to do with music. This is a sad realization and I feel like I was only there for about a day but I still had a good time.
At the same time I have come to major realizations about my future in the music industry, my opinion on corporate rule and the decision that principles must come before everything else. It is sad to have this epiphany, as it will influence much of my future decisions but I am glad I finally have made up my mind one way or the other.
As for my regular rants I will say that I read the Connor Oberst interview in Billboard only to be brought close to puking over his ignorance. I saw that Issak Brock knifed himself on stage only to unsuccessfully do no major harm and then debut at number one. Well so did Doughtry so I don't think it matters.
Hopefully I can come back to blogging regularly about all the things that make me angry in music but I have lost a lot of motivation lately. We'll see....
It takes a lot for me to write about the shortcomings up Pitchfork, as it is common knowledge they have their issues but with today’s review of Bright Eyes, Four Winds I have no choice but to go on the attack. I like Bright Eyes, I am not a fan of this EP but don't want to do it any disrespect, however this is exactly what Stephen M. Deusner did in his review.
For those of you who don't know, Neil Young is my musical hero. Few come close to him and it takes a man with more than two balls to compare this legend to Connor Oberst's EP full of half hearted tracks that didn't make the full length. Duesner, whose name could be mistaken for douche bag said, "On the Four Winds EP he sets aside the angst-rock of Lifted, Desaparecidos, and the beatscapes of Digital Ash in a Digital Urn in favor of Neil Young-at-heart folk-rock that sounds like his idea of populism."
Ok so this isn't the end of the world. Its definitely a comparison I wouldn't make since Four Winds just sounds like Connor's been hanging around M. Ward too long but I digress. Deusner could have left it at that but somewhere between that paragraph and the next he grew a giant third ball and wrote, "Reinvent the Wheel" is Oberst's "Needle and the Damage Done," but without a needle, or really any damage."
If it’s not the “Needle and the Damage Done” then why did you even need to bring Neil into it in the first place? This guy is running out of his Pitchfork metaphors and is now scraping around and decided to pick on the hero of folk rock. Connor is not Young, this EP is a mess and instead of trying to be profound with his pathetic comparisons, he could have just said that.
Has anyone seen, "I'm from Rolling Stone" on MTV? Bored out of my mind last night I watched it for the second time. I personally am not a music journalist, though I did go to school with that intention for several years. As music bloggers, I think that I and the rest of the MOG community can have some insight into this show and its absurdity.
First I want to make it very clear that I am well aware that Rolling Stone is not a legitimate music magazine and has lost all integrity. Joe Levy, the editor on the show is a complete idiot and makes me cringe every time I have to look at his big fat nose on one of those "Best Week Ever" shows.
I am not sure how they choose the six people for the show but it probably was somewhere along the lines of wearing a blindfold and spinning around in a Virgin Megastore. Its want-to-be music critics like these and already established ones such as Joe Levy that created bloggers. We can't read these music magazines anymore because there is nothing in them that speaks to the knowledgeable music enthusiast. People know better and that’s why we have platforms like MOG. So why would anyone ever make a show about the writers for one such magazine? It’s the equivalent of having a show about people who still use Walkmans, VCR’s and phone books. No one cares.
In last nights episode one girl was commended because she wrote an article on Ciara and another on DMX. Then another guy basically harassed Lupe Fiasco about his religious beliefs on the phone and wasn’t even reprimanded. These people make me ill and remind me of why I chose not to get into this career, because true music journalism no longer exists on the magazine level.
In order to find good bands, interesting critiques and unique ideas we must now go to the online realm. Of course I have nothing against this and it in turns allows the little people like me to put in their two cents. I love that the MOG’s of the internet are giving Spin and Rolling Stone an unforeseen competition and the rivalry is the average guy sitting behind his desk at the software company blogging about his new favorite band. Most of the time it’s the anti-Joe Levy’s that are writing the most distinctive critiques and finding the latest bands to listen to.
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"I am not sure how they choose the six people for the show but it probably was somewhere along the lines of wearing a blindfold and spinning around in a Virgin Megastore." ...That is hysterical!
I agree~ I had this show on for about 2 minutes out of twisted curiosity a month ago and i almost threw up in my mouth. It pains me to be a prt of the jilted generation that has gotten to watch MTV evolve from a far-out, obscure and original conception of genious into the crumbling piece of shit for a network that it has become.
Yep. This show is as useless as a third tit on a 16 year old. Whatever that means.
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Pitchfork reviews exist solely to bash music and promote an elitist hipster snob agenda.