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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Talentless hack, was bad review writing |
| Date | Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:53:30 -0500 |
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From: "Eytan Mirsky" <eytanmirsky@hotmail.com>
> Stewart Mason:
>>A thesaurus is particularly useful when reviewing one of Eytan
>>Mirsky's records. Most editors will only let you use the phrase
>>"talentless hack" once per paragraph, so it's useful to have
>>synonyms
>>at hand.
>>
> One can only guess what motivated this attack (aside from the fact
> that presumably Stewart sincerely believes it). It seems Stewart
> thinks it's all right to attack musicians but not to point out the
> errors of "writers."
What I truly don't understand is why you think your initial post --
which was an unwarranted slam -- was fair game, and my response is an
unmotivated attack. Seriously, dude, what on earth was gained by you
being a prick about the misuse of a commonly misused word? The only
purpose of my response to your post was that I knew you were going to
be annoyed by it, which I find amusingly hypocritical.
>
> I could be wrong, but I can't even recall ever sending Stewart a cd
> to review, though it's possible he could have acquired one some
> other way. And while far be it from me to argue with the label of
> "talentless hack" applied to me from the infallible authority of
> Stewart Mason, I will take some small comfort in the people who,
> having ordered all four of my cd's, urge me to record more music
> (though it's doubtful I will).
As well you should -- take comfort, that is -- since I'm well aware
that my opinions are basically meaningless. (However, I do own both
GET READY FOR EYTAN and the TAO OF STEVE soundtrack, which I acquired
from CD Baby and my best friend's ex-husband who was on the film crew,
respectively.) Although, for the record, I chose "talentless hack"
simply because it was the most insulting phrase I could think of at
the moment, and it's not indicative of my actual opinion of your
music. Again, I just thought your initial post was needlessly
obnoxious and required a response in kind.
S
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