smoe.org mailing lists
ivan@stellysee.de
| From | Popdude@aol.com |
| Subject | Re: Receiver - an apology |
| Date | Wed, 9 Jan 2008 12:44:54 EST |
[Part 1 text/plain US-ASCII (1.1 kilobytes)]
(View Text in a separate window)
S. Mason:
<<Relentless positivity and an inability to take even relatively mild
criticism about specific issues (such as "weak and flat" singing, which would indeed
be a problem on an album in a style as vocals-forward as power pop) are the
quickest route to complete irrelevance for any scene. If people need a claque,
they can buy one, but Audities does not exist to reflexively cheer every
element about every album that has a Rickenbacker on it.>>
Well, I certainly can't speak for Ryan, but I don't believe he was
referencing Bob's criticism of the Receiver record specifically; rather, he may have
noticed (like I have) that literally every time Bob has posted over the past few
weeks, he has placed a pointed barb somewhere within his post. Yes, Stewart,
"relentless positivity" is a bad thing, but so is relentless negativity. It
really has nothing to do with Rickenbackers.
JB
**************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape.
http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489
For assistance, please contact
the smoe.org administrators.