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| From | John Micek <jlmicek@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Lef Unsetz |
| Date | Mon, 26 May 2008 07:24:15 -0400 |
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I think what's most troublesome about him is the fact that, for all
his blather about how the industry is changing, he's profoundly
uninterested in new music of any kind. I can't tell you how many
posts I've read recently that began "I don't want to hear your band,"
or "Don't tell me about your band ..."
The funny thing is, his act is as old as the hills ... the cranky old
guy complaining about the state of art. Ezra Pound started doing it
first, and until he was consumed by the demons of anti-semitism and
pro-Mussolini sympathy, he actually did it better. The tragedy of it
was that it destroyed whatever good he had done beforehand. The same
is pretty much true of Lefsetz. If you put theirs' and Pound's
writing styles next to each other, the block caps and rant-y tone are
exactly the same. But if you ask Lefsetz, he'll probably tell you
he's channeling Lester Bangs, but the antecedents are the same.
John Micek.
On May 25, 2008, at 9:45 PM, Scotthomewood@cs.com wrote:
> Lefsetz has always struck me as one of the most unsavvy music
> business people
> I have ever run across. Anyone who knows the least bit about music
> has been
> saying the same thing he's been blathering about for years (wow,
> music business
> is changing - people have been saying that since 1995) and, as
> someone just
> mentioned, he's not smart enough to offer any solutions or new
> insights. I
> can't believe he's a consultant and any label who wastes money
> using him is simply
> THROWING money DOWN THE DRAIN - as he would no doubt write.
>
> The Hall and Oates article is case in point. Not only does he
> endlessly write
> about nostalgia like H&O and The Eagles but his example of people
> telling him
> H&O were cheesy and now they're cool etc. Who is saying that stuff?
> Who is
> talking about Hall and Oates right now? WHY would they be talking
> about Hall and
> Oates right now? How does a Hall and Oates nostalgia show affect
> Radiohead or
> Duffy? It doesn't. Not at all. H&O are great artists, yes, but
> hardly on the
> tip of anyone's tongue these days. I guess he saw a show and
> decided to turn
> it into a diatribe about the music business. With caps and everything.
>
> Wait until I write about the Drifters and Coasters show I am seeing
> at a
> casino next week. I wonder if Capitol will hire me to consult.
>
> Sheesh.
>
> Scott Homewood
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