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yesno

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Re: Tell me why RollingStone sucks
« Reply #60 on: August 10, 2008, 08:07:25 AM »
randy Newman's like the wire, man. He goes after EVERYONE.

That jim derogatis is also no slouch in letting you know that he met kurt cobain a lot.

Still, they sometimes cover some good stuff and at least now when I say the new whatever album stinks,   I will not just be guessing. I kind of like knowing about whatever is being talked about, even if it stinks. 

Shaggy 2 Grote

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Re: Tell me why RollingStone sucks
« Reply #61 on: August 10, 2008, 10:47:05 AM »
Or:

Then, it was about Jann Wenner and company sticking it to the man.

Now, it's about Jann Wenner and company sticking it into his portfolio.

I thought now it was about Jann Wnner sticking it in a man?

Another Wenner fun fact: he had come out by that time, and his wife was still around and seemed totally happy.  It was sorta like middle-aged woman paradise - your incredibly rich husband comes out of the closet and still takes care of you and hangs out with you socially.
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dave from knoxville

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Re: Tell me why RollingStone sucks
« Reply #62 on: August 10, 2008, 12:06:55 PM »
I just started listening to the Sound Opinions podcast and one of the first reviews I heard was both of them gushing over the new Randy Newman album. Ugh. I was really disappointed. I'm not saying those guys don't have a right to their opinion, but that guy's an interesting litmus test and let's just say I'm a bit wary of people who claim to enjoy listening to that guy.

"Yeah, the music's awful and cheesy but listen to the words! They're so acerbic!"

Blah.

Litmus test, huh? Gee, Randy Newman's one of my alltime favorite artists. "I Just Want You To Hurt Like I Do" is probably in my top ten songs ever.

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Re: Tell me why RollingStone sucks
« Reply #63 on: August 10, 2008, 12:29:35 PM »
Like every reviewer or review team, you have to be able to decode their prejudices. The fact that they have legitimate music news is great and some good in-studio stuff and you can hear an artist while they are being reviewed is great. But they have tons of prejudices. The guy who worships Lester Bangs takes glee in shooting down any band with any hype and will always give a hyped band that is on their first or second album a bad review with no exceptions. Any toilet talk in a rock group is 'dark' and thus good while toilet talk in a rap record is something that he needs to hide from his daughter. The other guy is the more conservative Siskel to baby Bangs' Ebert (they even look like Siskel & Ebert, but please don't google image them. it will make it disgusting when they talk about how sexual a group is). He is more forgiving of older bands and newer rock bands but likes very little outside of his wheelhouse. I prefer him since he seems to respond more to music and less to the image of band/group.
If both of them like a rap record though, you can generally run the other direction very fast (example would be Tim Fite, who they can't stop talking about).
However, I think they have a very entertaining radio show.

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Re: Tell me why RollingStone sucks
« Reply #64 on: August 10, 2008, 02:31:35 PM »
I just started listening to the Sound Opinions podcast and one of the first reviews I heard was both of them gushing over the new Randy Newman album. Ugh. I was really disappointed. I'm not saying those guys don't have a right to their opinion, but that guy's an interesting litmus test and let's just say I'm a bit wary of people who claim to enjoy listening to that guy.

"Yeah, the music's awful and cheesy but listen to the words! They're so acerbic!"

Blah.

Litmus test, huh? Gee, Randy Newman's one of my alltime favorite artists. "I Just Want You To Hurt Like I Do" is probably in my top ten songs ever.

You get a free pass, Dave. Besides, I'm certainly not one to judge - a quick pass through my record collection would no doubt reveal far greater horrors.
I'll probably go into the wee hours.

dave from knoxville

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Re: Tell me why RollingStone sucks
« Reply #65 on: August 10, 2008, 04:05:08 PM »
I just started listening to the Sound Opinions podcast and one of the first reviews I heard was both of them gushing over the new Randy Newman album. Ugh. I was really disappointed. I'm not saying those guys don't have a right to their opinion, but that guy's an interesting litmus test and let's just say I'm a bit wary of people who claim to enjoy listening to that guy.

"Yeah, the music's awful and cheesy but listen to the words! They're so acerbic!"

Blah.

Litmus test, huh? Gee, Randy Newman's one of my alltime favorite artists. "I Just Want You To Hurt Like I Do" is probably in my top ten songs ever.

You get a free pass, Dave. Besides, I'm certainly not one to judge - a quick pass through my record collection would no doubt reveal far greater horrors.

You want me to burn you a copy of Leo Sayer's Endless Flight?

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Re: Tell me why RollingStone sucks
« Reply #66 on: August 10, 2008, 04:37:55 PM »
I just started listening to the Sound Opinions podcast and one of the first reviews I heard was both of them gushing over the new Randy Newman album. Ugh. I was really disappointed. I'm not saying those guys don't have a right to their opinion, but that guy's an interesting litmus test and let's just say I'm a bit wary of people who claim to enjoy listening to that guy.

"Yeah, the music's awful and cheesy but listen to the words! They're so acerbic!"

Blah.

Litmus test, huh? Gee, Randy Newman's one of my alltime favorite artists. "I Just Want You To Hurt Like I Do" is probably in my top ten songs ever.


I'm pro-Randy Newman too, Dave. Earlier Randy Newman, mostly. I never really thought the music was cheesy. Randy Newman is just a good time all around.

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Re: Tell me why RollingStone sucks
« Reply #67 on: August 11, 2008, 08:26:59 AM »
I just started listening to the Sound Opinions podcast and one of the first reviews I heard was both of them gushing over the new Randy Newman album. Ugh. I was really disappointed. I'm not saying those guys don't have a right to their opinion, but that guy's an interesting litmus test and let's just say I'm a bit wary of people who claim to enjoy listening to that guy.

"Yeah, the music's awful and cheesy but listen to the words! They're so acerbic!"

Blah.

Litmus test, huh? Gee, Randy Newman's one of my alltime favorite artists. "I Just Want You To Hurt Like I Do" is probably in my top ten songs ever.

You get a free pass, Dave. Besides, I'm certainly not one to judge - a quick pass through my record collection would no doubt reveal far greater horrors.

You want me to burn you a copy of Leo Sayer's Endless Flight?

Only if I can return the favor with a copy of Cinderella's Night Songs.
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Re: Tell me why RollingStone sucks
« Reply #68 on: August 11, 2008, 12:03:41 PM »

iAmBaronVonTito

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Re: Tell me why RollingStone sucks
« Reply #69 on: August 11, 2008, 03:44:39 PM »
it's interesting that they think their sales slump is credited to the size of their magazine rather than maybe you're just a bad magazine. 


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Re: Tell me why RollingStone sucks
« Reply #70 on: August 11, 2008, 11:09:04 PM »
I like that post, but it probably just had to do with extra printing and mailing costs.  And, sadly, all periodicals are having trouble these days.  Who needs, say, the Atlantic Monthly when you've got the FOT boards?
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Re: Tell me why RollingStone sucks
« Reply #71 on: August 11, 2008, 11:28:21 PM »
I like that post, but it probably just had to do with extra printing and mailing costs.  And, sadly, all periodicals are having trouble these days.  Who needs, say, the Atlantic Monthly when you've got the FOT boards?

I once said to someone that "With the internet, I don't even need magazines anymore."

Guess how they took it.

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Re: Tell me why RollingStone sucks
« Reply #72 on: August 12, 2008, 07:07:36 AM »
The same way Zeph would've?
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yesno

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Re: Tell me why RollingStone sucks
« Reply #73 on: August 12, 2008, 07:54:51 AM »
Yeah.  Let's just say they assumed I meant my s mags.

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Re: Tell me why RollingStone sucks
« Reply #74 on: August 12, 2008, 12:19:18 PM »
I like that post, but it probably just had to do with extra printing and mailing costs.  And, sadly, all periodicals are having trouble these days.  Who needs, say, the Atlantic Monthly when you've got the FOT boards?

i can appreciate that argument, but they mentioned the size of the magazine being the reason stores place it in the bottom racks, and not eye level.  weak.

nonetheless, youre right- print is going out, sadly.