[kj] Rolling Stone Weighs In

[Mark Kolmar]

Rolling Stone takes their guitars without electronics, otherwise they hate
it.  They also dislike most anything they can call arty or dark.  They
think Springsteen can do no wrong.  I let my subscription lapse years ago.

--Mark

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 MotelHell@aol.com wrote:

> 
> As if you didn't already have enough reasons to boycott this glorified toilet 
> paper, Rolling Stone reviews the new album:
> 
> KILLING JOKE 
> Killing Joke
> ZUMA
> ** (two stars out of five)
> These middle-aged Brits, who first blended metal, post-punk and New Wave 
> sounds into an oppressive mess twenty years ago return with one of the darkest 
> albums in their extensive catalog. On tracks such as "Loose Cannon", the big 
> riffs and expertly constructed electronic textures make for a heady, dark mix. But 
> all the humorless gloom and doom feels oppressive after a while, and KILLING 
> JOKE ultimately plays like the soundtrack to a slightly pretentious horror film
> - Christian Hoard and Jon Caramanica.
> 
> Opinions aside, what a horribly written bit of drivel (the adjective 
> "oppressive" apearing twice in three sentences?) I get the feeling the only track 
> these cock-jockeys listened to was "Loose Cannon". And what's this about "expertly 
> constructed electronic textures"? What does that even MEAN?