[kj] [OT] Music Snobbery

[Alexander Smith]

Nah, he wasn't that clued-in. Also, he wasn't really in a position of  
alienating his writers, being that none of us were getting paid. It's  
all ancient history, though.

Alex in NYC



On Jul 8, 2009, at 5:22 PM, sade1 wrote:


> Any chance your boss had it in for you, even if in such a self- 

> destructive(ie. his mag) way?

>

> Tough break.

>

> ... ... ... ... ... ...

>

> [looking at the current state of things..]

>

> 'Save me...

>   save me from Tomorrow..

>     I don't want to sail in this Ship Of Fools...'

>

>

>

> From: Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net 

> >

> Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 11:52:12 AM

> Subject: Re: [kj] [OT] Music Snobbery

>

>

> It's a long story that I'm sure I've told before, but in a nutshell,  

> I was once asked to review EMF's debut album for a tiny music rag I  

> was scribbling for in the early 90s. I didn't go overboard in  

> lambasting it, but I wasn't exactly kind. About a month later, the  

> band came to town, and the same editor who'd assigned me the review  

> asked me to interview them. So I did. Trouble is, the editor came  

> along. To make a long story short, at the tail end of the interview,  

> the editor whipped out copies of the mag to show the band that we'd  

> reviewed their record -- OBLIVIOUS of the fact (despite it being his  

> own magazine), that I'd basically panned the album.

>

> The EMF boys were very professional, but it was clear in very short  

> order that the interview was OVER. I have never been so mortified in  

> my life (and really let my editor have it on the street outside --  

> fisticuffs were nearly involved). Still, it was a valuable lesson.  

> What the fuck have I done? It's all well and good for me to sit on  

> my lofty critic perch and take a shit on someone else's album, but  

> how many albums -- successful or otherwise -- have I made, eh?

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

>

> On Jul 8, 2009, at 2:39 PM, folk devil wrote:

>

>> I have written for one or two mags and rags myself in the past. I  

>> wouldn't do it.

>>

>>

>> From: vassifer at earthlink.net

>> To: gathering at misera.net

>> Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 14:19:59 -0400

>> Subject: Re: [kj] [OT] Music Snobbery

>>

>>

>> Negative reviews are easier and -- quite frankly -- more fun to  

>> write. Sad but true.

>>

>> Alex in NYC

>>

>>

>> On Jul 8, 2009, at 1:43 PM, folk devil wrote:

>>

>> I've always had a gripe with people who just dismiss a track by  

>> saying 'it's shit'. If you don't like it, you don't like it. And if  

>> you're inept of being able to give it a critique, shut up.

>> I have also never understood the point in a negative album/single  

>> review. At the end of the day, music is Subjective.

>>

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