This Week's Indy
Chris Rossi
nospam at spacelabstudio.com
Tue Jan 22 09:58:38 EST 2008
You know, a negative review is one thing. But a negative *preview*?
Wtf? Hey guys, why don't you try actually attending these shows and
then writing a *review* based on what you actually saw and heard that
night? I know, it's work, but then again, it's your fucking job. I
don't really see the 'Eh, Whatever' section in it's current state as
anything other than a strokefest for it's authors. You can do better
than that.
chris
James Hepler wrote:
> My opinions on this subject are fairly well published
> at this point, but one side of this that I hadn't
> noticed before is that essentially telling people not
> to go to a show puts those bands in bad moods. I
> heard from three different people that one of the
> bands were a bunch of jerks that night. And while
> maybe their band sucked, and maybe they're always
> assholes, traveling to a town to find the local press
> slamming you, well, it doesn't make fior the funnest
> evening for anyone.
>
> While we give the indy folks a hard time here about
> it, and while they take it well, the people the
> writers don't have to worry about being confronted by
> are the bands who get dissed. It's the other
> representatives of the music community, the club
> owners and the bands who have to bear the brunt of the
> frustration they feel. Fans too.
>
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