RTP-area local music and culture

[Chris Calloway <ifoufo AT yahoo.com>]

--- Gorman <goylemjax AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> Surprised they even got
> this off the drawing
> board.

i had one of those rare weeks where everything was so
slow that i got to read the entire indy cover to
cover. that happens maybe once or twice a year. in the
"up front" column, the new editor was congratulating
herself on her third day on the job. so maybe this
fell through the cracks during a transition. but it's
a clear opportunity to make some neded changes.

--- grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
> The one argument in its favor, or in
> favor of something like 
> it, is that it's necessary for any critic to
> occasionally somehow set 
> out his/her standards and criteria. If you're
> unfailingly positive all 
> the time, then you run the risk that your audience
> writes you off as 
> entirely uncritical and thus unreliable.

nah. only if you are entirely uncritical *about
everything* and thus unreliable. the best way to set
out your standards and criteria is to show *about
what* you are unfailingly positive all the time.
reading unfailing positivity all the time in the indy
for every touring band that comes down the pike is
just as boring as reading the snarks and disses in the
indy.

but spot on about writing for pitchfork as your
audience.

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