RTP-area local music and culture

[Chris Rossi <nospam AT spacelabstudio.com>]

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.