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  • From: martin hall <mdhall005 AT gmail.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Eh, Whatever!
  • Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:08:34 -0400

I just read through all of the comments on the Gilbert Neal review.
Sigh. All I can say is that's 20 minutes I'll never get back.

-5er

On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 7:44 PM, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:

> I don't get it. The Bishop Allen piece you quote here clearly states
> that the writer used to find them palatable (i.e. back in October when
> the earlier piece you linked was written) until the release of the new
> album, Grr (whose street date was this past Tuesday). Where's the
> inconsistency?
>
> Also, the Clem Snide bit was from the "vs" section, which I've always
> read as being *not* as much of an endorsement as "Yes Please," and more
> variable, depending on which bands were chosen.
>
> I dunno, I'm just glad that in this economy they have a whole freaking
> page to devote to this week's shows. Aren't you?
>
> Ross
>
> local506 AT gmail.com wrote:
> > Here are two lines from this week's Indy - see if you can guess which
> > act you're encouraged to see and which you are supposed to avoid:
> >
> >> Brooklyn's Bishop Allen pushes at the border of sugar, jangle and twee
> pop in a way that was palatable until this year's Grrr..., a record of
> solipsistic whining so musically safe you'd think it comes in a condom
> wrapper
> >
> >> Though Chapel Hill's only the second stop on the Hungry Bird tour,
> here's hoping Barzelay & Co. spend time mining the back catalog's roots-pop
> gems. Otherwise, it could be a long night.
> >
> > Now, see if you guessed the act that just a few months ago, you were
> > encouraged to go see by the same writer:
> >
> > http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A267965#yes
> >
> > I'm not sure what is more pathetic, the inconsistencies of the Indy's
> > music section...or me taking the time to point them
> > out...again...glenn
> >
> > For more, check out:
> >
> >
> http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A272687&cb=e5f4da9b422da6ee3ca18a8dea3da28d#comments
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