From Alex Reynolds Sent Thu, Mar 18th 1999, 13:53
From Alex Reynolds Sent Thu, Mar 18th 1999, 13:53
will, >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 21:43:12 -0800 (PST) >From: Will Samuels <x_xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> >Subject: Re: (idm) Jega slaggin' and some other stuff..... > >...What kills most e-coms for me is that alot of people aren't critical >enough or just hype anything remotely IDM-oriented. Reading great >things about mediocre music makes me wary about trusting opinions on >the list. Stop polishing turds... briefly, i recall a bit from 'retina' -- an electronic music zine from baltimore -- stating its review policy: (this is from memory, mind you) "why waste time and paper reviewing shitty records? we only publish reviews of stuff we think is legitimately good music." barring the odd warning about a real stinker of a release (where the hell were you people when 'urmur bile trax' came out?) i think this is a very good policy. i don't know about others on the list, but in my fast-paced, adrenalin-fueled lifestyle, in order to keep up with what's going on i have to quickly scan the IDM digest for news on artists i know, and then -- if i have time -- read the well-written, well-thought-out reviews of artists i'm not familiar with. perhaps people are not so handy with the proverbial golden shovel so much as you disagree with their pov. consider moving on and reading the reviews from those you trust to share your perspective. surely there is *someone* on the list with similar taste in music? best regards, alex __________________________________________________________________________ Alex Reynolds Distributed Support Specialist Department of Biology School of Arts & Sciences Computing University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA