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From:
Anig Browl
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Date:
Thu, 23 Aug 2001 21:57:38 +0100
Subject:
Re: [idm] Allmusic/Confield
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From: John Bush <johbus@allmusic.com>
quoted 5 lines Or maybe whoever wrote that is just some> > Or maybe whoever wrote that is just some > > soulless fuck who can't bear the idea of > > someone else having a good time without them. > > Wow, bang on! Either that or I just didn't like the record... ;>
Well, I make snap judgements too sometimes. But I really think if you don't like a record, you should just come straight out and say 'it's clever, but I hate it'. Of course I'm just some random reader, and I also frequently fall into the trap of giving the wrong impression when I'm trying to be polite (though, er, not on this occasion). But I think it's a mistake to try to dress what is essentially a personal reaction to a piece of music up as an objective critique.
quoted 3 lines Well, sometimes people care *too* much -- this error was caused by an> Well, sometimes people care *too* much -- this error was caused by an > inadvertently ambitious program making a serious leap in judgment... (If > you notice, the credits are just "Booth/Brown production".)
Yes, I could guess the cause of the problem, the album credits are not exactly informative. And I understand what you mean about it being hard to find musically clued-in folks who are prepared to do an 8-hour day of data entry. Maybe you should try to spread the load so nobody is doing stuff like that for a whole day at a time? Of course this is easier said than done, but my own experience is that long periods of data entry are enough to make almost anybody fall into a kind of coma. Anig 'Proletarian Fuck' Browl _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org