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mantrakid
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Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:34:23 -0600
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Re: [idm] Speaking of descriptive reviews...
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Well, whatever the hell it is, i dig the writing style. :) mantrakid Alan Lockett wrote:
quoted 81 lines That's no 'review', it's a 'blurb'. Actually, it seems to tr> > That's no 'review', it's a 'blurb'. Actually, it seems to transcend > 'blurb' (or whatever the equivalent of 'transcend' is, going the other > way), to the point where I feel it demands "another entirely imaginary > genre" (sic) tag: > > Promobollox. > > alan > > --On 11 October 2005 16:19 -0600 Mantrakid <mantrakid@neferiu.com> wrote: > >> I stand corrected... >> >> this is now. the best. review. ever. >> >> StaticBeats wrote: >> >>> Try this one on for size from the latest PBE mailout: >>> >>> $16 STACS OF STAMINA: Tivoli CD (WERK 001CD). >>> "Bursting onto the scene like an over-inflated >>> colostomy bag, Stacs of Stamina are the freshest, >>> funkiest product out of Sweden since a 3-and-a-half >>> ounce turd that Benny from Abba produced last Tuesday >>> which finally made its way into the North Sea this >>> morning. But forget for now the anal rectitude of >>> Europop, this summer the Stamina boys are drunk at the >>> wheel of a shiny new juggernaut hurtling pell-mell >>> down the highway of music. Prepare, mere mortal, for >>> Eurocrunk. And what is this mysterious new genre, I >>> hear you cry? Yes, you've guessed it, it's another >>> entirely imaginary genre of music that's taking the >>> worldwide music scene by force. A mixture of crazy >>> Euro lyricism and blip-hop over snazzy syncopated >>> beats, Swedish production outfit Stacs of Stamina have >>> here produced the definitive Eurocrunk LP of this >>> century, and centuries to come. It's electronic >>> hip-hop, Jim, but not as we know it. Arriving in the >>> wake of their debut EP on Werk Discs, Mistake Rewind >>> Repeat, Tivoli sees Stamina taking the unclaimed >>> territory between hip-hop and electro by storm, with >>> 11 tracks of crunked-up 8-bit hoptronica that will >>> have even the most ascetic dullards swinging from the >>> rafters to join in the digital love-making. And >>> there's plenty of partner swapping on the mic, with >>> superstars Mike Ladd and TTC adding guest vocals, as >>> well as the latest MC 'on road,' Ears, all throwing >>> their car keys into the bowl." >>> >>> >>> Shimone/Justes >>> http://www.staticbeats.com >>> http://www.jungle-life.com >>> http://www.boomboombap.com >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >>> >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >> > > > > ---------------------- > Alan Lockett (Senior Language Co-ordinator - EFL) > Language Centre, University of Bristol, > 30-32 Tyndall's Park Road, Bristol, BS8 1PY, UK > tel: +44 (0)117 3310914 e-mail: Alan.R.Lockett@bristol.ac.uk > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >
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