I know it will sound mean and spiteful but that's not my intent. I just
rented American Psycho after reading the book and this review/commentary
reminds me of the part when Patrick Bateman is waxing poetic about Phil
Collins, Genesis and Huey Louis and the News.
-lee
on 10/9/00 5:53 PM, TekDz9ER@aol.com at TekDz9ER@aol.com wrote:
quoted 33 lines I thought I'd throw an opinion I've had lately of Mike Paradinas. After
> I thought I'd throw an opinion I've had lately of Mike Paradinas. After
> listening to the new Kid Spatula CD the other day (and I've listened to it
> many times before), it just seems to me that he's been getting very lazy with
> his programming. There's a couple of good tracks on there, but most of it
> seems to be fill-in tracks just to complete an album. It sounds like some of
> the tracks were written in minutes just so he could get the full piece out
> the door and into stores. I also had the same type of feeling after I heard
> Royal Astronomy a few times. I enjoy the album very much, but again it seems
> like lazy programming. When you listen to an album for the second time and
> can already hum along to all of the tunes...something isn't right. It's
> definately a good listen, but a disappointment as far as taking it the extra
> mile. A combination of the better tracks off of Royal Astronomy and Full
> Sunken Breaks might have made for a more solid album. Does anyone feel the
> same way as I do? And does anyone enjoy Jake Slazenger's Makesaracket as
> much as I do? I think he really hit the spot with a unique style of music on
> that one. The rhythm and funk on that one just set it aside from all his
> other aliases. It's too bad he hasn't progressed that one a bit more. And
> speaking of his aliases, what's the point if they all sound the same? For
> the most part, Kid Spatula sounds like µ-ziq with the addition of some harder
> tracks, and one of the Tuskein Raider tracks is the same as a µ-ziq
> track.....the motorbike track. That type of stuff pisses me off because you
> know it's all a scam to get you to buy it all. If you want to be called by 5
> different names, at least mix it up a bit more. Or just stick to one name
> and let everyone know the creativity that lies within it. Don't get me
> wrong, I'm a huge fan of Mike Paradinas.....but I wish someone could explain
> the lazyness of late. Don't flame me too hard.
>
> TekDz9er
>
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