On 7/1/03 1:35 PM, "Craig Lieske" <garbageisland@hotmail.com> wrote:
The thing that bothers me about all this "criticism" on this list is that you people take such an adversarial stance against someone trying to do something musically.
No one minds the music so much. It's just the words.
but has anyone read an OBI strip on a Tzadik CD lately?
Nope. I stopped reading those a long time ago.
if someone is trying to stretch boundaries, however naively or poorly they try, these people deserve support, not scorn. Don't knock someone down for trying something new or different.
Like Kurt Gottschalk said a long time ago here, why should we praise failed experiments? Or as Patrice Roussel might say, consumers aren't therapists.
You like it or it doesn't move you. Save the fucking condescention for your next tea party!
Zornlisters don't have tea parties. They prefer coffee klatches, where they can condescend capriciously with cake and cappuccinos.