tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post8842704865798529839..comments2024-01-20T23:55:26.269-08:00Comments on The Detritus Review: Christmas DetritusUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-76201942944043820622008-12-05T20:03:00.000-08:002008-12-05T20:03:00.000-08:00Strini,Like I said, we're not entirely unsympathet...Strini,<BR/><BR/>Like I said, we're not entirely unsympathetic. Nor are we paid reviewers, and your viewpoint is helpful.<BR/><BR/>I'd probably stab myself in the eye if I had to write a (favorable) Charlotte Church article.Sator Arepohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006808744513156317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-87201783351047782892008-12-05T15:24:00.000-08:002008-12-05T15:24:00.000-08:00Here's how a story like this can happen: You have ...Here's how a story like this can happen: You have been assigned pro-forma seasonal story. It is by nature a boring story. Despite banging your head against the desk a dozen or so times, no redeeming ideas present themselves. You have a deadline. You have space to fill. So you throw down a bunch of cliched crap and hope no one notices.<BR/><BR/>Been there done that. Not very often over 26 years, but it has happened. I still cringe over that Charlotte Church advance I had to write, back when CC was busily transforming herself from waif-like angel to pudgy little mall rat.<BR/><BR/>(D'Oh! NOW the real story occurs to me!)<BR/><BR/>--StriniTom Strinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375874195013944954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-58317629110686167312008-12-05T10:07:00.000-08:002008-12-05T10:07:00.000-08:00Hey SA, get some sleep! Semester's almost over.Hey SA, get some sleep! Semester's almost over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-12923834211112866242008-12-05T03:03:00.000-08:002008-12-05T03:03:00.000-08:00Cereal,The point is that using any random metric t...Cereal,<BR/><BR/>The point is that using any random metric to judge people is plain stupid.<BR/><BR/>Why is the xmas music I listen to (or don't) germane to who I am, my shoes, my underwear, my wife, or fucking anything?<BR/><BR/>It's just lazy-ass journalism.<BR/><BR/>The Cramps (who were awesome) were just a device to illustrate a point, if a shallow one, but I hope not.<BR/><BR/>Can't sleep.<BR/><BR/>SASator Arepohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006808744513156317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-40746183574605796612008-12-04T13:43:00.000-08:002008-12-04T13:43:00.000-08:00I got your stereotypes right here: "Your aunt and ...I got your stereotypes right here: <BR/><BR/>"Your aunt and her Celine Dion." <BR/>...are going through a mid-life crisis together.<BR/><BR/>"Your grandpa and his Bing Crosby."<BR/>...looks forward everyday to the ballgame, the Lawrence Welk Show and a BM.<BR/><BR/>"Your brother and his hipster-lounge remixes."<BR/>...dresses well and gets along well with your uncle.<BR/><BR/>"Your nephew and his punk rock."<BR/>..his parents are two years too late on that drug talk.<BR/><BR/>"Your uncle and his Barbra Streisand."<BR/>...has a date for gender reassignment.<BR/><BR/>"Your mom and her Three Tenors."<BR/>...when you were young, did the mailman hang around a suspicious amount of time? <BR/><BR/>Funny write up, but one thing I don't understand, S.A.-- what's postmodern about understanding people through the music they listen to... after all, Cramps for <I>Christemasse</I> says a lot about you, doesn't it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-57365639424925081472008-12-03T13:27:00.000-08:002008-12-03T13:27:00.000-08:00Please don't capitalize xmas; it encourages the xi...Please don't capitalize xmas; it encourages the xians.Sator Arepohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006808744513156317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-86887403948498674092008-12-03T10:34:00.000-08:002008-12-03T10:34:00.000-08:00Also, your choice in Xmas music indicates that you...Also, your choice in Xmas music indicates that you are a Bad Person.Murderfacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01220337199108444992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-39219514335954830162008-12-03T10:31:00.000-08:002008-12-03T10:31:00.000-08:00FUCK YEAH CRAMPS!FUCK YEAH CRAMPS!Murderfacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01220337199108444992noreply@blogger.com