tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post6151175432978321845..comments2024-01-20T23:55:26.269-08:00Comments on The Detritus Review: I swear, use that expression one more time...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-6818551389349425492008-06-03T18:56:00.000-07:002008-06-03T18:56:00.000-07:00Gustav gets the award for rock star comment of the...Gustav gets the award for rock star comment of the week, I think.<BR/><BR/>The "ivory tower" trope needs to die. Let's build ebony monoliths instead.AnthonyShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162009600236566716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-87498599566001185612008-06-03T17:24:00.000-07:002008-06-03T17:24:00.000-07:00Qualifying prepositional phrases are the bane of m...Qualifying prepositional phrases are the bane of my existence. What you do with them is entirely dependent upon YOU. Without the first-person, I find it easy to rip on this kind of mindless, repetitive shlock. Even if it's not in the first-person it's very dangerous, like the the word nigger. It might be appropriate in the context, but most of the time it won't be, and for the opposite reasons you think it is. Pooh on the term "ivory tower" and their BUTs.Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629835829400843701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-92230127550216431562008-06-03T17:08:00.000-07:002008-06-03T17:08:00.000-07:00Must everything be qualified? It's as though crit...Must everything be qualified? It's as though critics aren't sure what their own opinions are. I always thought that the easiest part of being a critic, you know, was the thumbs up/thumbs down part. And seriously, will someone please point out to these dickweeds that attacking academia is not a defense for not liking a piece. Pieces should be judged on their merits, not on the manner in which it was written, the place of its conception, nor the bullshit story the composer invented to delight moronic audience members...just the merits of the music (you know that stuff you were sleeping through). <BR/><BR/>Please, just give me your opinion, and if you really want to dazzle me, follow that up with an <I>actual</I> (as in it could be observed by someone else) reason for your opinion [for example, what do you mean "unconventional beauty"--unconventional how?], not commentary on the state of contemporary music ["hard to imagine". Why? do you have a reason? or is it just hard for you?]. And then, if you must, you can throw in some of the poetic critic bravado crap, and over-developed sense of superiority for good measure. But for the love of god, stop qualifying every fucking opinion! "Both works [by Morton Subotnik and Charles Dodge] had their moments of unconventional beauty. PERIOD! The BUT is not fucking necessary! Seriously, it's not necessary. <BR/> <BR/>Whatever, I do what I want.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com