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Jimmy Dread
Old skool like Happy Shopper
Location: 555 Dub Street 
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- #21
- Posted: 08/05/2015 18:44
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| meccalecca wrote: | | noWaxJim wrote: | I suggest putting a 'd' on the end of 'and', Jonny lad... 
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Actually, that's not grammar policing. That'd be Spelling, or more aptly, Typo Policing. |
The Typo Department are out to lunch. The Grammar Police are covering. Now watch it or I'll get Officer !',"& of the Syntax Police on your case.
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craola
crayon master
Location: pdx 
- #22
- Posted: 08/05/2015 19:27
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cray cray. did'nt kno we had teh typo dept. hear.
i like permafrost's excel sheet idea though. i was doing that for some time using google doc spreadsheets, but the interface is brutal. so i catalog here instead, but i do withhold a lot of my opinions (particularly on albums i'm not so high on OR too high on). sometimes, i wonder if i shouldn't have the dual jekyll / hyde accounts so i can have obnoxiously + and agonizingly - characters at my disposal.
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Graeme2
Gender: Male
Location: The Upside Down
- #23
- Posted: 08/05/2015 21:34
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| noWaxJim wrote: | The key thing to bear in mind is that it doesn't really matter what you write, whether it be your emotional or critical response of whatever you're listening to. If what you write seems like a pile of dross, sod it - you'll only get better with practice (like most things in life).
Personally speaking I used write a stack of reviews for student newspapers and on places like Amazon which over the years I've read back and in some cases am really proud of. In other cases they're utter shit, especially as I've grown older and more catholic in my taste and have learnt to embrace things that I've previously shat on (not literally). Not only that, but the vast majority of my favourite records remind me of times, people, places, events and the like. From that perspective, it's impossible not to have some sort of emotional slant to what you write, and in many cases it makes for a more enjoyable read, which is crucial if your aim is to write for an audience (unless you're going to sit alone and read your own creation back to yourself ad nauseam - i.e. the critic's equivalent of having a wank). My favourite chart comments on BEA aren't necessarily those which give me a history lesson or even less are so over-concerned with the finest minutiae of detail that they strip the album of its soul. It's those that have a personal connection to the music, whether joyful, playful, hyperactive, mournful, regretful or painful that are more likely to get me to check something out I've never heard before. Hence my chart comments, and also why I love what the good LadyG writes on hers.
Of course, if you want to critically appraise a record an approach based purely on emotion isn't going to work, and you'll want to comment on all sorts of things like style, lyrics, mood, comparisons to other similar artists/works/rest of artist's output and so forth. There's a bevvy of weary hacks out there, though, so if this is what you want to do bring your own quirks to the party. And there's no better place to start than reading some of Lester Bangs' work, especially Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung. Just don't go all Scaruffi or Christgau.
I get Luke's point about trite it can be writing a purely emotional response - especially a negative one - which bears no relation to the art itself. However I also totally understand where Craola's coming from about a specific record being unbearable to listen to after a break-up (I had my own - What's Going On for many years until I was happily settled with my now wife). Crux of the matter is that there is no right and wrong way on how to concoct something. Just put pen to paper, or finger to keyboard, and see what comes out. Good luck fella! (and I would say share it on 5150 except the site appears to be dead) |
I only yesterday saw ladygodiva's chart. Quite possibly now my fave chart on here. The notes are wonderful. It's very cool chart and it's not even trying to be. I like mr novembers for similar reasons. Makes me want to add notes to mine but realise I'm not as cool as ladygodiva and probably a bit more boring 
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Anti
I Dream of Drone
Age: 29
Location: Somewhere in Ohio
- #24
- Posted: 08/07/2015 00:03
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| alelsupreme wrote: | | Whatever you do DON'T write about some shit that happened to you like a few years ago and go onvabout how it made you feel all sad and shit and barely tie it to the album at all. Tons of people do this on RYM and its such fake-deep bullshit. |
Yeah, I totally don't do this! *Quickly deletes album notes*
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