Comments for Op-Ed http://oped-magazine.com Opposite the Editorial - World writings based on a word Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:31:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 Comment on The Hunterson Effect by Op-Ed » The Hunterson Effect Pt.2 http://oped-magazine.com/minutiae/the-hunterson-effect/#comment-11 Op-Ed » The Hunterson Effect Pt.2 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:14:06 +0000 http://oped-magazine.com/minutiae/the-hunterson-effect/#comment-11 [...] Previously on The Hunterson Effect. [...] […] Previously on The Hunterson Effect. […]

]]> Comment on Sun Tzu’s The Art of War (as it relates to one-upmanship during discussions of popular music between the uneducated peasant classes) by R(K) http://oped-magazine.com/elitism/sun-tzus-the-art-of-war-as-it-relates-to-one-upmanship-during-discussions-of-popular-music-between-the-uneducated-peasant-classes/#comment-8 R(K) Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:18:24 +0000 http://oped-magazine.com/elitism/sun-tzus-the-art-of-war-as-it-relates-to-one-upmanship-during-discussions-of-popular-music-between-the-uneducated-peasant-classes/#comment-8 You forget that life is a circle. Where Americans invented rock & roll, and the Brits made it better, the Americans have taken it back and in the spirit of modern times- cloned it and mass produced it. As a result it's suffering all of the fatal problems of perpetual replication. Each new record seems to be just a little worse than the one before it and each new act forces us to try and distinguish it somehow from all of the others. We probably have more names to classify shitty music than the Inuit do for snow. On the Police "...I really want to like them but the first couple of records sound sonically really bad, and I just can’t get over that." This is why we have "Best Of" albums. ;) You forget that life is a circle. Where Americans invented rock & roll, and the Brits made it better, the Americans have taken it back and in the spirit of modern times- cloned it and mass produced it. As a result it’s suffering all of the fatal problems of perpetual replication.

Each new record seems to be just a little worse than the one before it and each new act forces us to try and distinguish it somehow from all of the others. We probably have more names to classify shitty music than the Inuit do for snow.

On the Police “…I really want to like them but the first couple of records sound sonically really bad, and I just can’t get over that.”

This is why we have “Best Of” albums. ;)

]]> Comment on Record Players and the Economics of Music by Jennie LaVaque http://oped-magazine.com/elitism/record-players-and-the-economics-of-music/#comment-2 Jennie LaVaque Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:25:13 +0000 http://oped-magazine.com/elitism/record-players-and-the-economics-of-music/#comment-2 kudos kudos

]]> Comment on Rock’n’Roll is Dead, Long Live Jack White by Jennie LaVaque http://oped-magazine.com/elitism/rock%e2%80%99n%e2%80%99roll-is-dead-long-live-jack-white/#comment-5 Jennie LaVaque Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:21:56 +0000 http://oped-magazine.com/elitism/rock%e2%80%99n%e2%80%99roll-is-dead-long-live-jack-white/#comment-5 While Jack White may or may not be a good musician, he and his girlfriend/ex wife (which is anyway?) are the worst stage performers I've ever seen in my life. I'm not sure they are aware that they actually have an audience out in front of them. Going to a show feels like an invasion of their privacy. Like we are peeking through a garage window at a practice session...Can you say boring? While Jack White may or may not be a good musician, he and his girlfriend/ex wife (which is anyway?) are the worst stage performers I’ve ever seen in my life. I’m not sure they are aware that they actually have an audience out in front of them. Going to a show feels like an invasion of their privacy. Like we are peeking through a garage window at a practice session…Can you say boring?

]]> Comment on Open Letter to Creators of Publicly Published Playlists by Amsterbeth http://oped-magazine.com/elitism/open-letter-to-creators-of-publicly-published-playlists/#comment-4 Amsterbeth Thu, 28 Dec 2006 02:29:08 +0000 http://oped-magazine.com/elitism/open-letter-to-creators-of-publicly-published-playlists/#comment-4 It is the rubbish you just described that *is* our culture, DavetheGrinch. It must exist in all its endlessly repackaged, repeated, and reprised muck, for only then can the phoenix rise. It is the rubbish you just described that *is* our culture, DavetheGrinch. It must exist in all its endlessly repackaged, repeated, and reprised muck, for only then can the phoenix rise.

]]> Comment on Sun Tzu’s The Art of War (as it relates to one-upmanship during discussions of popular music between the uneducated peasant classes) by Tex http://oped-magazine.com/elitism/sun-tzus-the-art-of-war-as-it-relates-to-one-upmanship-during-discussions-of-popular-music-between-the-uneducated-peasant-classes/#comment-7 Tex Mon, 07 Aug 2006 13:08:51 +0000 http://oped-magazine.com/elitism/sun-tzus-the-art-of-war-as-it-relates-to-one-upmanship-during-discussions-of-popular-music-between-the-uneducated-peasant-classes/#comment-7 Dave, Dave, Dave... Have I tought you nothing?? You need to spend less time listening to this Tzu fella and put in some time with your uncle Tex. Now, pay attention and you will properly know something! Now I know, you are not a lyrics man, per see, but you cannot compare the Beatles to the Stones without at least acknowledging their lyrical content. The Beatles were capable of producing twee-pop at best and only after they had split did Lennon write anything worth listening to ("Working-Class Hero"). On top of this blatant fact the Beatles gave Paul McCartney the belief that he was something other than an utter fucking wanker - and for that they are worse than Hitler! Consider yourself told. Dave, Dave, Dave… Have I tought you nothing??

You need to spend less time listening to this Tzu fella and put in some time with your uncle Tex.

Now, pay attention and you will properly know something!

Now I know, you are not a lyrics man, per see, but you cannot compare the Beatles to the Stones without at least acknowledging their lyrical content. The Beatles were capable of producing twee-pop at best and only after they had split did Lennon write anything worth listening to (”Working-Class Hero”).

On top of this blatant fact the Beatles gave Paul McCartney the belief that he was something other than an utter fucking wanker - and for that they are worse than Hitler!

Consider yourself told.

]]> Comment on Sun Tzu’s The Art of War (as it relates to one-upmanship during discussions of popular music between the uneducated peasant classes) by wax http://oped-magazine.com/elitism/sun-tzus-the-art-of-war-as-it-relates-to-one-upmanship-during-discussions-of-popular-music-between-the-uneducated-peasant-classes/#comment-6 wax Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:50:07 +0000 http://oped-magazine.com/elitism/sun-tzus-the-art-of-war-as-it-relates-to-one-upmanship-during-discussions-of-popular-music-between-the-uneducated-peasant-classes/#comment-6 you said it: "the height of cleverness is being able to conceal it" -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld = w you said it:

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