A bit of background: a fair few of us here know & socialise with each other in real life (the more vocal, London-based crew at any rate), and so our freedom to like what we like crosses from the safe meritocracy of the interweb over to the pure joy of playing out the banging acid house Macarena remix at the Poptimism club night - we've all got over the 'guilty pleasures' thing a long time ago (ok for me it was only about 4 years ago but I am super-young compared to most of the chaps here AND used to be in a trendy indie band so whatevs) and we can concentrate on searching out the tiny specks of wheat in the vast oceans of chaff. Or floundering in a wonderful sea of wheat with only the occasional chaff raft floating by, depending on your point of view.
Basically, slag a piece of music off, or say it's great - either is fine as long as you say WHY! And there will usually be someone on this community trying to persuade you as to the opposite viewpoint. Or say "YES OMG if you like that then check THIS out!"
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OFF TOPIC: A moderator speaks...
Date: 2007-08-22 10:19 pm (UTC)A bit of background: a fair few of us here know & socialise with each other in real life (the more vocal, London-based crew at any rate), and so our freedom to like what we like crosses from the safe meritocracy of the interweb over to the pure joy of playing out the banging acid house Macarena remix at the Poptimism club night - we've all got over the 'guilty pleasures' thing a long time ago (ok for me it was only about 4 years ago but I am super-young compared to most of the chaps here AND used to be in a trendy indie band so whatevs) and we can concentrate on searching out the tiny specks of wheat in the vast oceans of chaff. Or floundering in a wonderful sea of wheat with only the occasional chaff raft floating by, depending on your point of view.
Basically, slag a piece of music off, or say it's great - either is fine as long as you say WHY! And there will usually be someone on this community trying to persuade you as to the opposite viewpoint. Or say "YES OMG if you like that then check THIS out!"
Re: OFF TOPIC: A moderator speaks...
Date: 2007-08-23 10:16 pm (UTC)