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Post by barrythief on Jul 24, 2008 7:50:50 GMT
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Post by Rich LSB on Jul 24, 2008 12:00:49 GMT
Bands publicly criticising reviews or reviewers, especially in such excruciatingly detail, is always going to backfire. At best you’ll come across as trying too hard (never cool) and at worst – as we see with this example – you come across as a particularly petulant offshoot of the S.S. Neither scenario will win you any extra friends.
If you get up on a stage and perform, you lay yourself open for criticism. Grow up and deal with it. Then re-channel your efforts into being as kick-ass a band as possible.
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Post by missingfingers on Jul 24, 2008 14:57:24 GMT
hahahaha there was some vintage quotes placed in that rant though, it was very spinal tap esque.
I thought they were chud anyway, had more fun shortening my life, smoking outside
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Post by rightsidebrain on Jul 24, 2008 16:27:43 GMT
Yeah they sucked... what I don't understand is how this guy says...
"Who the fuck is Ms Humphries? Should she be allowed to get away with this? Yes or no, she can and does get away with it and there is nothing we can do to stop her"
I'm with Rich on the coming "across as a particularly petulant offshoot of the S.S" front. What does this guy think you should censor anyone who doesn't give you a good review? Silence anyone who doesn't agree with you?
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Post by Rich LSB on Jul 24, 2008 17:49:45 GMT
That is a brilliant (i.e. toe-curlingly embarrassing) quote right there ;D
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Post by RIOT1 on Aug 21, 2008 15:43:14 GMT
Glad it entertained you. It had the desired effect. Plenty of people talking about it. Much increased traffic to our site. Support from almost every major promoter in Bristol. Oh, and it made the little cunt stop and think about what she says.
But seriously, the only fools are the ones who didn't take it with a pinch of salt.
Oh, and Rich careful.... you could be on the end of the next rant....;-) When you say "If you get up on a stage and perform, you lay yourself open for criticism. Grow up and deal with it. Then re-channel your efforts into being as kick-ass a band as possible" - you miss the point that we really didn't care about 'what' she said (as there wasn't really anything negative) we just got annoyed at how shite she was.
One thing is without question though - as was clear in the 'rant' - Jodie has no skills as a writer. Whether her reviews or interviews are positive or negative, they always read as though they were written by a 14 year old, rather than someone who is apparently doing a creative writing course.
Anyway.
Rock N Roll
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Post by RIOT1 on Aug 21, 2008 16:02:38 GMT
Also....
HELLO!
We all thoroughly enjoyed the LSB set, having been fans from afar for a number of years.
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Post by barrythief on Aug 22, 2008 7:57:46 GMT
Glad it entertained you. It had the desired effect. Plenty of people talking about it. Much increased traffic to our site. Support from almost every major promoter in Bristol. Oh, and it made the little cunt stop and think about what she says. But seriously, the only fools are the ones who didn't take it with a pinch of salt. Oh, and Rich careful.... you could be on the end of the next rant....;-) When you say "If you get up on a stage and perform, you lay yourself open for criticism. Grow up and deal with it. Then re-channel your efforts into being as kick-ass a band as possible" - you miss the point that we really didn't care about 'what' she said (as there wasn't really anything negative) we just got annoyed at how shite she was. One thing is without question though - as was clear in the 'rant' - Jodie has no skills as a writer. Whether her reviews or interviews are positive or negative, they always read as though they were written by a 14 year old, rather than someone who is apparently doing a creative writing course. Anyway. Rock N Roll charming |
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Post by RIOT1 on Aug 22, 2008 13:13:44 GMT
Glad it entertained you. It had the desired effect. Plenty of people talking about it. Much increased traffic to our site. Support from almost every major promoter in Bristol. Oh, and it made the little cunt stop and think about what she says. But seriously, the only fools are the ones who didn't take it with a pinch of salt. Oh, and Rich careful.... you could be on the end of the next rant....;-) When you say "If you get up on a stage and perform, you lay yourself open for criticism. Grow up and deal with it. Then re-channel your efforts into being as kick-ass a band as possible" - you miss the point that we really didn't care about 'what' she said (as there wasn't really anything negative) we just got annoyed at how shite she was. One thing is without question though - as was clear in the 'rant' - Jodie has no skills as a writer. Whether her reviews or interviews are positive or negative, they always read as though they were written by a 14 year old, rather than someone who is apparently doing a creative writing course. Anyway. Rock N Roll charming Always |
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Post by Rich LSB on Aug 25, 2008 16:41:10 GMT
Hey R:N, how's it going?
In the spirit of free comment I'm gonna reply to this...
I'm not sure if that argument stands up, dude. Seems like a lot of effort to poor scorn on someone whom you believe isn't going to be listened to anyway. Would you have sent out a long and detailed email to your entire mailing list commenting on this writer's ability if she had written you a positive review?
And using vaguely mysoginistic bully-boy tactics to earn extra website traffic seems a bit... well, misguided, at best.
Anyway, peace and, as you say, rock n roll.
Now let's kill this thread, shall we?
Rich
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