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QC Music Blog discussion thread
Johnny C:
I've been working on a piece on music in video games for the blog that goes nicely along with that - with a lot of people, the compulsion is there to score games yourself, whether using the onboard hard drives or blasting out music from a stereo or computer. With games like Shadow Of The Colossus, Half-Life 2 and Defcon this is inarguably detrimental. I don't know where I want to go with it, is the problem, but it's something I'd like to write about; maybe it'll be a piece in defense of maintaining the soundtrack in order to preserve the integrity of the piece as a whole?
It's tremendously geeky but it's something I have an opinion about.
Ishotdanieljohnston:
Inland er that article is super good. That sort of thing had never really occured to me before. On the record shop thing, you go to Polyestor yeah? Great store. I'm a Greville Records man myself but I actually find it kinda embarressing cause everytime I go there Warwick gives me a at least 15 bucks off. Yesterday he gave me two Captain Beefheart's for free and he's given me a 35 dollar Judee Sill for free too.
I'm goin to the Lneway festival this year. Do you think I won't enjoy it? Cause I was actually pretty pumped about the line up.
Inlander:
I was this close to getting a ticket for it this year because of the line-up and I had to really remind myself how much I disliked the experience last year. Apparently they've enlarged the site this year (the main stage is going to be in some underground cavern beneath Myer, or something), so it remains to be seen whether that means they're going to sell the same number of tickets last year, or sell more because they've got more space. But the crowds weren't the least pleasant aspect of it for me, like I said in the article the constant and unrelenting music just got too much by the end of the day.
Saw some great bands, though. Probably wouldn't have discovered Fionn Regan without it. I must confess that a part of my displeasure by the end of the day was due to the fact that I didn't really like any of the bands at the top of the bill (Sleepy Jackson, ehh, Peter Bjorn and John turned out to be really dull too, and I'd had enough of it and left before Midnight Juggernauts came on to finish the day). If you've got great bands playing at the end of the day, it could be a lot more fun!
Ishotdanieljohnston:
Yeah they've extended it considerably... I just don't think I coul live with myself knowing I'd missed Okkervil River, Broken Social Scene, Feist, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Dan Deacon and Stars all playing in the same day.
Inlander:
Okay, while it's nice to hear nice words said about the article (thanks, guys!) it makes for pretty lame discussion, and this is meant to be a discussion thread after all, not just a comments thread. So does anyone have a contrary opinion? Anyone think the article didn't go far enough? Anyone got anything to say on any of the issues it raised?
Anyone?
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