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Dara

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« on: 16 Jan 2006, 20:56 »
do you read them? do you have one? (psst i have one plug)

do music blogs really have a point, do you think? which ones do you read?

i find Alex Ross' blog interesting: http://www.therestisnoise.com/
and here is an interesting one from an eloquent harpist: http://harpist.typepad.com/twangtwangtwang/

chirp!
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« Reply #1 on: 16 Jan 2006, 23:37 »
I've never really encountered a musical blog that dealt with stuff I like.

Apart from the one I write of course.
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Dara

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« Reply #2 on: 17 Jan 2006, 01:53 »
that is usually the case, it seems. maybe one needs more of a draw than just music. people have a choice of thousands of free things to read, it's hard to stand out.

that said, nice blog!
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« Reply #3 on: 17 Jan 2006, 02:20 »
I read John Darnielle's http://lastplanetojakarta.com/index.php">music blog.
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« Reply #4 on: 17 Jan 2006, 06:07 »
I've read Khar's every now and then, but generally, no.
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Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 21 Sep 2009, 12:01
but the music sucks because the keyboards don't have the cold/mechanical sound they had but a wannabe techno sound that it's pathetic for Rammstein standars.

thedevilissix

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« Reply #5 on: 17 Jan 2006, 11:40 »
I listen to the flash player on The Hype Machine quite a lot, which aggregates from all the music blogs out there.  I like doing that just for the heck of listening to bands that for one reason or another I've resisted, so that I can decide definitively whether or not I like what I hear.  
I guess without music blogs there would be no Hype Machine ( :( ), but I do think Last FM does a good job of catering to that kind of need anyway.  
In short, I'm glad that they're there, but in reality I don't really download from them all that much. :)

Kate
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Iwan

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« Reply #6 on: 17 Jan 2006, 11:50 »
Usually, no. Unless the writer really comes with something interesting.
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ASturge

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« Reply #7 on: 17 Jan 2006, 13:30 »
So?

Seriously, you need to be a little less self-concious about the whole indie-scene thingy.

Go ahead and start one!
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Kid Modernist

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« Reply #8 on: 17 Jan 2006, 20:19 »
http://mattgy.net/music/">Benn Loxo Du Taccu is my very favorite blog.
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« Reply #9 on: 17 Jan 2006, 21:55 »
Frank Zappa once said music journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't speak for people can't read.

99% of blogs are people who can't write writing for people who aren't reading.


I've stumbled across a few interesting articles and columns, but many more that just pissed me off either at how poor they were or at the stupid opinions expressed therein. I don't read any regularly.
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« Reply #10 on: 18 Jan 2006, 14:31 »
That's probably the third time I've seen that particular Zappa quote on this forum.

It's just like anything: There are some blogs of worth out there, and there is some complete crap.
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« Reply #11 on: 18 Jan 2006, 16:42 »
Bet you the other two were myself. In fact, I'm pretty definate that they were me.



Quote from: sketchyjoe
Frank Zappa once said music journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't speak for people can't read.



Bonus points for Zappa quotes.
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Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 21 Sep 2009, 12:01
but the music sucks because the keyboards don't have the cold/mechanical sound they had but a wannabe techno sound that it's pathetic for Rammstein standars.

Dara

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« Reply #12 on: 18 Jan 2006, 22:12 »
I thought of quoting Zappa in my first entry but then I thought it'd be passé
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« Reply #13 on: 21 Jan 2006, 07:26 »
heya khar!

i share your hate for james blunt, that guy sounds like chicken to me,
i like radiohead though, but not "radiohead=my life" thing to me

cheers!
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Aram

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« Reply #14 on: 21 Jan 2006, 08:43 »
What do you guys think is the -best- music blog? I know of virtually none, so I'm in the market to start reading one :P
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« Reply #15 on: 22 Jan 2006, 10:56 »
Fluxblog is my all time favorite. I love practically every track Matthew posts, and he's a great writer. Largeheartedboy is another must visit, and there are a bunch of others I check for good music.

And, of course, my own, which is really the greatest of them all.
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« Reply #16 on: 22 Jan 2006, 13:57 »
I like Just For A Day. They have a good selection of experimental leaning stuff and they don't seem to restrict themselves to what's new or what's cool and they take their name from a Slowdive album.
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« Reply #17 on: 22 Jan 2006, 16:58 »
Just for a Day seems fancy. I'll check back later.
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Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 21 Sep 2009, 12:01
but the music sucks because the keyboards don't have the cold/mechanical sound they had but a wannabe techno sound that it's pathetic for Rammstein standars.

Aram

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« Reply #18 on: 22 Jan 2006, 18:48 »
Ill check out Just A Day.
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siatefelici

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« Reply #19 on: 23 Jan 2006, 06:44 »
probably the one that I read the most, just because I share similar music tastes is http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com">Gorilla vs. Bear


Other good ones:
http://youaintnopicasso.blogspot.com/">You Ain't No Picasso
http://music.for-robots.com/">Music for Robots
http://takeyourmedicinemp3.blogspot.com/">Take your Medicine
http://www.fluxblog.org/">Fluxblog
http://sixeyes.blogspot.com/">Sixeyes
http://dreamsofhorses.blogspot.com/">Dreams of Horses
http://everybodycares.blogspot.com/">Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands
http://www.blownbythewind.blogspot.com/">Skatterbrain
http://myoldkyhome.blogspot.com/">My Old Kentucky Blog
http://www.musicforants.blogspot.com/">Music for Kids Who Can't Read Good
http://thetestpilot.blogspot.com/">The Test Pilot
http://www.stereogum.com/">Does Stereogum count?
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