Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
]These quotes make me think that Big Yawn will not be particularly objective. The Waterboys and Beautiful South are just two bands with fairly long histories and critical acclaim that potential readers of, and writers for, Big Yawn may enjoy, much to your dismay. It is likely that many artists that you enjoy happen to enjoy bands you despise.
You are running the risk of making Big Yawn's editorial perspective too narrow and irrelevant. You don't have to invite everyone to the party but you have to mix it up some. All thumbs up or down is boring; Ebert and Roeper are most entertaining, and elucidating, when they disagree.
Look Beats...you need to take a step back and view those quotes in perspective. As I stated previously, this all started with sarcasm, and Mankie and I, as well as Mankie and just about everyone else, have a history of sarcasm. My comments to him were based almost entirely on that premise. Though I do think Waterboys and the Beautiful South suck.
In terms of my site...I take offense to the point you are trying to make. The writers on thie site are free to review absoultely anything they want to. I try to provide some CD suggestions when I can, which consist of bands with some sort of reputation, i.e. Basement Jaxx, or bands with no reputations (some local bands we are reviewing[not exit clov]). And the writers are free to feel and write anything they want regarding the CD's. The point of the site is to promote good music, regardless of the form it comes in. At the same time we need to alert folks to crap too. If a writer wanted to review a new Waterboys CD, knock yourself out. Whetehr you love it or hate it, as long as you express yourself intelligently, it works for me. And of course, there will be plenty to disagree with.
We are just starting up, and it is a bit of an up-hill struggle. There is all sorts of weird crap we have to review. So please be patient as we try to find our niche, and reserve any judgments till then. (thanks Bags)
