― bulbs (bulbs), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― jushinthunderliger (deangulberry), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:04 (twenty-one years ago)
― ALLMUSIC.COM (ddb), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:05 (twenty-one years ago)
― jushinthunderliger (deangulberry), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:12 (twenty-one years ago)
Oooooooh, SNAP!
I like Jess, btw.
― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)
"Happy" Jess Harvell R.I.P. 1967 - 2004
― jushinthunderliger (deangulberry), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:23 (twenty-one years ago)
Dread is not an EP.
Also, SHOTM are kinda teh suck, especially when compared to wulfize.
― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:24 (twenty-one years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:28 (twenty-one years ago)
― jushinthunderliger (deangulberry), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:28 (twenty-one years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:33 (twenty-one years ago)
― Spinning Down Alone You Spin Alive (ex machina), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:36 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:37 (twenty-one years ago)
― msp (msp), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:37 (twenty-one years ago)
― strawman noisedude # 00192 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:38 (twenty-one years ago)
Unfortunately it really is more like he's never been to a noize show, just written the whole thing based on you guys and some other twit from email world. Mirror mirror etc.
I don't think I've ever been pigeonholed as an archetype in an album review, I'm jealous
― TOMBOT 64 (TOMBOT 64), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:42 (twenty-one years ago)
― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:43 (twenty-one years ago)
― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:44 (twenty-one years ago)
i'll bet he stays at home and plots even more embarrassing "revenge" scenarios that will likely go over the heads of the Seattle Weekly readership.
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:45 (twenty-one years ago)
xpost - oh man
― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― strawman noisedude # 00192 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― strawman noisedude # 00192 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:49 (twenty-one years ago)
― Spinning Down Alone You Spin Alive (ex machina), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:49 (twenty-one years ago)
Gygax, I would like to remind you that this article and others like it need to pass under the watchful editorial eye of one M. Matos. Please do bear that in mind, old chap.
― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)
― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:51 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:52 (twenty-one years ago)
― Spinning Down Alone You Spin Alive (ex machina), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:52 (twenty-one years ago)
Are alt weeklies the new blogs?
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)
btw I'm not sure the fucking 12 year old mental age personal attacks on Jess really do much to criticise the article.
x-post that's a good idea Jon
― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)
― strawman noisedude # 00192 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:54 (twenty-one years ago)
― Spinning Down Alone You Spin Alive (ex machina), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― strawman noisedude # 00192 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:56 (twenty-one years ago)
And it's a really well written piece, even if you fucking hate the guy and disagree with it, you should be able to admit that.
― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:57 (twenty-one years ago)
xpost: no the article is crap
― Spinning Down Alone You Spin Alive (ex machina), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:57 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― Spinning Down Alone You Spin Alive (ex machina), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― strawman noisedude # 00192 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― TOMBOT 64 (TOMBOT 64), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)
and all the negatized comments... about middle-browness (who really cares i guess, but...), ... about ayler's stoogery... a lot of "jee, they're gay hippies!!" type stuff about shotm... is that a real legitimate putdown? the mysogyny. the wankery.
the whole article comes off loosely like my in-law does about sushi, "who in jesus's name would wanna eat that??!?!"
is it really some kind of personal grudge vs. noize dudes?m.
― msp (msp), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― Spinning Down Alone You Spin Alive (ex machina), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:01 (twenty-one years ago)
― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― TOMBOT 64 (TOMBOT 64), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)
like I said before: FORMULATE ONE THESIS.
― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:04 (twenty-one years ago)
handing in shit like that to a professor would get you a B-
― Spinning Down Alone You Spin Alive (ex machina), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)
― TOMBOT 64 (TOMBOT 64), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)
Jess article = those dudes who sit in a sound booth narrating PBS specials about bengal tigersIan thread = that Australian dude who gets in there and wrestles alligators
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 11 November 2004 17:38 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 11 November 2004 17:41 (twenty-one years ago)
― Spinning Down Alone You Spin Alive (ex machina), Thursday, 11 November 2004 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 11 November 2004 18:06 (twenty-one years ago)
or maybe: indie-fratboy u.s. "noise rock" "prl" pedantic "oh i didnt really say that" letter not spirit of the law assholes in quasi-racist "wigger" jokes shocker
-- strongo hulkington (dubplatestyl...), March 10th, 2004.
OTM!
― ALLMUSIC.COM (ddb), Thursday, 11 November 2004 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 11 November 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)
Wolf Eyes/Freedom From etc, is a certain noise scene, but it's just a really limited way of looking at things, speaking as someone who's "noise" collection was filled with stuff like Xpressway stuff, Simon Wickham-Smith and Richard Youngs, Skullflower/Total etc. And people talk about the fascistic element and this immature use of confrontational imagery as if it's something new, and not an ongoing recurring aspect of confrontational music, both punk and noise. The Electric Eels using swastikas on flyers, Pere Ubu and Final Solution and the sleeve to the Modern Dance, Throbbing Gristle, Joy Division/New Order, fucking Siouxsie Sioux wore swastika armbands. Some bands use the imagery to get attention, to shock, some use it it to "explore" the darker side of human nature. Big Black anyone? Don't even get started on Whitehouse or Ramleh's fascination with british serial killers. Is there a line that shouldn't get crossed? Yes. In fact, at the above Merzbow show in cleveland, the opening band was a "noise" project fronted by Dwid from Integrity. He stood behind a lectern, wore a face mask and an arm band and pumped his fist. The room was filled with hardcore kids and it was extremely scary. That's the kind of noise music Jess would really hate. Of course you'd walk outside and I was there with many dozen dorky kids waiting for Merzbow. Actually, Massonna went on in between and in 5 minutes, blew away both acts!
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:12 (twenty-one years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:15 (twenty-one years ago)
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:16 (twenty-one years ago)
― rasheed wallace (rasheed wallace), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― sowhatifimonmysticrecords (deangulberry), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― rasheed wallace (rasheed wallace), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― sowhatifimonmysticrecords (deangulberry), Thursday, 11 November 2004 19:57 (twenty-one years ago)
The level of defensiveness expressed as a result of this piece (not to mention the schoolyard responses) really has done nothing but make Jess look totally OTM in his assessment, that's nice there's a fanbase out there besides this board that doesn't act like this (so you all say (and yes I know there is but it's not exactly massive is it)) but for the most part this is really just, I don't know, sad?
― TOMBOT 64 (TOMBOT 64), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)
do you know what blew my mind? when Bomb 20 showed up merzbow vs. alec empire at CBGBs in 1998! we were like WHOA WHY DID HIS ALBUM SUCK SO BAD?
― TOMBOT 64 (TOMBOT 64), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:07 (twenty-one years ago)
According to received wisdom, noise is a bulwark against pop, a venue to be scatological in public, a rent in the social fabric. It's also shockingly middlebrow, very white, and masculine to the point of camp. (Keenan described noise grandpa Merzbow's guitarmy recordings as a "series of endless money shots.") Its anti-PC slant usually masks a pathology no deeper than the desire to act like a seventh-grader in public, but occasionally spills into real fascism or nihilism. Needless to say, it's very insular.
When what he's really talking about is a specific type of noise fan of a specific type of fan. He's really being critical of a young, white, immature, male fanbase of certain types of recent noise acts that mostly grow out of the young, white, male hardcore scene. What does Merzbow have to do with this?
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:17 (twenty-one years ago)
― sowhatifimonmysticrecords (deangulberry), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)
the hansen list sort of responded with a, "jeez, that guy's dumb." but that's about it.
the article provokes a knee jerk if you're a noise fan. to not react feels dishonest. if somebody calls me a mysogynst, fascist, insular, homoerotic (yet likely to call someone a "faggot"), jocko-macho, etc etc, i'm likely to feel punched. and sure, jess didn't drop it all in such a concise bomb, but... m.
― msp (msp), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)
that should read "of a specific type of noise...
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:21 (twenty-one years ago)
Not singling out the Village Voice in particular for criticism, but in general unabashed enthusiasm for a particular band/record matters more to me than an academic analysis. (But I'm also on a rampage against academe & it's probably a knee-jerk reaction right now.)
Also, I don't see why one can't be simultaneously introspective and shout "faggot" on a crowded message board.
― daria g (daria g), Thursday, 11 November 2004 22:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 11 November 2004 22:11 (twenty-one years ago)
haha yeah whitehouse is always to be made an example of
― TOMBOT 64 (TOMBOT 64), Thursday, 11 November 2004 22:15 (twenty-one years ago)
tombot otm about the collection woe. i really wish there was a way i could have the tunes without the luggage. the saddest part is that most of it goes unlistened to.
high speed internet + college radio streams = sell my collection? 6 out of 7 wives say, "YES!!!" (no, i'm not mormon...)m.
― msp (msp), Thursday, 11 November 2004 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)
― Spinning Down Alone You Spin Alive (ex machina), Thursday, 11 November 2004 22:24 (twenty-one years ago)
i am not a collector.
1992.
go back to bloody scotland.
-- gygax! (gygax0...), September 21st, 2004 3:07 PM. (gygax!)
depending on the weather, i prefer live music to recorded.
-- gygax! (gygax0...), September 21st, 2004 3:08 PM. (gygax!)
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 11 November 2004 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)
― rasheed wallace (rasheed wallace), Thursday, 11 November 2004 22:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 11 November 2004 22:52 (twenty-one years ago)
The article will provoke two types of responses, 1) people with a passing interest in the bands he discussed will be encouraged to check them out (which he succeeded in doing based on the reactions on the other thread), 2) people who will freak the fuck out at Jess' description of Wolf Eyes' music and never think about it again (probably 97% of the people who will see the article). Wolf Eyes aren't for everyone, and I think he does a decent job (with some deft analogies and a whole lotta swearing) of weeding out the people who won't enjoy the music. Again, mission accomplished.
Of course, in order to make these points he unfortunately adheres to some (misguided) stereotypes, which is certainly a glaring weakness of the article. But I don't think that detracts from advertising the music to the people who may be interested in hearing it.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 11 November 2004 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― Spinning Down Alone You Spin Alive (ex machina), Thursday, 11 November 2004 23:15 (twenty-one years ago)
― Remy (x Jeremy), Friday, 12 November 2004 02:09 (twenty-one years ago)
gaaaah. yeah. So unfortunate. Meanwhile, over in the academy, those who have chosen to pursue advanced degrees in this stuff are getting hella respect from their mentors: Doctoral Student, Scholar, Baby Sitter?
― daria g (daria g), Friday, 12 November 2004 02:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 12 November 2004 05:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 12 November 2004 06:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Friday, 12 November 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 12 November 2004 19:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― LSTD (answer) (sexyDancer), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:33 (twenty-one years ago)
it's a cabbage, FWIW.
― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:44 (twenty-one years ago)
― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― Spinning Down Alone You Spin Alive (ex machina), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 12 November 2004 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― S!monB!rch (Carey), Friday, 12 November 2004 21:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Friday, 12 November 2004 22:44 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 12 November 2004 22:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― mark p (Mark P), Saturday, 13 November 2004 01:14 (twenty-one years ago)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/jcoombs/nakedme.gif
― Remy (x Jeremy), Saturday, 13 November 2004 05:23 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ian John50n (orion), Saturday, 13 November 2004 05:39 (twenty-one years ago)
― Remy (x Jeremy), Saturday, 13 November 2004 05:41 (twenty-one years ago)
― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Saturday, 13 November 2004 07:40 (twenty-one years ago)