Comments for Teleosteopathy

Comment on RenaisSHIT by G

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:28:09 +0000

bigger than 50 i reckon, but i’m useless at that kind of thing.
room for plenty.
and we’re (modestly) equipped if anyone wants to get behind the (vinyl) decks and do their best hawtin impression. though i guess the ableton’s more suited to that these days…

LET’S PARTY

Comment on Resident Advertiser by extern

extern — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:27:45 +0000

@chris: “i’ve noticed that threads from reviews seem increasingly to be about reviewing the reviewer”

There’s a very good reason for that - some of the reviews are terrible.

Comment on Hellah Bella Mix June ‘08 by G

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:29:34 +0000

Eulberg :O why do i not have this already?
perfect mix to soften the blow of being back at work post-glastoNBURY-derrick-may-brain-deconstruction…

Comment on Resident Advertiser by Minotronic

Minotronic — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:04:10 +0000

The eternal conflict of interests between media and media feeders, the announcers.
There’s always a quick and immediate response to this kind of situtations.

But let’s put ourselves in the boots of RA founder.
Let’s say we run a company with XXX people working for it.
Let’s say that company gets most of its revenues from one annoucer.

Would you do anything to annoy that announcer ?.
probably not, even if your heart tells you to.

Critic-wise, never take anything for granted, nor in RA nor anywhere else. The day dollar was ivnented, credibility was dead.

And thanks to that story, I discovered your blog, excellent.

Comment on Resident Advertiser by teleost

teleost — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:59:17 +0000

I’m not sure what you mean by that. If Jeremy is in disagreement with RA, and has to all intents and purposes stopped contributing to the site, where else is he going to publicise his version of events other than on a blog? In any case, it’s up to Ronan whether he decides to publish it…

Comment on Resident Advertiser by RSx.

RSx. — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:51:08 +0000

interested to see how R.A holds up however bitter editors feeding info to blogs is sad….

Comment on Tell Jack by teleost

teleost — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:46:31 +0000

Ah-ha.
27.22-30.10: Murat Tepeli - Jaws

from the What Makes You Go For It EP.
very good stuff. i’m excited about the remix of serenity on their new EP:
http://www.discogs.com/release/1379046

Comment on Resident Advertiser by Joe

Joe — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:15:40 +0000

I’m looking forward to reading it and I hope you can make your presence felt elsewhere in the community if RA’s completely off your slate now.

Having read that Test thread, i’m not convinced that ‘hidden PR’ is a necessary part of the fuel for generally positive reviews. I’ve read occassionally that reviewers on RA often choose what they review - don’t know if this is true - which might explain why people generally go for things they like. Myself, I just prefer writing about things I like. If I was writing about something I didn’t like I’m pretty sure I’d just get angry. And want to listen to something else.

So I think there’s a danger of too easily dismissing positive criticism as fanboy behaviour - just as there’s a danger of dismissing negative criticism as gratuitous provocation.

Comment on Resident Advertiser by Jeremy Armitage

Jeremy Armitage — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:55:46 +0000

Hi guys,

I agree that this incident raises a number of issues related to the state of online crit, and readers are entitled to a full explanation as to why Tami Fenwick and I decided to resign from RA. I will be putting together a blog post over the next few days, possibly at House Is A Feeling, which will hopefully can clear up some of the fogginess.

Cheers

Jeremy Armitage

PS: Nice blog, Teleost!

Comment on Resident Advertiser by teleost

teleost — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:45:39 +0000

you’re right about some of the threads on there, especially the music review ones, but I think there’ve been some curious discussions in other areas - I for one really like reading the threads about Berlin.
also, even some of the ‘review the reviewer’ threads have thrown up some surprising things - none of the other forums i’ve ever visited have had quite so many actual producers (or the equivalent band members) giving their take on things.
there’s a lot of dross, but there are also some very interesting and well-spoken people on there.