Wednesday, May 14, 2003
First I listen to The Mouldy Peaches and find it enjoyable. Then I read the AMG one-and-a-half-star review. Then I listen to it more and like it better on each listen. Does it follow that according to the AMG review, I a member of the "indie cognoscenti"? As a side note, I've noticed that every time AMG gives an album five stars, it's unquestionably a five star album, and they're often right in their ratings under five stars; but somehow they are ludicrously off, say, one fourth of the time . . . although never wrong when they give an album five stars. Note how: Meat Is Murder is given three (yes, three) stars; Full Force Galesburg is given two-and-a-half; fuckin' Electr-O-Pura is given only three stars. Now, obviously their ratings are their call; but these albums manifestly deserve higher ratings, and never mind allowing critics their own judgement. About music I am not relativist. Electr-O-Pura deserves at least . . . more than three stars. Um. Yeah.
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