Music blogging in web 2.0

I'll give you a f'r instance.

Everything on the Internet is Brisbane. How fucking depressing.

Here's The Hype Machine's reply to the best fucking rant I've heard all year. In full. From the donkey's mouth.

Song of the day - 60: Lust-Cats of the Gutters

As I've stated before, I'm riotously easy to please. As I've stated before, you want me to hear your music? Send me a link to an MP3 or your MySpace page. Don't bother your cute honey ass with money-wasting promo CDs and international postal rates.

Defining the enemy 3

This final part is taken direct from the Sigur Rós message board (edited). What's interesting is that it's much more good-humoured and well-argued than the vast majority of the "Outraged of Hackney" comments on the Drowned In Sound threads. You'd think it would be the other way round. Respect due this handful of Sigur Rós fans, then.

Defining the enemy 2

This edit is from the follow-up thread on the Drowned In Sound message board, in response to a post on my PhD blog. They used my words without permission (and shorn of context), so I thought I'd return the favour.

defining the enemy 1

Some of you might have blinked and missed this. A recent link to a recent post on the Drowned In Sound message boards caused some people to get very hot under the collar.

these people are the enemy

They talk a fine talk (albeit one that has its roots in - yawn - 'classic' contemporary criticism). They walk a fine walk (articles on the 'death' of the small town gig poster and why Grazia is better than the NME).

ET Recommends - 5: The Lovely Eggs

Ah jeez.

Everett True vs the Australian Music Press

This is the article that started it all.