Comments on: A Really Well Written & Interesting Review: http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2005/03/26/a-really-well-written-interesting-review/ sharing too much since 2003 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:20:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: jEN http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2005/03/26/a-really-well-written-interesting-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1016 jEN Sun, 27 Mar 2005 08:15:58 +0000 http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2005/03/26/a-really-well-written-interesting-review/#comment-1016 Heh heh... dialogue... I love blog! :D Heh heh… dialogue… I love blog!
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]]> By: Ginny http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2005/03/26/a-really-well-written-interesting-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 Ginny Sun, 27 Mar 2005 02:36:59 +0000 http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2005/03/26/a-really-well-written-interesting-review/#comment-1014 Not being a Queens, etc. fan, I can't comment on the bits about the band, the members, or the new work. Oddly enough, although I am not an HST fan either, I thoroughly enjoyed the review. It was a fun ride! I don't believe it is etched in stone (sorry about that) anywhere that a review must be dry, boring, and as much fun to read as DIY instructions. As long as the trip is enjoyable and the accuracy of the review isn't causing the believability meter in my head to raise it's little quivering brows, I have no problem with the style. Style for the sake of style isn't always bad...sometimes it's just plain fun. Lighten up and hugs to you, Neil. Life IS a trip on a great big garden path. It's the fairy condos and discarded trousers that make it bearable! Protective hugs , Ginny Not being a Queens, etc. fan, I can’t comment on the bits about the band, the members, or the new work. Oddly enough, although I am not an HST fan either, I thoroughly enjoyed the review. It was a fun ride! I don’t believe it is etched in stone (sorry about that) anywhere that a review must be dry, boring, and as much fun to read as DIY instructions. As long as the trip is enjoyable and the accuracy of the review isn’t causing the believability meter in my head to raise it’s little quivering brows, I have no problem with the style. Style for the sake of style isn’t always bad…sometimes it’s just plain fun.

Lighten up and hugs to you, Neil. Life IS a trip on a great big garden path. It’s the fairy condos and discarded trousers that make it bearable!

Protective hugs ,
Ginny

]]> By: jEN http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2005/03/26/a-really-well-written-interesting-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1011 jEN Sat, 26 Mar 2005 18:48:15 +0000 http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2005/03/26/a-really-well-written-interesting-review/#comment-1011 True, that after comparing it to HST, I see the the influence as you do. I know that style of Gonzo journalism doesn't appeal to you, or perhaps your displaced trousers, but having read more than my fair share of record reviews over the years, a standout article in a sea of banality took my fancy and I dug it. Knowing the subject matter thoroughly may have been in my favour for digesting what is a rather down-the-rabbit-hole journalistic approach. smooches to each and his own~ jEN True, that after comparing it to HST, I see the the influence as you do. I know that style of Gonzo journalism doesn’t appeal to you, or perhaps your displaced trousers, but having read more than my fair share of record reviews over the years, a standout article in a sea of banality took my fancy and I dug it.

Knowing the subject matter thoroughly may have been in my favour for digesting what is a rather down-the-rabbit-hole journalistic approach.

smooches to each and his own~
jEN

]]> By: neil http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2005/03/26/a-really-well-written-interesting-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 neil Sat, 26 Mar 2005 18:16:01 +0000 http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2005/03/26/a-really-well-written-interesting-review/#comment-1010 Hmmm... The Hunter S Thompson influence clearly hasn't died with him. I just don't understand the need to mix fact and fiction in this way. I find myself questioning the journey I have just been on, revisiting all of it in my head and piecing together what might have been factual and informative - I don't want to work that hard on what should be just a simple article/review/opinion. I end up merely mistrusting the piece and feeling manipulated. Now if Josh Homme truly <em>is</em> the kind of guy who would demand the attention of a journalist at a moment's notice, then perhaps I have learned a little more about the guy than you average album review would reveal. But the mistrust in the reality & fiction sweet & sour soup leaves me believing I am just being led up the garden path - where the faeries live, in their tiny condominiums made from my discarded trousers. It is style for the sake of style (and for the sake of padding an article out to the required number of words to keep the editor happy). Hmmm… The Hunter S Thompson influence clearly hasn’t died with him. I just don’t understand the need to mix fact and fiction in this way. I find myself questioning the journey I have just been on, revisiting all of it in my head and piecing together what might have been factual and informative – I don’t want to work that hard on what should be just a simple article/review/opinion. I end up merely mistrusting the piece and feeling manipulated.

Now if Josh Homme truly is the kind of guy who would demand the attention of a journalist at a moment’s notice, then perhaps I have learned a little more about the guy than you average album review would reveal. But the mistrust in the reality & fiction sweet & sour soup leaves me believing I am just being led up the garden path – where the faeries live, in their tiny condominiums made from my discarded trousers.

It is style for the sake of style (and for the sake of padding an article out to the required number of words to keep the editor happy).

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