ratioci nation
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Re: Is Rhett the DCeiver?
November 12, 2004 at 09:30 PM UTC
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Just to show I'm not exclusively picking on BigYawn….where does a guy whose blog is pink and twelve shades of gray get off criticizing another site's layout?
plus, its a blogspot blog, weaaaaaaaaaaaaak
learn some programming!
ggw
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Re: Is Rhett the DCeiver?
November 12, 2004 at 09:31 PM UTC
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Originally posted by pollard:
I don't know what you are talking about, it is a Greatest Hits disc by the greatest band ever. Is there really any point being objective, I mean, those are facts.
You showed admirable restraint and critical impartiality in not rewarding it the 11.0 Zs it heartily deserved.
El Tee
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Re: Is Rhett the DCeiver?
November 12, 2004 at 09:32 PM UTC
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"Pick the four people who have the nastiest and most opinionated perspectives who can also deliver the column inches."
I disagree. Don't we have enough crankiness in this town? Really. Also, creatively sarcastic or commentary is cool, but I don't need someone's ego to sound "hip" to overshadow a review.
"Thirty-two writers?"
Not all live in this area. Not all contribute daily. Therefore, it helps to have an overage of writers for, well, the situations that incur w/ a publication (writers who have other jobs and deadlines, procrastinators, etc.).
El Tee
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Re: Is Rhett the DCeiver?
November 12, 2004 at 09:34 PM UTC
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Just to show I'm not exclusively picking on BigYawn….where does a guy whose blog is pink and twelve shades of gray get off criticizing another site's layout?
LOL I was reading the page at work hoping it looked like "work" - the pink didn't fly…
fabluece
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Re: Is Rhett the DCeiver?
November 12, 2004 at 09:41 PM UTC
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Heck, Big Yawn, issa free cuntry. Have 32 reviewers to water everything down with. And, yeah, bring in every out-of-towner you can lay hands on. That'll help the local music scene.
Above all, I look forward to your ego-free stance on reviewing! Because the best rock critics TOTALLY check their ego at the door! The next time I bump into Greil Marcus, I'll dump a bucket of calves blood over his head and call him a fascist!
Viva la bland.
redsock
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Re: Is Rhett the DCeiver?
November 12, 2004 at 09:47 PM UTC
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I promised myself I wouldn't indulge in this crap… I made the mistake of ranting a tad earlier and shouldn't have. It's a waste of my time, and won't happen again.
El Tee
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Re: Is Rhett the DCeiver?
November 12, 2004 at 09:52 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Fabby:
That'll help the local music scene.
Above all, I look forward to your ego-free stance on reviewing!
I didn't say the out of towners are focusing on local scene. Somebody should though.
The ego-free stance opinion is my own. I tend to get tired of jerky sarcasm. Creative sarcasm is more my flavor. Some of the opinions in your blog are different from mine, I do think it was creative and well-written.
Viva 32 flavors.
ggw
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Re: Is Rhett the DCeiver?
November 12, 2004 at 09:57 PM UTC
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Maybe BigYawn could do an incisive weekly feature on West Wing.
1.During the scene where CJ scolded Josh for eating too many donuts, didn't you expect the NBC star and rainbow to come flying by with the words "The More You Know" underneath?
2.With regard to Toby and Josh and their various conversations about who should do Leo's job, couldn't you lick the passive aggression right off the screen.
3.Abigail Bartlet was full of comfort for her husband, insisting that he not take the blame for Leo's heart attack. At some point, didn't you expect him to snap back, "Where was all this reasoned understanding when our daughter was kidnapped, you crazy inconsistent bitch?"
4.In what way are the perpetual announcements for Jimmy Smits arrival at the end of every episode like dating a Mormon girl?
5.Don't you miss the early seasons of this show, when it was a refuge from the Bush administration? It's going to be a long four years.
thirsty moore
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Re: Is Rhett the DCeiver?
November 12, 2004 at 09:59 PM UTC
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I think Fabu was attempting a Jump the Shark entry.
bags
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Re: Is Rhett the DCeiver?
November 12, 2004 at 10:26 PM UTC
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
a guy whose blog is pink and twelve shades of gray
Oooh, maybe he's a Vassar alum. School colors are rose and gray. Rose being pink. It has something to do with the rose-colored beams of knowledge peaking through the gray sky….
bags
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Re: Is Rhett the DCeiver?
November 12, 2004 at 10:37 PM UTC
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I hate to keep jumping up and down on Big Yawn's head, but while I was attending the baptism of a buddy's daughter the other day, it was pointed out to me by a tipster that one of Big Yawn's problems is, like, they are a fucking army of rock critics.
Hey, if you ask me, this is pretty bitchin' feedback, hearing that BY is talked about even at baptisms.
Yeah, too bad there aren't more "professional" critics on BY's staff like those 15 folks DCeiver knows, cuz it's so hard to find rock criticism or reviews anywhere….
redsock
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Re: Is Rhett the DCeiver?
November 13, 2004 at 08:37 AM UTC
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I know Rhett is not the DCeiver. It was sarcasm, mixed with an example of current events going on elsewhere.