it boils down to nothing more than this

amorbella said:

I want a tshirt!!

xlr8r said:

it boils down to nothing more than this


OMFG!!!!

salaciousV said:

people should have to click on that image before they can access the org. it needs to be a mandatory public service announcement.

Would you like to hear a critic's response to this?

I was at the listening party last night & my piece will go up on LAist.com later tonight or tomorrow AM. It's 99% written but not yet posted.

It's not 100% positive although I do think Lotusflow3r is remarkable. But the other 2 reviews I saw today seemed to feel the exact opposite, they dug MPLSound a lot more than I.

What can I say.... we were in the same room listening to the same thing...hopefully we all just call em as we see em. We each bring our own prejudices & favoritism. Somebody who wanted a whole album of lush romantic Diamonds And Pearls type stuff, cuz that's the only Prince music they like, would probably pan all three albums.

I'm not paid anything for reviews & all of the pro writers I know get paid the same regardless of how they felt about an album or gig. So to suggest money is turning opinion to a false negative is not accurate. If anything, you sometimes have corporate mags praise million-selling shit records so as not to put sand in the wheels of industry that keep them fat and happy. Jim DeRogatis tried to talk shit about Hootie in Rolling Stone when they were #1 & got his ass fired.

It's also tempting to make the coverage as favorable as possible so the publicity people will like it and keep inviting me to events and give me free stuff, which is the only perk I ever get for my efforts. But when it's time to write I don't think about them, I think about the readers.

I'm not totally unbiased when it comes to Prince - I came into it as a fan. I usually choose to only write about stuff I expect to like.

Bria's album is just not very good, though (on that, the major press and I agree). It would be abusing the readership to claim it was excellent & they should all go buy it.

If the fan base can't bear to hear that...sorry, I can't do anything about that. My responsibility is to the reader on the street, not to the fanatics. They already know the Correct view, they don't need my opinion.

I'm sure you'll make room for that sub par material somewhere. I see tons of it here...

Would you like to hear a critic's response to this?

I was at the listening party last night & my piece will go up on LAist.com later tonight or tomorrow AM. It's 99% written but not yet posted.

It's not 100% positive although I do think Lotusflow3r is remarkable. But the other 2 reviews I saw today seemed to feel the exact opposite, they dug MPLSound a lot more than I.

What can I say.... we were in the same room listening to the same thing...hopefully we all just call em as we see em. We each bring our own prejudices & favoritism. Somebody who wanted a whole album of lush romantic Diamonds And Pearls type stuff, cuz that's the only Prince music they like, would probably pan all three albums.

I'm not paid anything for reviews & all of the pro writers I know get paid the same regardless of how they felt about an album or gig. So to suggest money is turning opinion to a false negative is not accurate. If anything, you sometimes have corporate mags praise million-selling shit records so as not to put sand in the wheels of industry that keep them fat and happy. Jim DeRogatis tried to talk shit about Hootie in Rolling Stone when they were #1 & got his ass fired.

It's also tempting to make the coverage as favorable as possible so the publicity people will like it and keep inviting me to events and give me free stuff, which is the only perk I ever get for my efforts. But when it's time to write I don't think about them, I think about the readers.

I'm not totally unbiased when it comes to Prince - I came into it as a fan. I usually choose to only write about stuff I expect to like.

Bria's album is just not very good, though (on that, the major press and I agree). It would be abusing the readership to claim it was excellent & they should all go buy it.

If the fan base can't bear to hear that...sorry, I can't do anything about that. My responsibility is to the reader on the street, not to the fanatics. They already know the Correct view, they don't need my opinion.