http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Mon, 24 Feb 2003 19:42:15 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/02/24/104916.php#comment-3863 Yeah man, I'm feeling you on this one. Wanna see some serious scene drama? I just got over 100 comments on a negative review of newly signed Tooth & Nail band Mae that I posted for a friend. Some people get real touchy. It's silly really. My motto: Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded. Hehe. 3863@blogcritics.org Mon, 24 Feb 2003 19:42:15 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/02/24/104916.php#comment-3846 i agree 100% Tim. people should step back every now and again and look at life and the stuff they're wrapped up in and see how silly it all really is. peace. 3846@blogcritics.org Mon, 24 Feb 2003 15:41:02 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/02/24/104916.php#comment-3845 I've always found band's mailing lists to be unpleasant flamefests too much of the time, especially for bands that change their sound significantly from album to album. I've grown tired on constant flamewars between the people that think the band should be endlessly repeating the best selling album they did several years before, and the people that believe the latest album is the best thing they've ever done. There's something scary about hardcore fans of anything (not just bands, but football teams, comics, or movie franchises), in which their whole identity is tied up in one thing. And they get nasty if anyone criticises the object of their worship. And sometimes they can turn violently against them if they dare to change. 3845@blogcritics.org Mon, 24 Feb 2003 15:28:58 EST