Keith Watson wrote:
It'd be a pity, cause Melody Maker seem to have treated B+S with much more respect, which I find annoying cause in my opinion it's a terrible paper - indie guitar weekly, Steve Lamacq's fanzine etc.
Up until the back-end of last year I'd have completely disagreed. I buy music papers for two main purposes - reviews and release/tour news. The latter is handled well by both papers, but let's face it you'd bleeding well hope so. As to the former, the quality of reviews is based on two things - what get's reviewed (i.e. 'breadth' of music) and who reviews 'em. IMO the Melody Maker has always had a broader, more eclectic range of reviewed music. This is I'm sure in no small part due to the quality of writers. The likes of Price, Kulkarni, Parkes, Roberts etc. piss all over anything the NME has had for years. They're much better at using the English language to describe the music and their own responses to it, and they're reference points more accurate and frequently original.They're also openly at odds with the sort of thing that seems to piss you off - an unhealthy concentration on all things indie. Price and Kulkarni are constantly berating the readership for their lazy ass musical choices (cf. Price describing them as 'indie pond-life' in a TLC review). I guess my overall point is, yes, there's lots of shit in the MM. But at least there's something worth reading. Unfortunately the latter part of the above should, in keeping with my first sentence, have been in the past tense. These guys don't seem to write much anymore. I've stopped buying MM. So Keith, you're probably right. Cock it. regards, yerluvinuncleTurt ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------