http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2010/09/28/4996047-what-we-hate Comments On: What We Hate by Brian Cook en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by nipper]]> Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:48:41 -0700 The Stranger Posted by tallchris]]> Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:58:02 -0700 The Stranger Posted by nipper]]> Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:22:08 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Brian Cook]]> Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:36:55 -0700 The Stranger Posted by More, I Say!]]> Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:59:42 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Benj]]> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:36:51 -0700 The Stranger
And the term Post-Rock predates the formation of Godspeed You! Black Emperor by at least a decade.

Get it togetha!

I believe that it was Duke Ellington who said: "There are only two types of musik: good & bad."

Posted by Keekee]]> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:28:38 -0700 The Stranger Posted by bunnypuncher]]> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:34:12 -0700 The Stranger Posted by josepfine]]> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:14:45 -0700 The Stranger
When writers use those terms its a good qualifier for me to know it's time to quit reading further.
Posted by nipper]]> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:45:12 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Adam Superfan]]> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:34:40 -0700 The Stranger
then again, we've always applied umbrella terms to the past. Da Vinci didn't know he was a Renaissance artist.
Posted by Brian Cook]]> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:31:19 -0700 The Stranger
dismissing something based on genre or hype, is buying into capitalist ways of organizing information. there are good songs in every style of music, and all musicians have to promote themselves in order to earn a living.
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similarly, not going to a ‘black-metal’ show because you are in an indie-pop band or only like country music made in the 1930’s is to substitute genres for logos and is another form of conspicuous consumption. obviously this is not a threat to capitalism. if you are into a certain kind of music, fine, but don’t let that define you or close you off to a world of experience.
Posted by alithea]]> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:28:14 -0700 The Stranger
I dunno, I don't think contemporary terms are accurate when used retroactively. Terms like "stoner rock" and "screamo" used on older groups just to build a context around contemporary groups only shows how young/not in the know these writers are. Like, labeling Sabbath or Deep Purple "stoner rock"...a new term for new bands...its revisionism. Not cool. No one used that term in 1970. The revisionism is a short cut, less ain't more, not always.
Posted by nipper]]> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:01:07 -0700 The Stranger
Likewise, people who say they like everything without singling out genres they hate strike me as people who only listen to the radio. If you can't list some genres or at least some bands that you DO like, then I'm probably not interested in talking about music with you anyway.

Then again, I actually really like Thursday, so you're probably not interested in what I have to say either.
Posted by T]]> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:30:26 -0700 The Stranger Posted by care bear]]> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:41:20 -0700 The Stranger Posted by metardtard]]> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:40:07 -0700 The Stranger