Monday, July 03, 2006
My Sonic Youth
Discussion of crappy stripped down sounds accepted as normative continues:
"In a recent and much-discussed article in Stylus magazine, titled "Imperfect Sound Forever," music writer Nick Southall took his profession to task for its vagaries in this area. 'I think music journalists have a responsibility,' he wrote, 'to listen to records on at least half-decent equipment-film critics wouldn't (I hope) review a film based on viewing it on an iPod Video during a train journey, and film studios would be aghast if they did....I know more than a few people who've reviewed albums based solely on MP3s-I've done it myself in the past, to my shame.'" ¶ 7/03/2006 07:13:00 AM
Discussion of crappy stripped down sounds accepted as normative continues:
"In a recent and much-discussed article in Stylus magazine, titled "Imperfect Sound Forever," music writer Nick Southall took his profession to task for its vagaries in this area. 'I think music journalists have a responsibility,' he wrote, 'to listen to records on at least half-decent equipment-film critics wouldn't (I hope) review a film based on viewing it on an iPod Video during a train journey, and film studios would be aghast if they did....I know more than a few people who've reviewed albums based solely on MP3s-I've done it myself in the past, to my shame.'" ¶ 7/03/2006 07:13:00 AM
