No of albums sold by a few bands (1 Viewer)

[Grenouille]

That article seems mostly fluff. Hype and conquer-the-world plans MEAN NOTHING.

It'll get you on the cover of NME, though.

 

[Flux]

I must have read that same article by Jim Carroll about five times.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I must have read that same article by Jim Carroll about five times.

Did you like it that much?

 

[Flux]

I even did a screen grab for posterity.

 

[lympog]

Our model is based on the rhombozoid

you square!
- leigh

 

[RSJ]

Sorry I had that the wrong way round. You have 160 myspace fans according to my theory. Although, if you page automatically plays a song when you load it (like mine does) you should also subtract the number of times you have checked the page yourself, which would leave you with 7.5 fans.

If i get a friends request from a band i'll usually cycle through all of the songs they have - if they have four songs, wouln't that show up as four listens?

 

[IFF]

If i get a friends request from a band i'll usually cycle through all of the songs they have - if they have four songs, wouln't that show up as four listens?

yes i think it does

i'd havce thought profile views would be less then listens as songs start up automatically

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Bump.

 

[Jerry Twig]

Which Irish Times journo is an arseface, Jim Carroll or Brian Boyd? I've forgotten.

 

[Flux]

Boyd is the Marty Whelan to Carroll's Gerry Ryan.

 

[Franco]

Jim Carroll is the Grand Poobah of the Blog O'Sphere. His sceptre is a computer mouse and an office chair is his throne.

 

[Moods For Mallards]

If I'm not rich by Christmas I'm never so much as humming another note.

 

[hermie]

Boyd is a far shitter journo, with far shitter taste. But Jim being more ubiquitous and also, at times controversial probably incurs the wrath of people on here more often.

 

[egg_]

Boyd is a far shitter journo, with far shitter taste.

Ay, Brian Boyd irritates me no end
Jim seems to have a problem with people liking local stuff, which is very annoying if you're producing local stuff - hard enough to get anyone to listen to you without somebody sneering in the newspaper. Apart from that he actually seems to be interested in music, which sets him well above many of his peers

 

[hermie]

Ay, Brian Boyd irritates me no end
Jim seems to have a problem with people liking local stuff, which is very annoying if you're producing local stuff - hard enough to get anyone to listen to you without somebody sneering in the newspaper

he seems to be bigging up local acts a bit more these days but he has been a right fucker in the past I agree.

 

[egg_]

... I should point out that by "somebody sneering in the newspaper" I don't mean bad reviews, which of course is a hazard of any artistic endeavour - rather I mean sneering at local acts because they're local as a reaction to a perception that they're only "popular" because they're local

"Popular" is in quotes, because popularity for a local band means so little in terms of sales

 

[Vinnie]

Boyd is a far shitter journo, with far shitter taste. But Jim being more ubiquitous and also, at times controversial probably incurs the wrath of people on here more often.

Shitter taste? Taste schmaste.

Ay, Brian Boyd irritates me no end
Jim seems to have a problem with people liking local stuff, which is very annoying if you're producing local stuff - hard enough to get anyone to listen to you without somebody sneering in the newspaper. Apart from that he actually seems to be interested in music, which sets him well above many of his peers

Are we really so desperate for credible music writers that simply being into music is noteworthy? Relativism will eventually destroy all culture.

 

[Luther Blissett]

The last time I read a good music article in the Irish Times was the interview with Fugazi a few years back. Otherwise it's just rims writing through their cakehole about how great the new Verve/sub Stone Roses/Primal Scream album is or some other nostalgic shite. Who gives a fuck what they think. They're paid to fill up empty spaces with lazy opinions and nothing else.

 

[egg_]

Are we really so desperate for credible music writers that simply being into music is noteworthy?

It's sad but it's true John-out-of-Stoat claims that most music journos get into it not because they're into music, but because they're attracted to the glamour of the music industry

 

[Pilchard]

It's amazing how often Jimmy Carroll gets mentioned on Thumped.