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[therealjohnny]

pages 74 to 84

pages 74 to 85 would have been nice

 

[egg_]

No, it's not on the web, it's available by digital subscription alright from the website. By Irish electronica, I'm merely talking about the promoters and artists who by and large, play and promote music of electronic origin be that dubstep, breakcore, techno, ambient or electronic, taking in promoters such as Kaboogie, Alphabet Set and Leechrum and festivals like Mantua and DEAF. I'd never seen those genres, festivals or promoters covered before so I went ahead and did it.

And you did right! It's a good article. Although I don't really have much interest in "electronica", so maybe I'm not all that qualified to judge

I don't think anyone's seriously suggesting ye should have put Ro on the cover for your first issue, Niall, but to have Stipe on the cover at the same time as HP and Q suggests (to me) "more of the same" rather than "this is new and different", which I thought was what ye were going after

I was glad to see Ham Sandwich and The Jimmy Cake get full articles, it augurs well for the future. The JC one was the better of the two, I thought (although I seem to remember the "finishing each other's sentences" cliche in there somewhere) - they had more to say for themselves is maybe the reason. The writers have to take responsibility though too - in the Ham Sandwich one the girl expounded on how they think the look of the band is important. Who cares? I know it's a standard question in the generic "new" band interview, but it's overdone and not very interesting

 

[Wilbert]

And you did right! It's a good article. Although I don't really have much interest in "electronica", so maybe I'm not all that qualified to judge

I don't think anyone's seriously suggesting ye should have put Ro on the cover for your first issue, Niall, but to have Stipe on the cover at the same time as HP and Q suggests (to me) "more of the same" rather than "this is new and different", which I thought was what ye were going after

I was glad to see Ham Sandwich and The Jimmy Cake get full articles, it augurs well for the future. The JC one was the better of the two, I thought (although I seem to remember the "finishing each other's sentences" cliche in there somewhere) - they had more to say for themselves is maybe the reason. The writers have to take responsibility though too - in the Ham Sandwich one the girl expounded on how they think the look of the band is important. Who cares? I know it's a standard question in the generic "new" band interview, but it's overdone and not very interesting

"Egg Shells Out On New Mag!"



Somebody stop me!

 

[Super Dexta]

"Egg Shells Out On New Mag!"



Somebody stop me!

"I Like This Yoke" -Egg.

 

[therealjohnny]

"Egg Shells Out On New Mag!"



Somebody stop me!

Wilbert ever top that joke?

 

[Flux]

Egg scrambles to defend new magazine.

 

[Anthony]

I agree that the real test of a music mag is how it covers Metal. Or if it does at all.

 

[Vinnie]

Egg simmering over ham sandwich

 

[Wilbert]

Egg scrambles to defend new magazine.

"Stoat-man has high eggspectations for mag"

 

[uncle_meat]

"Stoat-man has high eggspectations for mag"

can't make an omlette without breaking a few....

see what i did there???

egggsactly.

I'm here all week.

try the fish.

 

[pete]

I agree that the real test of a music mag is how it covers Metal. Or if it does at all.

metal's not real music though, is it?

Or so it sometimes seems.

 

[cephalopod]

(rant alert)



this sounds like a very hot-press-y type thing to do. as an article concept, it's lazy and uninsightful. it insults the intelligence of any reader who actually cares about 'electronica' (a genre which doesn't actually exist, but i presume you're using the standard definition of 'music made without guitars, but also without black people').

that said, i haven't even read the piece, or the magazine (is it available overseas?), but it looks like it has a lot of potential, so please don't fall into the trap of pigeonholing stuff for convenience!

You're right! Rant alert. Don't really see why it is lazy and uninsightful at all! And don't start on about genres, was there ever such a thing as a genre?

 

[cephalopod]

Sorry s, just read some intervening posts there! They temper my opinion of the post I quoted above.

 

[Wilbert]

If Egg joined Ham Sandwich;

"Ham Sandwich and a Poached Egg, Please!"

 

[cephalopod]

Ham Sandwich are playing in Kells tomorrow night! Gonna rule.

 

[uncle_meat]

If Egg joined Ham Sandwich;

"Ham Sandwich and a Poached Egg, Please!"

If he became a monk:

eggs benedict.

 

[Lillian]

Is it me or are the reviews a tad confusing? Whats with the coloured bars underneath?Is green good, red shit or is it by genre?

 

[Wilbert]

If he became a monk:

eggs benedict.

Well done, Sir. I was trying to come up with a 'benedict' one.

 

[Flux]

"Egg over-easy on new journalistic endeavour"

 

[cephalopod]

So will State be poaching any have-a-go journos from Thumped?