Re: [microsound] site of sound

[Oeivind Idsoe <ezueled@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Frans de Waard wrote:

> >i think there was a v. disparaging review of this in a recent issue of the
> >wire...
> >
> yes, so what? Is The Wire the holy gospel? You didn't care about because
> the Wire wrote disparaging about it? What happened to the times were people
> judged for themselves and not went as a small child on the hand of one
> magazine that dictates what people should like.

When people haven't got a chance to hear things "for themselves" before they
buy I would say a source such as The Wire is a lot better than a lot of other
stuff to help guide me through the incredible amount of records/CDs being
released every week/month.

People can only judge for themselves if they've actually bought the record, but
no one (AFAIK) buys records without some kind of guidance from someone or
somewhere. The Wire isn't the holy gospel, but it's certainly a very valuable
source/tool for a lot of people who have a hard time getting hold of "CD
purchasing information".

Try living in Norway for a month and you'll see just how much fun it is to have
more or less no access to experimental music what-so-ever. In a situation like
that The Wire is indispensable.

> I think the Site Of Sound is a very ok book, and has a more then very nice
> CD with excellent sounds that go along the book.

Shouldn't a statement like that be qualified for other people to pick up on it?
The good thing about The Wire is that they try to describe and explain *why*
things are bad/OK/very good/excellent. I can't possibly relate to a statement
that basically says "it's good" without some kind of explanation as to why it's
OK.

/Oeivind/