tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16924295.post7533814672100658138..comments2024-03-29T08:08:48.276+00:00Comments on dan hancox: Publish, damn, and be damned: Hyperdub, Woebot, and the death of negative criticismdan hancoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14335192225001443427noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16924295.post-53803505188796392502018-05-24T07:05:00.266+00:002018-05-24T07:05:00.266+00:00The best ringtones for mobile phone
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no, it hasn'...hahaha. dear trolling mentalist:<br /><br />no, it hasn't been edited, and it always started like that. well done for having the courage to sign your name.<br /><br />if you read the post (again?) properly, i have mentioned how difficult it was to find the deleted post:<br /><br />"As off-the-mark as it was, I’m disappointed Woebot’s deleted the first post discussed here (I had to ask a Power-Googler friend to track it down for me)."<br /><br />^that's the same as it always was.<br /><br />***<br /><br />robin, cheers and fair play - i too love a bit of crying 'totalitarian' for lolz. and i'm still enjoying woebot's blog too.dan hancoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14335192225001443427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16924295.post-56112683851107649442010-04-06T16:53:43.197+00:002010-04-06T16:53:43.197+00:00Has a section of this blog been edited? I recall t...Has a section of this blog been edited? I recall the opening gambit was about the extraordinary lengths Hancox went to to locate Woebot's 'deleted' blog. Publish and be damned indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16924295.post-27548753202491548522010-03-26T08:52:06.789+00:002010-03-26T08:52:06.789+00:00Hey - just to say I agree with about some things b...Hey - just to say I agree with about some things but think it's a bit rich to call people who aren't into some of the new stuff out for having 'confused uncle ' syndrome....think it's more a case of some people having 'excitable nephew' syndrome<br /><br />anyway this whole incest blogging about blogs from other bloggers thing is really a snake eating it's own arse isn't it, no matter how much accusations of sexism, reverse or otherwise, are there to spice it upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16924295.post-36646329082329848182010-03-24T14:29:46.444+00:002010-03-24T14:29:46.444+00:00oh, and for the record, i recently reviewed the al...oh, and for the record, i recently reviewed the album too, very positively cos it's dead good.<br /><br />i could understand feeling uncomfortable with the seemingly unimpeachable status of, say, hyperdub. but there are a few consistently good labels around right now, clearly run with a lot of integrity. i'm stating the obvious, but it would be sad to see reviewers looking at releases in an unfairly harsh light just to dissimulate the appearance of bias.<br /><br />personally i just can't think of much hyperdub at all i've felt negative about, apart from burial.Robin Howellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10758027683353126966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16924295.post-87319179993009677672010-03-23T17:13:28.190+00:002010-03-23T17:13:28.190+00:00>you can call me needlessly snarky or snide, bu...>you can call me needlessly snarky or snide, but it's hardly like i've plucked the accusation out of thin air.<br /><br />i don't think you're snide, it seems more like a rare effort to add a bit of colour to 'metacriticism'. the metaphor just strikes me as one that's apt to write off someone full stop -- whereas i've got plenty of respect for some of these writers and if they stumble it doesn't bug me a lot.<br /><br />>"just because reynolds is very out of touch, i don't think he should be denied commentary."<br />>lol!! it's a pretty good reason not to revere him as a critical god though! <br /><br />i think i kind of do, though! he has some towering achievements if you ask me, and his experience can turn out to count for something still. of course i thought the infamous 'wonky' piece had laughable aspects, but i can't think of similarly egregious examples. i didn't mean to say he was out of touch in a pejorative sense, necessarily -- it was more an observation based on the fact that he's a 40-something resident of New York.<br /><br />>lol at 'totalitarian' as well.<br />i think i was going for a bit of a lol ;)<br /><br />>'black' - yep, that's offensive. both historically, and in reducing everyone who isn't white into one block: it says that you are 'white' or you are 'other'.<br /><br />true enough, i imagine it's a terminology originating from a nasty form of colonial ignorance. nonetheless i still find the error more unfortunate than offensive.<br /><br />>the reverse sexism charge 'crumbles instantly', indeed - are you even sure you want to defend woebot's post? :)<br /><br />mmm... no, not really! but in a world where 95% of music journalism is rubbish, he's one of those people i've always loved to read. i just feel that if he's going to be rebuffed, someone should argue the qualifications!Robin Howellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10758027683353126966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16924295.post-72388888540485320602010-03-22T15:44:28.598+00:002010-03-22T15:44:28.598+00:00sorry i wasn't aware of this extra 'contex...sorry i wasn't aware of this extra 'context' about the 'dubstep band' - maybe woebot deleted that post too? if not could you link to it? it's news to me, i'm not deliberately omitting stuff here.<br /><br />re deleting comments, i don't know what you mean? i haven't deleted any comments on this post; i don't make a habit of deleting comments generally, unless i'm in a bad mood ;)<br /><br />and hey at least i allow comments at all - more of which are -ve than +ve generally - more than you can say for woebot or SRdan hancoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14335192225001443427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16924295.post-67741317925483547782010-03-22T09:35:07.671+00:002010-03-22T09:35:07.671+00:00the 'black' comment also refers back to th...the 'black' comment also refers back to this comment that dan left out <br />'I was really delighted by Kode 9’s statement that Ike Yard were (as quoted on this press release) “the first Dub-Step band”. It reveals not only a sensible perception about what Dubstep actually is – artful, bohemian music made by white blokes – but is a significant, generous shot in the arm for Argabright and co. Listening to “A Fact A Second” and “Night after Night” – both still available from Acute Records that strikes me as a very fair, accurate assessment. '<br /><br />which kode 9 never said too - so lets be fair and put it in context - but what a weird context again.<br /><br />my last comment on here was deleted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16924295.post-76496535774424032742010-03-22T09:20:04.599+00:002010-03-22T09:20:04.599+00:00robin:
there are more examples of confused uncle ...robin:<br /><br />there are more examples of confused uncle syndrome than i care to outline from the last few years - that's not an ad hominem attack, that's an apt response to repeat offences. you can call me needlessly snarky or snide, but it's hardly like i've plucked the accusation out of thin air.<br /><br />"just because reynolds is very out of touch, i don't think he should be denied commentary."<br /><br />lol!! it's a pretty good reason not to revere him as a critical god though! he just wrote a post on ikonika's album entirely about the press release, without once giving an indication he'd listened to any of it. i know my post above is all metacrit bullshit too, but that's b/c i have a 1000wd review of the MUSIC (remember that, anyone?) on its way. no-one's denying him commentary, far from it - his blog is very prominent and he writes for plenty of publications with equally confused avuncular editors. lol at 'totalitarian' as well.<br /><br />'black' - yep, that's offensive. both historically, and in reducing everyone who isn't white into one block: it says that you are 'white' or you are 'other'.<br /><br />the reverse sexism charge 'crumbles instantly', indeed - are you even sure you want to defend woebot's post? :)<br /><br />anonymous:<br /><br />i don't think we're disagreeing really - what you're talking about isn't really negative criticism, i.e. full-on negative album or single reviews... (which have disappeared along with print music mags) but blithe dismissals of types of music/artists.. which i agree have flourished in the web 2.0 era.<br /><br />can you find much negative criticism of anything on hyperdub? really? prancehall dissing burial is the only thing i can think of.dan hancoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14335192225001443427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16924295.post-85387227348912671042010-03-22T09:17:14.578+00:002010-03-22T09:17:14.578+00:00both woebot and reynolds are better writers than t...both woebot and reynolds are better writers than the stuff they're writing right now, that's the real problem and woebots statements were just really stupid, it's not that he doesn't like the record, that's fine, the reverse sexism thing stunk. <br />This isn't a hipness competition or who was right or wrong about joy orbison, championing things is about taking risks not about gloating over successes or failures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16924295.post-88106706729552405802010-03-21T16:41:57.804+00:002010-03-21T16:41:57.804+00:00I'm bemused at these accusations that negative...I'm bemused at these accusations that negative criticism has ceased to exist. If anything it's become the dominant form of music writing these days - almost every magazine or website I come across that covers new dance music seems incapable of praising something without doing so at the expense of something else. 'Such and a such a record is great, see how much better it is than this dross?' <br /><br />This kind of negativity is everywhere, and it's even more pointless and damaging than a traditionally 'bad' review - as what's being slated is not the focus of the article, the writers seem comfortable dismissing the records they feel so vehemently opposed to without qualification. There's nothing insightful about it whatsoever, it's depressing to read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16924295.post-83816935726286702622010-03-18T18:28:38.626+00:002010-03-18T18:28:38.626+00:00p.s. for some reason the pitchfork/clash par annoy...p.s. for some reason the pitchfork/clash par annoys me considerably more...Robin Howellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10758027683353126966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16924295.post-30956054174224813132010-03-18T16:13:09.343+00:002010-03-18T16:13:09.343+00:00hey dan,
in the spirit of friendly discussion (ye...hey dan,<br /><br />in the spirit of friendly discussion (yeah?) i feel like weighing in (super-bantam) on the woebot/hollowearth/cybore side. (i'm not sure anyone else will.)<br /><br />if i'm going to be honest, i have to say: your first half fed my sense of what a bizarre this episode is. i know matt's the greatest music blogger ever (tm) but i'm sure in the days of woebot for instance, he would have had to lay more on the table than a few hastily posted bum notes in order to score the attention.<br /><br />i think my general feeling is that otherwise trustworthy writers (including reynolds and k-punk) are sometimes treated in a way that's a bit... totalitarian. just because it's a conveniently close example, isn't your 'confused uncle' idea a kind of ad hominem attack, with a logical effect if any that would seek to negate a person entirely? just because reynolds is very out of touch, i don't think he should be denied commentary. i kind of love joy orbison and play his records, but i don't think reynolds is an idiot for observing (with an element of truth) that his music is very polite, or for failing to subjectively understand the appeal in the face of great popularity.<br /><br />matt's review: by his standards and those of what others have written about ikonika, yes, i thought it was pretty rubbish. but -- and this does worry me because it makes me feel a bit like a junior clarkson -- i have to profess not to understand where the offence lies.<br /><br />'a dubstep record': it doesn't need me to point this out, but it must still elective whether people want to hem in the term to exclude anything other than wobblers. the validity of these expressions is never clear cut, as you know, so i don't think you can castigate him for that one.<br /><br />'black': it's a bit outmoded maybe, but it used to be an acceptable antonym for white -- i've heard people who aren't african or caribbean in any way self-describe as such. the point is that you don't know matt is displaying ignorance about her, if that is the problem. if he didn't do any research and can't place her background by eye, that's curious on both counts, but i don't quite understand the extent of the offence taken.<br /><br />that cavalier reverse-sexism joust: obviously the charge crumbles instantly; they're both evidently popular in their own right, as you say, and they both make unique music that no-one really comes near. realistically, though, wouldn't it seem hyper-sensitive if kode9 took real offence, let alone anyone else?<br /><br />ironically, matt's response to all this was very interesting, as was your treatment of that in your second half. of course your observations about the mechanics of music reviewing seem very accurate. so i guess good things have come out of it.<br /><br />oh, and disco balls is pretty wack, yeah. quite like the other four though ;)<br /><br />robinRobin Howellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10758027683353126966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16924295.post-51620937483991323682010-03-18T15:11:24.408+00:002010-03-18T15:11:24.408+00:00Can we seriously get over this 'zomg she has a...Can we seriously get over this 'zomg she has a vagina' bullshit?<br /><br />I see 1000 mediocre digital releases and nobody goes zomg penis privelage!<br /><br />Talk about the music, not the doo-dads.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05286967890045533580noreply@blogger.com