has this been posted / argued about?
from the guardian:
Rock critic Everett True has relocated to Brisbane and, in his first weekly blog, he explains why he's not happy with the local music press
Australians don't have much respect for the music press - it runs counter to their culture. Australian rock is all about ''Good on ya, mate - well done for getting up on stage and switching that amplifier on''. The idea of anyone actually daring to criticise musicians for the sound they make is almost heresy. Everyone is treated equally, which means no knocking anyone back, however great the temptation. (That'll be why Australian rock is best known to the outside world for such musical abominations as Silverchair, the Vines and Savage Garden.)
then he goes on to say how good he is for founding plan b.
Also claims that Triple J are based in Melbourne. Top work.
it seems certain chats have already posted comments on his blog!
man, i've read many a slag off in street press.
I liked Careless Talk Costs Lives or whatever it was called. But he's full of shit. I've been criticised so I can vouch. (brag)
shrugs
The current British street press tradition is working so well at pumping out astoundingly awesome music. Ahem.
Haha. Everett True. Remember him in Melody Maker? All he could talk about was how was the BFF of Kurt and Courtney.
Jerry don't know shit.
I agree with the person that wrote ''what would cortney love think of this? WE DESERVE TO KNOW!''
Who gives a fuck what Everett True says? The man 'discovered' Nirvana, so he's indirectly responsible for the existence of Silverchair and The Vines after all!
I like this story better:
He then realises that he's overstepped the mark and backtracks with a nervous apology. Only joking. ''It really pisses me off,'' he continues, ''all these spotty herberts whose mams and dads voted for Margaret Thatcher all those years are now sitting on some moral fucking high chair.''
Yeah, Aussies are not known for knocking people who do well int heir field.
It runs counter to our culture.
who?
I thought Everett True was rubbish back when he wrote for Melody Maker, although I do like the way he championed The Laughing Clowns / Ed Kuepper. Was always on hand with a hyperbolic review of an EK album in the 90s.
He also has a blog in the Village Voice, which I've been half-following.
is he a good critic dude thingo?
SHUT IT, YOU SPOTTY HERBERTS!
Maybe, but you can't blame Nirvana.
Discovered Nirvana?
Killed Kurt Cobain morelike
keenly anticipates Everett True logging onto M+N for a good stoush
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No mate, twas commenting on the interview Mr True gave to some online e-zine. Scroll back to duncbot's post.
oh for fuck's sake. i think everyone is missing the point here.
it's free! we don't pay for it! what a novel concept! that's why the uk don't get it!
it's not journalism, it's work experience.
there is street press in the uk
the Stool Pigeon is a London music freebie and it has pretty alright content
''You get the media you deserve sometimes - or the media that a population base or market can support.''
Melbourne and Sydney are pretty big cities, with decent cultural markets to turn up advertising. Plenty of smaller American cities turn out decent alt-weeklies.
True. But some steaming turds of publications come from smaller cities too.
There's free music papers in northern england too, there's a decent one for Newcastle called Narc...
So far we're coming up with a nice travel itinerary for Ev.
*> (That'll be why Australian rock is best known to the outside world for such musical abominations as Silverchair, the Vines and Savage Garden.)> *
He's right. How sad.
Also, do we need to be told what's good or bad? Personally my wanker-alert would be sounding at an ear-splitting level if an Australian NME popped up trying to tell me who the most 'important' bands in Australia are. Who gives a shit what the rest of the world thinks our music is about?
Obviously we all do. Seeing as this thread has over 400 posts and Everett's blog was front page news around the countr. Australians care. An awful lot..
in other words, street press.
This could shake things up:
(Well, in the UK at least.)
Did those mooted local versions of Time Out ever eventuate?
They've got one in Sydney, do they not?
yup, been going a year or so?
still around, dunno how well its going from a finance perspective.
spose to spread to melb once its settled in.
though i've heard its doing ok because its got a way better distro network then the trad streetpress (cafes/newsagents/more artier places) and the ads sell ok, plus the bonus of the cover price/subs for people who pay it (may be a fair few comps around, but its budgeted in)
and can sell a wider range of ads, so syd opera house and the restaurant trade and 'classier' pubs and more touristy places will get ads as well.
this bit is right;
''The idea of anyone actually daring to criticise musicians for the sound they make is almost heresy''
too many kids heard godspeed and dirty three and now wanna be cool about it. whos pushing? scenes are smashing together coz we all found noise and now everyones claiming to be from the tribe that found it, just because god exists doesn't mean you should follow him.
this bit is wrong;
''Everyone is treated equally, which means no knocking anyone back, however great the temptation.''
Ha. double ha. just look at all the 'i'm to cool for you' bullshit that we're all surrounded by, soap opera punk show. we aren't treated equally. go to any sub-genre night and see how left out you are, then go start a band. 'johnny the homicidle maniac', 'lisa freakin simpson'!
the wookie defence, seriously.
what?
gaylordsrule.