mien_mo_man

ah, how could I forget wonderful bands like incubus and the sublime the calling? :)

I believe that period, between them, Nickelback, Staind, and American Hi-Fi, was one of the most horrid in the history of American rock.

and that you laugh at the loads I take on because of my collecting mania, as well as my colander-shaped hands

You read that right: 207 to 3. I need to make up some ground somewhere. And if no one pays attention to my masterpieces, at least I hope you enjoy reading my reviews!

because I feel like it. and it’s not true that I find everyone disgusting. some are bearable. and then because Todd Rundgren has created too many masterpieces, and I need something to compensate... oh, by the way: my reviews on Rundgren get three comments, while the review that Iside proposed for the Renato Zero film got 207.

@festwca: have you ever heard of 'narrative'? do you think that by writing reviews I train my critical spirit? I already have that and I keep it, maybe in the meantime it’s improving, but it’s the "literary style" that I practice with these reviews. Not to be a devotee of "filthy lucre," but if someone were to pay me, I would stay within the limits, all the limits. Since everything here is amateur, I do whatever I want, respecting the Site and its Editors and Users. In the worst-case scenario, they might ban me for being too verbose, but who cares?

Do you see it? I repeat: YOU END UP COMMENTING ON WHAT YOU HAVE UNDERSTOOD, WHICH DOES NOT CORRESPOND TO WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN. For example, if Iside had read ALL of my review, she would discover that, in one part of it, I wrote "Given that, for not a few people, any disc by Asia is to be considered, at best, 'one only'; GIVEN THAT I FEEL THE NEED TO AFFIRM THAT THOSE WHO MAINTAIN THIS ARE NOT COMPLETELY WRONG (...)". What’s the point of repeating the same things as the reviewer if the reviewer (a person with a minimum of insight) has already taken care of everything by themselves? And how can one strive to fit a balloon into the steering wheel of a car that is already equipped with airbags?

The problem, dear Ole, is that reading is a tiring thing. And not many people read a review from start to finish. On the other hand, talking a lot never tires us... And so we end up COMMENTING (with two posts, one being "japponese che in europa prende un cd japponese del japponese del japponese del japponese composto in jappone per i japponesi dei japponesi dei japponesi dei japponesi") ON WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, which does not correspond at all to what is written. And anyway, let’s not take it to heart: we know very well that the idiosyncrasy regarding reading and the love for chatter (-ciarlata) are and will always remain Italic topoi.

but wasn't there already?

In my opinion, it's since "just enough..." that they are, fundamentally, finished, in other words, a band for CD singles. I hope you are right.