Bartleboom

DeRank : 35,89
DeAge™ : 7617 days • Here since 9 august 2005
Pontiak Sun On Sun
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I'm still in the early listening phase... and I still really like it! I'm genuinely enjoying it :) Speaking of "Rumore," a few issues ago, the excellent Sorge pulled a fast one on me the size of the cannon woman's butt: a review of Morning Wood by Blowback, verbatim: "In the heavy psych realm, it's really hard to find anything better." I get home and immediately set to work with the mule, the bear, the blue frog, the blue bird... in short, all the animals from the farm! And I find myself with yet another stoner band recycling Sabbath. Bah!!
Dead Elephant Lowest Shared Descent
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Turn around, I'm about to send you a private msg. ;)
Dead Elephant Lowest Shared Descent
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I was struck by the cover of this record from the very beginning: stunning. Romantic and disgusting, at the same time. You keep getting better and better. Truly, well done.
The Sound From The Lions Mouth
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That said: I apologize to Carlo if I somehow offended him or the Irene of the story. And these are sincere apologies: frankly, I hadn't even considered the possibility that my comment could have "upset" anyone, but if it did, well... it was certainly not my intention to do so, and I regret it. Honestly. Just yesterday, someone on these very pages called the girl I love a whore. No beating around the bush, no irony. I would have liked someone to step in to declare themselves perhaps not "offended," but even just "irritated," considering the "role I hold." That did not happen. Perhaps it would have been better if, in both cases, I had continued reading the label on my underwear. Good evening to all.
The Sound From The Lions Mouth
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What follows is my opinion: I don’t know if my "colleagues" feel the same way. I would like EVERYONE to understand one thing: deciding whether to publish a review (or a pseudo-review) is not always easy. For a lot of reasons. These can be reasons related to the writing (if it's a completely ungrammatical piece that talks about the album, should it be published or not?! What about if it’s a very short piece that dismisses the work in a few lines? And if for 9/10 it talks about personal issues and then in the last line says something about the album?!? And if it’s very vulgar?!), but also personal reasons that connect us to the reviewer (for example: Fidia and I are good friends; if one day he sends me a piece that has neither head nor tail, what do I do?! Do I throw it away without hesitation?! Or do I treat it with more consideration, risking to find myself facing controversies like "why did you publish this stuff?!"). Often, people forget one thing: Debaser has grown over time. We are no longer just a handful of users. Now there are dozens of regular users and just as many occasional ones. What was certainly publishable a few years ago now raises more doubts, because it risks unleashing the artistic pretensions of some smart aleck who confuses these pages with a place to say everything that comes to mind, regardless of the musical content of their thoughts. All this to say: there is no supposed "editorial line." There are people who have to make decisions: sometimes they get it right and other times they make mistakes. For heaven’s sake, it’s not a question of deciding the fate of the planet, but, as can be inferred from this page, the consequences are not lacking.
The Sound From The Lions Mouth
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Then, honestly, I didn't understand the story "given the role I hold." Let me understand: I put in the effort to edit, correct any mistakes in the reviews, respond in the most precise and courteous way possible to the (legitimate) requests of users, try to maintain some "relationships" on the site, take the blame for things I have nothing to do with (see the new graphic design of the site), and as soon as I try to publish a review, I get a couple of fakes who come and give me a "1" regardless, I’m called a fascist, a censor, a trained monkey, not to mention the threats and emails full of f*** yous... Precisely in the name of the "role I hold," I decided to "abstain" from voting (either I put "5" or I don’t vote), and now I can’t even dare to make a silly joke about a literary case?! My comment is even considered "Offensive," "Irritating," and "Unhappy"?!? Well, next time I'll create a fake account called "CarloCimminchio" and I'll start mocking every comment they leave. Maybe I’ll seem more "compliant" to your standards. And, above all, less "unhappy."
The Sound From The Lions Mouth
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To tell the truth, I didn’t get it... I mean: I really got stuck at the first paragraph! I didn’t mean to offend anyone; if that’s how it came across, I’m sorry, emmammammia what a heaviness! In any case, I believe there’s a significant difference between a review that conveys the "soul" of the reviewer and one that seems like an apocryphal chapter from the Book of Hearts. On this site, there are beautiful pages (a few come to mind, in particular, by John Of Patmos and Odradek) where the reviewer manages to engage the reader in the experience of listening, truly conveying their emotions. Others, however, are just a pretext to talk about their own issues. There are those who haven’t had sex in years and would like to, those who remember when they were kids and their mom made them bread and Nutella, and some who still gaze at the stain on the couch and fondly remember their first wank... Let’s be clear, I like both types, I just don’t like it when people mistake this site for a showcase to show off. Even complaining if the stage isn’t to their liking!!
Shadow Gallery Legacy
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"After minute 23, you’ll hear silence, then a dude knocking on the door introduces a beautiful orchestral piece." And who the hell, huh?! Riccardo Muti's butler?
The Folk Implosion One Part Lullaby
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Oh mom, how did you manage to dig this up... I haven't listened to this record in years. Too bad about the tracklist: it takes away some of the "magic" from the page. :)
Richard Linklater A Scanner Darkly (Un Oscuro Scrutare)
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Good! At the time of its release, this movie didn’t inspire me at all. I'll give it a chance.