If you've somehow come across this blog and have read some of my other posts, you may have noticed that I am probably adequate enough when it comes to snark, sarcasm, or any of the other mockery traits that are abound in internet writing. Sure, I can complain about and pick apart things I don't like, but can I write about things that I do like, and can I do it in a way that is interesting? I don't think I can. This section of the blog is me trying to.
For me, writing about music or movies or television or just plain things I like is hard. First, it's really hard for me to not sound pretentious or authoritative. Second, I lack the expertise to really explain what it is that I like about something (I have no formal or even informal training and I've never really tried). So I'm going to try to remedy that first point by being self-aware, and hopefully remedy the second point by doing "Before and After" reviews. Basically, I will review each thing twice. For the "before" part, I will review the movie/music just after watching/listening to it, but also before (get it?) I have read anything about the music/movie or watched any special features or any explanations or blahblahyougettheidea.
Now I'll over-explain the "after" part: Later on, I will write a second review of the thing being reviewed (there's got to be a way to write that shorter; "thing being reviewed" seems kinda clunky). That's right, I'll do this after (note how seamless this all is) I've checked around to see what the experts or the artists themselves have to say about it. I'm going to assume the "after" part will be longer, as I seem to miss things easily or don't view them with the right things in mind or whatever.
Anyway, so that's kinda it: a blank-slate review and synopsis from a novice perspective followed by an attempt at a more accurate and informed review. Just like the rest of this blog and including this post, this will no doubt be boring to anyone who isn't me. But: why not?
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Bouncing Souls/Anti-Flag Split CD
Item: Bouncing Souls/Anti-Flag Split CD
Bought for: N/A
Sold for: $0.99
Title: Bouncing Souls Anti-Flag BYO Split CD Great! 2002
Description: Up on the chopping block right now is the Bouncing Souls and Anti-Flag Volume IV Split CD, as part of BYO's Split Series. There's six songs by each band. Not sure if any of them are good, because I stopped listening to this nonsense like 5 years ago, but there's a Buzzcocks cover, and the Buzzcocks are cool. They had those three great albums in the late 70s, then broke up for a while, and then got back together. Wikipedia says they're still a band and that veterans Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle are still in the band. I thought it was kinda cool when their song was used in that car commercial a few years back. And "Singles Going Steady"? Man, that's a good compilation. Yep, the Buzzcocks are cool. . .wait. . .um, I kinda lost where I was going with this. Uh, buy this CD or something.
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Bought for: N/A
Sold for: $0.99
Title: Bouncing Souls Anti-Flag BYO Split CD Great! 2002
Description: Up on the chopping block right now is the Bouncing Souls and Anti-Flag Volume IV Split CD, as part of BYO's Split Series. There's six songs by each band. Not sure if any of them are good, because I stopped listening to this nonsense like 5 years ago, but there's a Buzzcocks cover, and the Buzzcocks are cool. They had those three great albums in the late 70s, then broke up for a while, and then got back together. Wikipedia says they're still a band and that veterans Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle are still in the band. I thought it was kinda cool when their song was used in that car commercial a few years back. And "Singles Going Steady"? Man, that's a good compilation. Yep, the Buzzcocks are cool. . .wait. . .um, I kinda lost where I was going with this. Uh, buy this CD or something.
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Miles Davis CD "Kind of Blue"
Item: Miles Davis CD "Kind of Blue"
Bought for: N/A
Sold for: $1.04
Title: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue CD GREAT Jazz Legend
Description: Miles Davis. The man is a jazz legend. I mean, what can you say about this man? Well, it turns out I know nothing about him other than his name and that I should refer to him as a "Jazz Legend". So, I can't say anything. Except this: I am selling his CD, "Kind of Blue". I hope that's just a title and that he wasn't actually sad when he made it. Was he depressed a lot? I'll use my expansive Miles Davis knowledge to say, definitively, yes he was.
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Bought for: N/A
Sold for: $1.04
Title: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue CD GREAT Jazz Legend
Description: Miles Davis. The man is a jazz legend. I mean, what can you say about this man? Well, it turns out I know nothing about him other than his name and that I should refer to him as a "Jazz Legend". So, I can't say anything. Except this: I am selling his CD, "Kind of Blue". I hope that's just a title and that he wasn't actually sad when he made it. Was he depressed a lot? I'll use my expansive Miles Davis knowledge to say, definitively, yes he was.
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Two (2) Bloodhound Gang CDs
Item: Two (2) Bloodhound Gang CDs
Bought for: N/A
Sold for: $0.99
Title: Two (2) Bloodhound Gang CDs Hooray for Boobies and One Fierce Beer Coaster, Two for the price of one!
Description: Here we have the best of all worlds: two kinda scratched but playable CDs of the very popular band The Bloodhound Gang: "Hooray for Boobies" and "One Fierce Beer Coaster". These guys are really hot right now and I can only see them going further. Mark my words, these guys are the next Beatles. There's no way they'll fade into obscurity and irrelevance. It's the year 2000, right?
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Bought for: N/A
Sold for: $0.99
Title: Two (2) Bloodhound Gang CDs Hooray for Boobies and One Fierce Beer Coaster, Two for the price of one!
Description: Here we have the best of all worlds: two kinda scratched but playable CDs of the very popular band The Bloodhound Gang: "Hooray for Boobies" and "One Fierce Beer Coaster". These guys are really hot right now and I can only see them going further. Mark my words, these guys are the next Beatles. There's no way they'll fade into obscurity and irrelevance. It's the year 2000, right?
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