Two Ten Writes a shitty review of an album he didn't even hear

[localpanda210]

New article, three thousand words...you won't read it...but will tell me it's great anyway.

http://www.thedepaulia.com/story.asp?artid=605§id=5

The guy with a computer that hates him,
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Comments

[darianess]

How do you manage to be so self-deprecating, yet egotistical at the same time?

Anyway, I read your review and enjoyed it because the words that jump off the page and invade your brain via the eye balls are your own. I hate clichés, but I'm going to use one here, you definitely have your own voice coming through in your writing. It doesn't sound like everything else, it has it's own personality and that is something that always gets my respect.

The only thing that I would criticize is the song-by-song review part of the piece. It sort of broke up the flow of the prose before it. You built up to the review of the record and then the layout of the text about each individual song, made it seem stinted and awkwardly placed. Although, the write up about each song was nicely written.

Great job, Ian!

awww! You flatter

[localpanda210]

Aye, the review...well...lets just say perhaps, I didn't actually hear the album as Fuzzyback suggested down below...and I really wanted to squeeze in that bit about doing X with Katie Holmes...but couldn't justify writing a 3000 word article as a review of a single song.

I could have, but that would have been really indulgant. Even I'd hate me.

But yeah, Some of it's just cheese tho. like that one of All the Love in the World. I wrote that at 5 am, and think that now I wouldnt write anything at all. You Aussies should be glad I took out the Jet reference I had in there...your sandy isle needs no more bad pub. from assholes like me.

:)

Thankey thankey!

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PS: How are the boards doing?

Re: awww! You flatter

[darianess]

The boards are a mere shadow of their former selves. Come and make them fabulous.

PS - you are totally that guy they based that "Shattered Glass" movie on. Except you are working for a less prestigious paper, so no one will care if you make up some junk here or there.

[dorkabrain]

Actually I read it outloud to my husband. I like you better when you're not in review form.

bugger

[localpanda210]

So do I. I miss me. I also miss the Dorka.

What the hell is the deal with Texas? And how the hell are you?

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ps: see response to daria, since its addressed openly to all aussies.

Re: bugger

[dorkabrain]

Actually I don't like Jet, I used to but then they crawled in my ear and developed a fungus.

In about 3 weeks and 3 days I'll be taking myself and the ole ball to leave this redneck wonderland and go on to a better place that I'm very familiar with.

Haven't chatted with you since 2 weeks before Christ-mass, that's just sad.

Re: bugger

[localpanda210]

what the fuck?

You're moving back? ALREADY?! WITHOUT EVEN FUCKING VISITING?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?

you kill me. seriously. right here. *pats empty chest*

You better come back for the holidays, and crap. There's no way I'm going to be able to fly out that way on a teachers fucking salary.

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funny stuff

[fuzzandfeedback]

but did you actually hear the album? what's with your heading.

Re: funny stuff

[localpanda210]

hm. it says I went, right? And I'm not writing for the New York Times here...

With Beef...being a Nod to the new album's title With_Teeth.

*shrug*
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