Crushing Krisis

Comic Books, Drag Race, & Life in New Zealand

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I also nearly told off the editor of the triangle after he made a disparaging comment about my “epic length reviews.” I thought better of the telling off (but not before making a few choice comments about their typical reviews), mostly because the man is a simp. I don’t mean to be too full of myself, but i’m a Journalism major with a minor in Music. I am qualified to write CD reviews, at the very least. He edits an irreverantly whiney school newspaper. He is qualified to kiss my ass. End of story. Anyhow, i figured it makes no sense for me to bitch and moan about the bastard, because i already know tons of people are reading my articles, and that they want me to be a news-writer. Bitching will be saved for my hostile takeover later this year :P,

https://crushingkrisis.com/2000/11/1241983/

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I might start writing News for our school paper, the triangle. Or maybe not. I honestly don’t have any time to do it this term, but they are incredibly short-staffed right now and i would be just about the only Journalism major working there, so it’s a hard thing to refuse. My basic qualification is that i want to keep writing Entertainment pieces for them, and if i can do both then i’m willing. It would be nice to be an Editor by Junior year, so that i could use that on resumes. Cause, i actually want to do something with my life. Sometimes.

https://crushingkrisis.com/2000/10/1213120/

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People who review music are interesting creatures. Do we listen to them because they offer us unique and informed insight into artists we both love and have never heard of? Or, do we enjoy their outrageous opinions and biases? Obviously the answer is a little of both. Some reviewers are so immersed in a love of music that they cannot give a bad review. Should any true musical effort get a bad review? Here i’m obviously differentiating between thoughtless or overly-produced music that one often finds on the radio and the totally opposite effortless or carefully assembled music that most people would consider as art. As much as i hate the new Radiohead, and though i might give it less than two stars if i were to review it for the paper, the review itself would doubtlessly offer many positives about the album so that people who liked those facets of it would know to buy it.

That, of course, is why album ratings are arbitrary; are they personal opinion or objective rankings? I found myself battling over such thoughts earlier while i was commenting on Nelly Furtado. While there are only a few tracks on her disc that i enjoy, a quick read through Amazon.com‘s reviews pointed out to me the many aspects of her disc that my ears weren’t open to. After several revisions, my review sounds like it should be nearly four stars, but i plan to submit it as a two star review on monday. Obviously i intend for people to glance at the rating and then read the article, because the rating is probably only applicable if they share an overwhelming overlap in musical taste with me. And, god help them if they do…

https://crushingkrisis.com/2000/10/1205352/

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I think i’m actually joining our subversive school paper, The Triangle. I’ve been flirting with submission for over a year now, but i finally just sent them my first review (which should be in the Crush section of my site somewhere). We’ll see if they can suck me into their web of cynicism and sleeplessness this semester while i’m not doing theatre…

https://crushingkrisis.com/2000/10/1026960/