|
|
Post by soonerbillz on Sept 29, 2023 23:42:15 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by sirrastus on Sept 30, 2023 0:33:45 GMT
Ha was Meltzer the ghost writer of this?
|
|
|
|
Post by Espo on Sept 30, 2023 2:09:30 GMT
Well that's something I won't read.
|
|
|
|
Post by The Ocean on Sept 30, 2023 3:42:05 GMT
It’s ironic because that article’s author’s writing is pretty masturbatory. You can tell he’s really in love with his own perceived genius.
|
|
|
|
Post by eastmark on Oct 1, 2023 23:44:31 GMT
I’ll pass…..
|
|
|
|
Post by luxexterior on Oct 2, 2023 11:15:28 GMT
Read it before. Definately of it's time.
|
|
|
|
Post by Buck on Oct 2, 2023 19:09:51 GMT
Tim Somer (whoever he is, he doesn't have any internet bio I can find) is right in the pocket of '68-'74 rock journal writing style as was seen in Creem and Rolling Stone of the era. And he's not blasphemous as far as his BOC take, he's not alone in that opinion. I bet he's as old as we are, or he really submerged himself in that period rock journalism.
I wouldn't avoid reading, the article is pretty good of kind, as luxexterior pointed out. Reminiscent of Richard Meltzer and Nick Tosches' writing style. It's OK to disagree with him.
|
|
|
|
Post by duckbarman on Oct 2, 2023 19:43:39 GMT
Tim Somer (whoever he is, he doesn't have any internet bio I can find) Here's his wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Sommerand here's his FB: www.facebook.com/tim.sommer> I bet he's as old as we are
Obviously, "we" represents a large envelope but he was born in 1962, so maybe slightly younger than some, slightly older than others... Sommer used to write for Trouser Press, and then Village Voice before moving onto music TV and other things... Reading this piece, I agree, I think he did read a lot of Creem et al during the 70s whilst "growing up"... but then, who didn't...? |
|
|
|
Post by redhouserocker on Oct 2, 2023 19:57:09 GMT
Well at least "Dude" has read some Graham Hancock....
|
|
|
|
Post by The Ocean on Oct 2, 2023 20:36:54 GMT
Tim Somer (whoever he is, he doesn't have any internet bio I can find) is right in the pocket of '68-'74 rock journal writing style as was seen in Creem and Rolling Stone of the era. And he's not blasphemous as far as his BOC take, he's not alone in that opinion. I bet he's as old as we are, or he really submerged himself in that period rock journalism. I wouldn't avoid reading, the article is pretty good of kind, as luxexterior pointed out. Reminiscent of Richard Meltzer and Nick Tosches' writing style. It's OK to disagree with him. I didn’t even make it to any substantive opinions in the article. The writing style itself was too annoying to get past. |
|
|
|
Post by joe on Oct 3, 2023 3:02:04 GMT
Parts of the article seemed somewhat coherent and mildly interesting, but it kept going off the rails.
(The term "greaser" seems to mean something very different up north (or wherever) than what it means here, which can get you in big trouble. Wikipedia used the movie Grease as an example for describing people that seem to somewhat fit the article's use of the word. We had some Grease-looking teenagers here but they seemed to be referred to as "hoods", mostly just because of their looks. Out in the country where I grew up, just not common. The kids with the souped up cars were middle class and above - they were the ones that could afford that hardware. Like the GTO, Camaro, Corvette, Dodge Charger, etc.)
|
|
