These kids have a rare blood disease: "Stickittodamanniosis"

[masada]

I was thinking about going to a music college awhile ago.

Then I realized that it would suck.

[br3ad_man]

^^^
onetwothree

I'm doing my first review for a few months tomorrow or maybe the day after. Is there anything in particular anyone would like reviewed?

[blueyxd]

something local

[Dave de Sylvia]

something international

[blueyxd]

Yeah, that works.

I don't know what to review next.. but I'm sparse with my reviews so it doesn't matter. Any requests?

[Damrod]

I'm looking for something to review as well, but I just can't find something I would want to review :(

[Dave de Sylvia]

Hit the Rolling Stone list, chums.

[blueyxd]

Out of all those that haven't been done yet, Santana's self titled is all I know/have in full. I only started listening to it recently, so I'm not taking it on, I'd get it all wrong.

Maybe I could do Violetine - Small Speaker Joyland, but no one knows it, so no one will care.

[Damrod]

The problem with the Roling Stones's list is, I can not say a lot on the albums not reviewd so far, as I kinda lack the background for them.

[blueyxd]

I don't have much incentive to write something, especially when most of what I know well enough to write about is too obscure or unknown that only 5 people are going to look at it...

[Jawaharal]

I don't have much incentive to write something, especially when most of what I know well enough to write about is too obscure or unknown that only 5 people are going to look at it...
I would love you to review alot of the bands you know. You have a great knowledge of bands and I would definately read them.

[Shadows]

I haven't reviewed a single album on that list. I'm in the same position Damrod is.

[Storm In A Teacup]

I'm sure my dad owns half the albums on that list, but I don't think I know enough about any of them to give a sufficient review.

[DesolationRow]

I think it's all i review........

[Jawaharal]

I've been meaning to do a Zen Arcade review and an Entertainment! one, both of which are on the list.

[DesolationRow]

I was thinking of doing an Entertainment! review, but you probably know more about Gang of Four than I do, so you may do it, Cheeto.

[Jom]

I'm sure my dad owns half the albums on that list, but I don't think I know enough about any of them to give a sufficient review.

Here's a thought: listen to the albums.

[Jawaharal]

I was thinking of doing an Entertainment! review, but you probably know more about Gang of Four than I do, so you may do it, Cheeto.
and I have the special re-issue version of it :cool:

[Storm In A Teacup]

Here's a thought: listen to the albums.


Funny.:evil:

I figured you would've been able to gather that I meant I don't know enough about the certain type of music or the artists themselves to write a proper review.

[Jom]

Funny.:evil:

I figured you would've been able to gather that I meant I don't know enough about the certain type of music or the artists themselves to write a proper review.

Here's a thought: listen to the albums.

/me plays fun broken record game

[innerdark]

totally off the subject, i've just found out how good sonic youth are...a certain sputnik member also has it as his name

[Storm In A Teacup]

Thanks for sharing that important piece of information with us. ;) :rolleyes:

[Shadows]

Me whores how much I'm loving Dimmu Borgir lately! My reviewing excursion begins tomarrow everyone, so mark your calendars!

[Storm In A Teacup]

How many reviews and of what? If you don't mind sharing. :)

[DesolationRow]

Turn on PBS! Cream is on! Yay!

[Shadows]

How many reviews and of what? If you don't mind sharing. :)
It will be approximately 13 reviews. I will simultaneously be reviewing the entire discographies of Dimmu Borgir and Behemoth. Periodically I'll be submitting one of each together, chronologically. For example, tomarrow I'll submit both of their first albums, and then a while later I'll do both of their second albums and so on until I've done all of the albums for both. Various un-planned reviews may be scattered throughout, but I'll be focusing on those two. It will be quite a journalistic exploration.

[Killtacular]

totally off the subject, i've just found out how good sonic youth are
Liar.

[br3ad_man]

I'm going to review The Jolly Rogers' first album tomorrow, which you can all buy for $1.50 if you want to be cool.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Sputnik is down this fine morning. :(

[DFelon204409]

cheeto are you counting up the nominations to make voting threads? Remember to make sure the votes are public so we can see which screen names vote.

[Dancin' Man]

Hey, I just saw that best reviewr thread. Reopen it for a minute and let me vote.

[Dancin' Man]

Best Reviwer - Br3ad
Best new - Something Vague
Most underrated - Unstable Mind and Me.
Best metal - SubtleDagger
Best poster - Med
Most helpful - Med and br3ad
Most improved - Unstable Mind

[The Stig]

How's it going, guys? I used to review a good bit of stuff before the Sputnik site came about, and last night I just started writing some more. Overall, I'm liking the Sputnik format, and plan on keeping up the reviews. Other than that, I guess I'll use this as my general introduction.

Bands I like:

Radiohead
Barenaked Ladies
REM
Ben Folds Five/Ben Folds
Beatles
The Who

Anyhow, I guess I'll catch you guys later.

[Iai]

I'm going to review The Jolly Rogers' first album tomorrow, which you can all buy for $1.50 if you want to be cool.
Didn't they change their name to Oh No! Oh My!

[Jom]

How's it going, guys? I used to review a good bit of stuff before the Sputnik site came about, and last night I just started writing some more. Overall, I'm liking the Sputnik format, and plan on keeping up the reviews. Other than that, I guess I'll use this as my general introduction.

Bands I like:

Radiohead
Barenaked Ladies
REM
Ben Folds Five/Ben Folds
Beatles
The Who

Anyhow, I guess I'll catch you guys later.

Hooray for a triumphant Paul150 return to album reviewing!

He and I were the only ones who reviewed BNL in the old CD Reviews forum :'(

[DFelon204409]

Best Reviwer - Br3ad
Best new - Something Vague
Most underrated - Unstable Mind and Me.
Best metal - SubtleDagger
Best poster - Med
Most helpful - Med and br3ad
Most improved - Unstable Mind

I'll include this.

[The Stig]

Hooray for a triumphant Paul150 return to album reviewing!

He and I were the only ones who reviewed BNL in the old CD Reviews forum :'(


Those were the days...I also reviewed a lot of Radiohead and Beatles stuff, too. Some of my old reviews somehow got moved to Sputnik, but they are missing some key stuff (My REM-Document, Radiohead-Kid A, and Beatles-Revolver). I've tried to edit them, but it doesn't work...Oh, well...

Dibs on Gordon, Maybe You Should Drive, and Born on a Pirate Ship.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Wow, I'd forgotten how good Megadeth was.

I'm currently listening to Cryptic Writings. :)

[Jawaharal]

I can't believe Zen Arcade isn't on the top 500 list.

[Shadows]

Pffffft, my classic Dimmu Borgir album blows all of that out of the water.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Welcome back, Paul.

I've tried to edit them, but it doesn't work...Oh, well...
Can't you just re-submit them?

I'm finished with college for christmas tomorrow

yay

[Shadows]

I'm finished with high school for the week tomarrow.

Yay. :upset:

[The Stig]

I don't know...Most of the ones that are messed up have better reviews for them out there, anyway, so I'm not too concerned about it.

[Toaster]

Jeaz, Sputnik has been really slow for a long time now. The last four days it hasn't loaded once for me. Same with the forums. I'm not liking it at all. :(

And where are those Dimmu Borgir reviews Shadows?

[Storm In A Teacup]

Same here, but it is better today.

That's it, I've decided my next review is Megadeth-Cryptic Writings. :)

[Shadows]

I'm going to post the first one in a little bit. I just have to quickly finish my homework and review the appropriate Behemoth album.

[pulseczar]

I'm back, Sputnik, after around two weeks of excessive school work and anxiety.

[Zesty Mordant]

is it me or is Vicy77 a major douche? It seems that every comment (s)he makes has no constructive value.

[pulseczar]

I'm pretty sure everyone thinks (s)he's a major douche, fortunately (s)he's been banned for a while.

[Storm In A Teacup]

I've probably hated that user the most out of everyone. It started in the damn SOAD reviews. :angry:

I'm loving my new puppy avatar as much as I am Megadeth at the moment. :)

[DesolationRow]

Kripes, must you submit a new review five minutes after mine every time i post one? :upset:

Good reviews, though. I've had the flu these past few days, and I'm up to my arse in make up work. I really don't like school......

[pulseczar]

Kripes, must you submit a new review five minutes after mine every time i post one? :upset:

funny you mention this since you knocked my Porcupine Tree review five minutes after I submitted it.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Kripes, must you submit a new review five minutes after mine every time i post one? :upset:

Good reviews, though. I've had the flu these past few days, and I'm up to my arse in make up work. I really don't like school......


:)


Yeah, I know how you feel, this week was my first week back in about three weeks from school because I was sick. Needless to say I came back with a not so good report card. :upset:

[Shadows]

Just wait until I come later today and knock you all off the top spot.

/knocks!

[blueyxd]

I'm currently doing a mediocre review on Marcy Playground's self titled

[Dave de Sylvia]

Well at least your expectations aren't too high :p

(I have a Marcy Playground song)

[Shadows]

Alright, vBulletin code finally enabled in those little new review blurb things!

[Damrod]

Just test drivin':

http://imagegen.last.fm/artists/artists/Damrod.gif (http://www.last.fm/user/Damrod/?chartstyle=artists)

EDIT: Seems to work. :) Last.fm provided some nifty little updates yesterday, this is one of em.

EDIT 2: My current weekly chart btw :thumb:

[Shadows]

Wow, how did you do that?

[Damrod]

They have a new set of services for including your charts into websites, forums etc. The above is basically just a vB-Code [IMG]-tag that links to a generated gif-picture of my current weekly charts, located on the last.fm server.

Here you find all you need for the above: http://www.last.fm/onyoursite/chartimages.php

[Shadows]

http://imagegen.last.fm/artists/artists/ShadowsFallen.gif

:eek: No way! This is great!

[Toaster]

How you do dat?

[Jom]

Wow, that's pretty cool.

toaster: Damrod explained it up top a couple posts.

[Jawaharal]

Just test drivin':

http://imagegen.last.fm/artists/artists/Damrod.gif (http://www.last.fm/user/Damrod/?chartstyle=artists)

EDIT: Seems to work. :) Last.fm provided some nifty little updates yesterday, this is one of em.

EDIT 2: My current weekly chart btw :thumb:
points to you for Blood Brothers and Fall Of Troy.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Damrod, why'd you get rid of a comment I made in the John Cena review before the arguement with Vicy77 started? :confused:

Wow Damrod, Hopesfall, Incubus, Rise Against. All I have to say really is :).

[Neoteric]

http://imagegen.last.fm/artists/artists/Iamhxc.gif (http://www.last.fm/user/Iamhxc/?chartstyle=artists)

Atreyu is only on it because I did that review.

[Damrod]

Wow Damrod, Hopesfall, Incubus, Rise Against. All I have to say really is :).

Thanks for the props :)

Damrod, why'd you get rid of a comment I made in the John Cena review before the arguement with Vicy77 started?

I must confess I do not really remember what you posted exactly. :upset:
Anyways, I went through the whole thingy and basically deleted most (if not all) of the comments that were refering to Wrestling in general or "Does HipHop suck?", as it seemed to me that those kinda fueled the whole argument in a way. To prevent it from happening again, I cleaned up. No offense or hard feelings towards you :)

[Shadows]

My list is all Dimmu Borgir lately. But thanks to Joe, I may have some Senses Fail up there pretty soon.

/untr00

[Damrod]

points to you for Blood Brothers and Fall Of Troy.

Those are my two favorites at the moment. I'm listening to the "Ghostship Demos" by FoT and to "Burn Piano Island, burn"/"Crimes" by Blood Brothers basically all the time currently.

(At least that's the impression I get. Sometimes last.fm judges differently... :amaze: )

[Jom]

Testing 1, 2, 3:

Crap.

[Storm In A Teacup]

My list is all Dimmu Borgir lately. But thanks to Joe, I may have some Senses Fail up there pretty soon.

/untr00


:confused: What?

[Shadows]

:confused: What?
That's exactly what I thought!

I'm almost done with my Dimmu Borgir thread in R&M. Once it's all set up, I can finally finish my Behemoth review and get For All Tid and Sventevith on sputnik.

[Storm In A Teacup]

They don't have a thread yet? Huh, I would've figured they did.

:upset: I made an official Jimmy Eat World thread, but I made it in the alt. forum and they look down on official band threads. They must just hate R&M though. :lol:

[Shadows]

Nope, no DB thread. There was one about a month ago but mine is almost a write-up. Pretty much all of mx looks down on official threads now anyway.

[Storm In A Teacup]

About what time will you turn your review in Shadows? I'm an hour behind you.

:cackles silently:

[Shadows]

I don't know. I figure maybe 1 hour - 1.5 hours from now.

[Storm In A Teacup]

I don't know if I can wait that long. :evil:

Oh well, I'll turn my review in now. Not like anyone will know who I'm reviewing anyway, it's a local band.

[Shadows]

Why did you want to wait until I did mine? :confused:

[Dave de Sylvia]

Kripes is reviewcore.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Why did you want to wait until I did mine? :confused:


'Cause I'm an ***. :evil: :upset:

[Shadows]

Apparently so.

[Jom]

It's okay, I enforce a no-acting-like-an-asshole policy here.

/walks softly

/carries a big stick

reviewcore

refl

[Storm In A Teacup]

I was only kidding around.

Anyways, can someone give me a link to Br3adman's profile or tell me of a review he's done. I want to see what he's reviews are like. I don't think I've ever read a review from him.

[Jom]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/profile.php?memberid=66789

Phew, what an extensive search. I'm exhausted.

No, please, I must sit down. That was the most arduous thing I've done today on the Internets.

[Shadows]

Check Between the Buried and Me's Alaska. That's the only review of his I can think of right now. He's really good at what he does but I generally prefer longer reviews.

Jom's method works too. :(

[Storm In A Teacup]

Funny, I couldn't find him, I looke for at least five minutes by looking for a post of his on different reviews, but couldn't find it.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I was only kidding around.

Anyways, can someone give me a link to Br3adman's profile or tell me of a review he's done. I want to see what he's reviews are like. I don't think I've ever read a review from him.
There was a time when br3ady had reviewed every album on the site.

[Shadows]

He still has the most. He just doesn't seem so extreme anymore because he's been reviewing less while many others have been reviewing more.

[Jom]

Funny, I couldn't find him, I looke for at least five minutes by looking for a post of his on different reviews, but couldn't find it.

http://theendforums.com/images/smilies/nuts.gif

[Shadows]

That smiley made my day. :lol:

[Killtacular]

Guess who pirated Tiamat's Wildhoney?

Not me... nope.. never.

Honest.

[Mr. Pennywhistle]

Who then?

[The Stig]

Jom - New BNL review up for you to check.

[Liberi Fatali]

After much procrastinating, I have finally begun my Final Fantasy IX review. The whole album totals in at over 4 hours and over 100 songs long. :(

Boy this is going to take me awhile.

[Damrod]

Looking forward to it. The soundtrack to the FF games always was great :thumb:

[Shadows]

My duo of debut albums was delayed last night due to my work on the Dimmu Borgir thread. I have to be into work by 2:00 but I'll have it done by then.

:eek: Damrod!

[masada]

I had the greatest band practice ever last night.

[Toaster]

I had the greatest band practice ever last night.

Well, let's hear about it.

My band broke up, by the way. :) Long overdue.

[masada]

This was a different band than last time.

[Toaster]

Well I figured since it was the "best ever" you might want to expand. I guess not.

I'm pretty mad though. I told my bassist how I was going to leave my band, and the reasons why. I said I hated the singer's songwriting, and the drummer was a dick. I assumed that he wouldn't tell them. Alas, the singer calls me the next night, all indignant about my apparent betrayal. The bassist basically told them everything, and used it as an excuse for him to leave the band.

:angry:

[masada]

Well obviously it was a hyperbole.

Yeah, most band members that suck usually get pissed about people saying that they suck.

[Storm In A Teacup]

I know I suck. :upset:


Anyway, Infest on iTunes for $6.99. Should I, or should I not? I would most likely end up reviewing it.

Edit: Sorry, the band is obviously Papa Roach.

[Shadows]

Why buy it on iTunes when you could get the actual CD? Paying for downloading seems pointless for me.

I would say no anyway, mainly because I hate the band, so I'm no help to you there.

[Jom]

I find it humorous how people that write for an album reviews site ask others if they should review an album or not.

[Storm In A Teacup]

I'm not asking if I should review it, I'm asking if I should buy it. :rolleyes:

[Damrod]

I have the CD since it came out. Today, I would not buy it again. Basically because I listen to completely different stuff today

[Shadows]

I find it humorous how people that write for an album reviews site ask others if they should review an album or not.
I also find it irritating how people that write for an album reviews site think they can tell others not to review albums.

/is bitter

[Storm In A Teacup]

I don't think I'll get it.

Holy hell, this is this users first review. :eek:

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=4487&genreid=12

[Shadows]

You think he may have plagiarized it? Search around for reviews of that album if you're suspicious.

[Neoteric]

I know I suck. :upset:


Anyway, Infest on iTunes for $6.99. Should I, or should I not? I would most likely end up reviewing it.

Edit: Sorry, the band is obviously Papa Roach.
Favourite album when I was 9.

That CD is a bit dated, so don't.

[Damrod]

I googled parts of the review before approval, but so far I have no positive results on plagiarism (hence it's appearal on the site).

Should anybody come across a copy of it anywhere though, please let us know

EDIT: Regarding the Slayer review

[Storm In A Teacup]

I googled it to and couldn't come up with anything either.


Damrod, wouldn't you say that the last song on the Papa Roach album GAWM, Do or Die's opening guitar part is a rip off of their own song Blood Brothers?

[Jom]

What's the big deal if people use vB code in their reviews? I wasn't freaking out when people started bolding or using color in theirs, so I don't see what the issue is here.

"Because the review's good, Jom!"

Well, no ****, Sherlock. Not everyone's first reviews suck.

[Damrod]

Damrod, wouldn't you say that the last song on the Papa Roach album GAWM, Do or Die's opening guitar part is a rip off of their own song Blood Brothers?

Hm, never noticed it before, but they do sound a bit similar. Though the riff on "Do or Die" is a good notch slower.

[Storm In A Teacup]

I've been trying gnot to whore my reviews lately, but I'm just so proud of this new review of mine. I think it might be my best ever. :sniff: :)

http://www.musicianforums.com/sputnik/album.php?reviewid=4490#comments

[Arrakakaka]

I can't login. It logs me in, then brings me back to login page.

!?!?!?!?

NP: Borknagar - "Dauden"

It gives me;

Warning: Unknown(): Your script possibly relies on a session side-effect which existed until PHP 4.2.3. Please be advised that the session extension does not consider global variables as a source of data, unless register_globals is enabled. You can disable this functionality and this warning by setting session.bug_compat_42 or session.bug_compat_warn to off, respectively. in Unknown on line 0

At the bottom of Sputnik's every page.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Same here, among with some other weird stuff, but Jeremy is online so says JOM and he must be fixing it.

[Arrakakaka]

Alright, it's fixed.

:Happydance:

[Storm In A Teacup]

Dancin' Man and ShadowsFallen will be happy. The character limit on the album title names has been increased 50%.

[Shadows]

Dancin' Man and ShadowsFallen will be happy. The character limit on the album title names has been increased 50%.
\m/ YES!!!!!!! \m/

EDIT: Stormblast review done. :cool: Now for Grom, which I'll do tomarrow because it's 2:30am here.

[morrissey]

How do you guys feel about swearing in reviews?

[Liberi Fatali]

How do you guys feel about swearing in reviews? Stay away from the big three and you'll be fine.

This Final fantasy review is proving tough, it's hard enough reviewing an album of that length. But I've got to make it accessible to both Final Fantasy nerds and Sputnik readers alike.

It'd be nice to have someone to proof read it and check over it for me, so that I don't lose sight of the main points of discussion. >_>

[blueyxd]

my lasest review is up, turned out better than I thought.

Man sputnik is hard to get around, I need more availability of links to user cp, edit my reviews, etc. A drop down box that has all the main pages and user settings like on the forums would be great on there.

^ I'm no FF nerd, so I'll give it a read over as a general listener type reader.

[br3ad_man]

How do you guys feel about swearing in reviews?

I think it's like using "I", "me" or "my". It can be ok, but it's best left alone. Those things can work, but they generally make reviews look unprofessional.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I swear in my reviews but never in a serious capacity.

[Jom]

I don't think I've sworn in my reviews themselves, but I've definitely dropped a few bombs in comments because of idiots.

The only time I've sworn in reviews is when I'm quoting lyrics.

I don't have a problem with swearing, but only if the writer's intention is to showcase informal diction for some reason.

[Damrod]

Swearing sometimes must be, it's just a normal piece of every day life.

I'm feeling really bad, I think I might be coming down with the flu. Which sucks, as I have a job interview on Tuesday. :( But it's still almost two days left. Still enough time to get well again, or at least shape up into a somewhat usable condition

Why has the forum ate all my subscriptions to threads and forums btw?

[Shadows]

I used to swear a lot in my reviews, but I never do anymore. I dislike it except in select situations.

[DesolationRow]

I sometimes swear. But not in a negative connotation or anything that is disrespectful. Damrod, seems like i passed the flu torch to you, as well.

[DFelon204409]

Stay away from the big three and you'll be fine.

This Final fantasy review is proving tough, it's hard enough reviewing an album of that length. But I've got to make it accessible to both Final Fantasy nerds and Sputnik readers alike.

It'd be nice to have someone to proof read it and check over it for me, so that I don't lose sight of the main points of discussion. >_>

I was planning a review of Yasunori Mitsuda's Chrono Cross OST since I actually bought the hard copy album. That is, I'm planning on doing it in the distant future.

[DFelon204409]

What's the big deal if people use vB code in their reviews? I wasn't freaking out when people started bolding or using color in theirs, so I don't see what the issue is here.

"Because the review's good, Jom!"

Well, no ****, Sherlock. Not everyone's first reviews suck.

I think a lot of the problem with people visually sprucing up reviews is that is tricks idiots into assuming that review is good because of a more professional presentation.

[Shadows]

I think a lot of the problem with people visually sprucing up reviews is that is tricks idiots into assuming that review is good because of a more professional presentation.
That annoys me. People see a really long review with lots of bold and italicized text and immediately go "INSANELY good review!!!", while completely ignoring the content. I've seen some very nicely formatted reviews where the content was pure ****, but we all know that the look of a review is everything.

/is very bitter

[Liberi Fatali]

I was planning a review of Yasunori Mitsuda's Chrono Cross OST since I actually bought the hard copy album. That is, I'm planning on doing it in the distant future.
I've always been interested in giving his stuff a listen. Mostly I've just focused on Nobuo Uematsu's Final Fantasy stuff, and Motoi Sakuraba's work in the Star Ocean series.

[Dave de Sylvia]

That annoys me. People see a really long review with lots of bold and italicized text and immediately go "INSANELY good review!!!", while completely ignoring the content. I've seen some very nicely formatted reviews where the content was pure ****, but we all know that the look of a review is everything.

/is very bitter
I've given up bolding things in reviews because suddenly it just looks awful to me.

[Shadows]

I've given up bolding things in reviews because suddenly it just looks awful to me.
I hate bolding, but italics make titles look more organized to me. It doesn't stand out, which is a plus. Bolding often make workds look ridiculously accnted.

[Jom]

I've always bolded because it looked nicer in the old CD Reviews forum, and it just became habit for me.

I think a lot of the problem with people visually sprucing up reviews is that is tricks idiots into assuming that review is good because of a more professional presentation

Touché.

[innerdark]

bolding is ok but if someone bolds & colours the review...it is a noooo

my reviews to do list has been overhauled, i'm doing Daydream Nation next

i just hope Elim. Jr doen't castrate me

[Shadows]

Second albums done. :cool:

Now, an issue. I've already done Dimmu's thrid album, so should I do the other Stormblast to replace it? They have one album more then Behemoth, so if I did, it would balance everything out.

/ponders

[pulseczar]

bolding is ok but if someone bolds & colours the review...it is a noooo

my reviews to do list has been overhauled, i'm doing Daydream Nation next

i just hope Elim. Jr doen't castrate me


don't. Seriously.

[innerdark]

don't. Seriously.

remember the other review that i had a bit of pressure on me for...it just happens to be my best, i am sure you know which review i speak of

besides, what nick wants me to do and what i WILL do are 2 completely different things. + i meant my next one after the one i'm currently doing

and its one that you may kill me for

HIM-Love Metal
Sp-Siamese dream
Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation

[Shadows]

By the way, I think it would much good for all of you to write down just how amazing Driven by the Five-Winged Star by Behemoth is.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I hate bolding, but italics make titles look more organized to me. It doesn't stand out, which is a plus. Bolding often make workds look ridiculously accnted.
That's pretty much the conclusion I came to. I've also started to use 'these things' instead of "these things" for much the same reason.

NP: Public Enemy - Sophisticated Bitch :cool:

[innerdark]

i'm surprised no one has decided to e-kill me for liking HIM.

oh well, wonders never cease

plus i'm not obsessed but love metal is quite a good album but i'm not going to give it a 5/5 or a 4

[pulseczar]

Sp-Siamese dream

ok now seriously don't, I dibbed that a long time ago, but please don't.

[Storm In A Teacup]

bolding is ok but if someone bolds & colours the review...it is a noooo


You do it yourself.

I, myself like using color.

[Jawaharal]

i'm surprised no one has decided to e-kill me for liking HIM.

oh well, wonders never cease

plus i'm not obsessed but love metal is quite a good album but i'm not going to give it a 5/5 or a 4
:smash:
Hoppus

[innerdark]

*rises from dead*

:evil::smash::smash::evil:
Cheeto-t

[Jom]

Guys, calm down, please. I'm not going to let this turn into a spamfest.

[innerdark]

sorry, my fault, just expressing my surprise no1 went into HIMbash mode

[Jawaharal]

dude, hoppus have you added me to your soulseek list? I try to ask you on the soulseek messanger but you keep ignoring me :/

[innerdark]

i've not been on soulseek recently ,i switch between d/l programs. but yeah i have

[Jawaharal]

i've not been on soulseek recently ,i switch between d/l programs. but yeah i have
it says your on

[Toaster]

i'm surprised no one has decided to e-kill me for liking HIM.

oh well, wonders never cease

plus i'm not obsessed but love metal is quite a good album but i'm not going to give it a 5/5 or a 4

/e-kills you

I just hate HIM with a passion. Did you do a HIM review or something? I can't get onto Sputnik for some reason.

[innerdark]

i'm in the middle of writing a him review
then the smashing pumpkins
then sonic youth
then muse

[pulseczar]

Hoppus please don't write the SD review, I'm halfway done through mine and I'm a huge SP fan. If you're doing a T by T, it seems a bit pointless because there are already two of those.

[DFelon204409]

I've always been interested in giving his stuff a listen. Mostly I've just focused on Nobuo Uematsu's Final Fantasy stuff, and Motoi Sakuraba's work in the Star Ocean series.

I have all of Nobuo's OST's locked away on my dad's computer as well as the piano renditions of FFX's main songs. I have that Mitsuda stuff as well as some Silent Hill and Parasite Eve music. All good stuff.

[DFelon204409]

I've always bolded because it looked nicer in the old CD Reviews forum, and it just became habit for me.



Touché.

I assume that anybody who puts effort into including vB code really cares about his/her reviews. However, those reviews could easily still be poorly written, which is the case for more than a few reviews that contain excessive vB code.

[innerdark]

hey, if you're doing one i'll wait till you're done

i want to do it

but i'll switch the order about so you don't have to worry bout me doing it before you

order now = love metal, showbiz, absolution,comfort in sound, the pixie's greatest hits album, Black market music and then if you are still not done, the SY review

[pulseczar]

I'll submit tomorrow Hoppus if not tonight (it's 9 PM where I am) but thanks for delaying yours a bit.

[innerdark]

no prob, i know you are a SP fanboy ( no offence) but one thing, please give my SD t by t a chance

my t by ts have detail

[pulseczar]

oh I know I'm a Smashing Pumpkins fanboy :D

[Kingofdudes]

I was planning a review of Yasunori Mitsuda's Chrono Cross OST since I actually bought the hard copy album. That is, I'm planning on doing it in the distant future.
I can't wait to see that, Chrono Cross has a great soundtrack from a great composer.

I need to make a pure video game soundtrack cd order one of these days...

/shouldnt be posting in this thread

[Jom]

Pfft. You comment there. It's all good.

[DFelon204409]

I can't wait to see that, Chrono Cross has a great soundtrack from a great composer.

I need to make a pure video game soundtrack cd order one of these days...

/shouldnt be posting in this thread

I got the whole brand new Chrono Cross album (3 CDs total) for $30 on amazon marketplace. That site has pretty good deals on video game type stuff.

[Kingofdudes]

Pfft. You comment there. It's all good.
:)
I got the whole brand new Chrono Cross album (3 CDs total) for $30 on amazon marketplace. That site has pretty good deals on video game type stuff.

I was about to get the Chrono Trigger OST with my last CD order, but I would not have gotten it until January :-/

NP: Porcupine Tree - LCTEPEBIIR

[Liberi Fatali]

I was about to get the Chrono Trigger OST with my last CD order, but I would not have gotten it until January :-/
At least you live in America, it took about 2 months for my Final Fantasy VIII: Fithos Lusec Vinosec CD to arrive. :-/

But at least it was well worth it.

[DesolationRow]

I'm proud of my Captain Beefheart review. The paragraphs might be big, but i didn't mention any song once, just the sound of the album. :cool:

[DFelon204409]

That's not necessarily a good thing Entwisty. Also keep in mind that the tracklist in the upper right hand corner box mentions all of the tracks mwhahahahhahaha.

[taylormemer]

I don't think I'll get it.

Holy hell, this is this users first review. :eek:

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=4487&genreid=12

In response to many of you that believe that I have plagarised that particular review, and are at least holding suspicion against me I would just like to point out that I did not and never will plagarise a review off another site. While this still shows that I may have and some of you most likely will think, "well that proves nothing", I would also like to clarify that my reviews broaden much further then the boundaries of this particular site.

I have made reviews on art pieces at DeviantART (http://www.deviantart.com/). While those reviews that I have done there are not anything like the Slayer one, I was recently introduced to a way of reviewing that simply used metaphors to explain a piece of art or poem, or piece of music.

In addition for Art majors and English majors this year I have had to make many reviews, this giving me better experience in review writing. Just because the review may seem advanced either because you think the English is or of the format I have made it in, including all the italacised and underlined text doesn't mean I just took it from someone else.

About one year ago I made a review for the same album that had to be made into two posts because of the 10,000-character limit. I went away from this site for some time and came back to find that all the reviews were shifted over to sputnik music only to find that my Slayer review wasn't moved over. Now that was some time ago, and thankfully I had saved that review into word which I still have all with its original code. That particular review was a song by song, and since then I had decided that any future reviews that I did would be in a overall album review format, simply because I prefer reading and writing in that method.

Again I would never take away anyone's review and claim it as my own. That's for you to decide though. I am not upset about this and I do take into account that you probably receive many plagirised reviews from people who have just appeared on the site. I was just trying to make things a little clearer.

[blueyxd]

And where did you get that post? :p

Here's your original review. http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=264231

At least you understand the reason for the questioning of the review. There's nothing to worry about if you wrote it yourself.

[taylormemer]

I never realised that that was kept on the site. As you can see that review is very dragged out and tedious, and it's written quite poorly, IMO. I appreciate your understanding in the matter blueyxd.

[Jom]

Yeah, while that was nice to hear it from you, it was completely unnecessary. Sometimes, people get insanely suspicious (read: jealous) when a review looks as yours did is all. Keep up the good work and keep reviewing.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Yeah, while that was nice to hear it from you, it was completely unnecessary. Sometimes, people get insanely suspicious (read: jealous) when a review looks as yours did is all. Keep up the good work and keep reviewing.
Yeah, usually if I see a good review I claim it for myself. Noone questions my authority.

[The Stig]

I'm just curious as to why TxT reviews are discouraged by so many people here. I know that when I read a review, I like to get a feel for which songs I would like and not like, and TxT's can provide a good description of what goes on in individual tracks. I guess now I do a sort of hybrid TxT and non-TxT thing, but I was just wondering where the problems with the TxT format came from.

EDIT: By the way, I'm a fan of some vB coding in the reviews. For some reason, bolding song titles seems a lot less cluttered than using quotation marks. Plus, you're always supposed to italacize the album names. I've always thought italics and bolding have helped make the reviews look more professional.

[Jawaharal]

I prefer underlining album name and italicizing song names.

[pulseczar]

I prefer underlining album name and italicizing song names.

copycat.

[Jawaharal]

I feel like crap today. I have some major throat drainage and a fever and I just ran out of kleenex. Being sick blows :upset:

[Damrod]

Yeah, everyone's getting sick recently. I was pretty much down yesterday, but feel better today. Which is good, as I have a job interview tomorrow (mentioned that before for sure :))

[Shadows]

I'm just curious as to why TxT reviews are discouraged by so many people here. I know that when I read a review, I like to get a feel for which songs I would like and not like, and TxT's can provide a good description of what goes on in individual tracks. I guess now I do a sort of hybrid TxT and non-TxT thing, but I was just wondering where the problems with the TxT format came from.
TxT reviews don't describe the album. They give analysis of each indivdual song and can be useful for the reasons you mentioned. But for the album as a whole, they don't explain various aspects or traits the album has. It dissects it so specifically that I think the big picture is missed compeltely.

[Storm In A Teacup]

I have a runny nose. Although I'm always like that during the winter.


I WANT SUMMER!!! I COULD BE WEARING SHORTS AND WALK ANYWHERE I WANT WITHOUT BEING EFFING FREEZING!!!


I went from doing really bad T-B-T's to the hybrid to now just overall reviews which I have discovered are much more helpful to the readers.

[Shadows]

Winter is ny favorite season. Go boink yourself.

[Toaster]

TxT reviews don't describe the album. They give analysis of each indivdual song and can be useful for the reasons you mentioned. But for the album as a whole, they don't explain various aspects or traits the album has. It dissects it so specifically that I think the big picture is missed compeltely.

Agreed. The only reason I like them sometimes is when I have an album, and want to compare what I think of individual tracks to what others think. When I'm looking to buy an album I'd much prefer an overall review.

[Storm In A Teacup]

I won't be doing any reviews soon because I'm working on a SOAD-Mezmerize review that is going to be incredibly detailed. I've been working on it for three days and don't expect to be done for a while. I might finish sometime near Christmas, but I want to make sure it is perfect.

Those fearing another 4 or anywhere near there rating shouldn't be fearful. I'm going to rate it a 2.5 or a 3.

[Jom]

/stuff

Thanks for the correspondence. I just sent you a reply, and this should be the last e-mail from me, even though I'm still open to banter :)

[pulseczar]

I hate living here, it was -21 degrees C all day today... not cool :(

[Storm In A Teacup]

Thanks for the correspondence. I just sent you a reply, and this should be the last e-mail from me, even though I'm still open to banter :)


Assuming you are talking about the metal competetion.

:upset:

I wish my speakers for my computer worked. Everyone praised that song that Toaster wrote and recorded.

[DFelon204409]

No wonder you stay inside and write reviews.

EDIT: Directed towards Canadian

[Jom]

Assuming you are talking about the metal competetion.

Negative. We're going to stage a debate in PN&WI regarding globalization and whether or not it affects global diversity. I'm taking the pro side along with Med, while the con side is toaster and... I forget the other guy's name.

[Storm In A Teacup]

sorry

[Shadows]

Negative. We're going to stage a debate in PN&WI regarding globalization and whether or not it affects global diversity. I'm taking the pro side along with Med, while the con side is toaster and... I forget the other guy's name.
Oh, that place. My most hated area of all of mx.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Oh, that place. My most hated area of all of mx.


:lol:

Why is that?

[pulseczar]

No wonder you stay inside and write reviews.

EDIT: Directed towards Canadian

Ha, the only good reason I have to go outside for more than 10 minutes and freeze my balls off is snowboarding.

[Jom]

Guys, I was kidding :-\

[Shadows]

:lol:

Why is that?
I hate politics and anything related to political discussions.

Guys, I was kidding :-\
It wasn't funny.

Toaster, let's get a genre of metal I can participate in. :)

[Toaster]

Haha, you may be surprised.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Negative. We're going to stage a debate in PN&WI regarding globalization and whether or not it affects global diversity. I'm taking the pro side along with Med, while the con side is toaster and... I forget the other guy's name.
hahahahahahaha

[Shadows]

Haha, you may be surprised.
I doubt it. There really aren't that many metal genres.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Guys, I was kidding :-\


I don't know why you would.

[Toaster]

I doubt it. There really aren't that many metal genres.

Ah, that's too true.

EDIT: Jom I'll be gone for the next couple of hours so I won't be able to respond to anything you send. Just FYI.

[Shadows]

Most of them have been done anyway. The only two I really can't do are thrash and doom.

And now I'm thinking you probably did doom. :lol:

[Storm In A Teacup]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Wouldn't you hate it if Toaster chose nu-metal!

[Shadows]

Not really. I could whine and tune down a full octave with no problem.

[Jawaharal]

Didn't Jom say he might change it to rock too?

[Shadows]

It is rock too this time.

[Jawaharal]

Oh, yay.

I hope toaster picks stoner rock.

[Shadows]

It's another cover competition. The thread is already up.

[Toaster]

Yeah, sorry guys. It had to be a fairly smooth transition, and this was the only real option.

Now, I need a vocalist. *ahem*ShatteredFuture*ahem*

[innerdark]

ladies and gents, a HIM review

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=4521&genreid=47

[Damrod]

I hate living here, it was -21 degrees C all day today... not cool :(

That is not only cool, but freezin' hell ;)

I would hope the weather would stay constant here. It was -3°C last week, now it's +6°C again. I blame the freakin weather change for me getting ill :angry:

[innerdark]

all i know is scotland and canada's weather cycles are both evil

[taylormemer]

:D

Lucky for me here in Australia our summer nitghts lie around 20 to 25, and during the day at about this time of year doesn't go higher than 30.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Tulsa is supposed to get a lot of snow tomorrow, which happens about once a year. Maybe no school. I doubt it though.

[Shadows]

That's too bad, we measure degrees in F over here.

And it's been right around 0 for the past few weeks.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Why I am I not subscribed to any threads anymore? :confused:

[Shadows]

Mx has been having some serious problems with account hacking, including that of mods.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Mx has been having some serious problems with account hacking, including that of mods.


:eek: Are you saying I was hacked? :confused:

[Shadows]

No, probably not. You'd be banned if you were. Jom was hacked though.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Do you only get hacked if you click on a link someone put up intentionly ment to hack?

[:amaze:]

http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/member.php?u=139592

0_o

[DesolationRow]

Woah, cool to see someone from the bass forum in here. You guys should really venture in here some more.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Kinda strange how I play bass, but have never even looked at the bass forum.


/changes all of that shat :cool:

[Shadows]

I play guitar, but I never go into the guitar forum. There's nothing for me there anyway.

[Storm In A Teacup]

I went in, posted I like 4 strings over 5 and got out of there.

No threads nabbed my attention so I doubt I'll be returning.

[Shadows]

Unless I have a specific question I don't find the instrument forums appealing at all.

[Storm In A Teacup]

I'm getting burnt out having to listen to System of a Down for hours on end every day for the last 4-5 days. What sucks is I don't think I'll finish the Mezmerize review for another couple weeks. I want to make it close to perfect.

[Shadows]

Nothing is perfect.

Why are you trying to drive the album into your head?

[Storm In A Teacup]

Nothing is perfect.


'Tis why I said close to perfect/ ;)


Why are you trying to drive the album into your head?

Not, just listening to the album over and over again while I write the review, which is so far at least 5 hours. :-/

[Shadows]

Holy ****, how long is the review? It isn't 12 pages is it?

Sometimes simplicity is key. :)

[Storm In A Teacup]

4 pages :-/ I've re-written it about 5 times now.

At one point in the review I talk about BYOB and Question! as singles and that itself is a whole page in M Word.

[pulseczar]

seems a bit too bulky, but if you think you can pull off such a big review go for it :thumb:

[Killtacular]

I hate the freezing cold.

:(

[Storm In A Teacup]

seems a bit too bulky, but if you think you can pull off such a big review go for it :thumb:


I plan on it. :)

Right now it seems that it is going to be in chapters.

1. Introduction
2. The Music
3. The lyrics
4. The Vocals
5. The Singles
6. Overall/Final Thoughts of the Album

Again, this is the direction the review seems to be going at the moment. I might just combine the lyrics and vocals into one paragrapgh though. This all could easily change.

[Shadows]

Sweet. I plan to write a Nile review that's as epic as the music I'm writing about.

[Jawaharal]

I was thinking about writing a citizen cope review and spend most the review on how cool he is.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Who's Citizen Cope?


JK

[Shadows]

I seriously don't know who he is.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Hey all,

I've purchased a big memory upgrade for the server that should hopefully help things out a lot with regards to load time.

mx

ME <3 MX

[Shadows]

It's been up for a while.

Please, for the love of god, someone review jazz albums.

[Storm In A Teacup]

I check announcements once about every two weeks.

It looks like I'm forming a band with the other bassist in orchestra. He and another guy are playing guitar and I'm playing bass.

They already have some songs written and are wanting to record a demo.

Here are the songs I think we're going to cover as well.

QOTSA-Little Sister, Burn the Witch
Cream-Sitting on Top of the World, White Room
The Who-My Generation
Grateful Dead-I Know You Rider
Green Day-Jesus of Suburbia
Plus some others

[Shadows]

We need more! I want this place to be more well-rounded. I'm also up for some sweet jazz suggestions. :cool:

[Storm In A Teacup]

Also, I wish they were into more current hard rock stuff and some metal, but alas.

[Shadows]

Who are you talking about?

We need more metal reviewers. I understand that we have many people who regularly review metal albums, but I could count the number of people who know most of the stuff I do on the fingers of one hand. I hate it. :(

[Storm In A Teacup]

Look two posts above that one.

[Shadows]

Oops, meine schlect.

/poor Deutsch, I think

Upcoming plans: After I finish Behemoth and Dimmu, I'll do all of Nile's albums, Monolith Deathcult, Haemoth, CoB - HCDR, Wintersun, and maybe some Spawn of Possession or Immolation.

EDIT: Phlegton, the vocalist of the Spanish death metal band Wormed, ha recently launched a site for his art studio. This guy does some damn good work, so check it out.

http://www.phlegeton.com/

^^ Is this considered advertising? :(

[DesolationRow]

I was shootin' for Giant Steps, but it's already done.

[Toaster]

Oops, meine schlect.

/poor Deutsch, I think

Upcoming plans: After I finish Behemoth and Dimmu, I'll do all of Nile's albums, Monolith Deathcult, Haemoth, CoB - HCDR, Wintersun, and maybe some Spawn of Possession or Immolation.

EDIT: Phlegton, the vocalist of the Spanish death metal band Wormed, ha recently launched a site for his art studio. This guy does some damn good work, so check it out.

http://www.phlegeton.com/

^^ Is this considered advertising? :(

One step at a time, man. Leave some for the rest of us.

[Shadows]

One step at a time, man. Leave some for the rest of us.
I was assuming that those bands aren't exactly at the top of anyone else's list.

[Toaster]

I was assuming that those bands aren't exactly at the top of anyone else's list.

When you assume you make an *** out of u and me. :D

But seriously, I was planning to do a Nile album in the near future. Maybe do the others first?

[Shadows]

When you assume you make an *** out of u and me. :D

But seriously, I was planning to do a Nile album in the near future. Maybe do the others first?
That's no problem. Better to figure it oue before we repeat the Vital Remains incident. :p

Which one were you going to do?

[Toaster]

I was thinking Amongst The Catacombs.. but I haven't started or anything, so don't let me stop you. :)