Vespiion
12.20.12 | Guy rarely gives anything above a 7, so his ratings are kind of strange. |
Trebor.
12.20.12 | He's a really cool guy
I love his vinyl videos
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North0House2
12.20.12 | I think he seems pretty cool. Sometimes I don't agree with his ratings, but in general I think he has good tastes.
He knows a huge amount about musical theory too, which is like infinite respect points for a music review.
He can be an elitist though. But heck, most of us are from time to time. |
jayfatha
12.20.12 | He's a 3.5 |
8bit
12.20.12 | He's pretty cool, I love Cal Chuchesta hahahah having him in the video is the hook to getting me into watching the rest of the review. His ratings are strange though, like you said, I generally don't go off of his advice when checking stuff out. A "light to decent 7" is basically what would be a 9 for anyone else. |
YoYoMancuso
12.20.12 | I love 2, but he's a pretty cool guy most of the time
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JAXETA
12.20.12 | sputnik users being elitist from time to time?? NO FUCKING WAY |
RetroSpective
12.20.12 | I think he's hilarious. |
bloc
12.20.12 | I like his reviews a lot. |
Vespiion
12.20.12 | "I think he seems pretty cool. Sometimes I don't agree with his ratings, but in general I think he has good tastes."
Pretty much how I feel. And yeah, I usually take his '7' as an 8 or 9. |
wabbit
12.20.12 | he's pretty good
too try-hard
but so are almost all reviewers. ESP DOWNER |
Vespiion
12.20.12 | His review of Born This Way is pretty damn funny. Cal definitely makes a lot of his reviews. |
Strider
12.20.12 | Pretty cool reviews. I've discovered a few stuff thanks to him |
Keyblade
12.20.12 | i like his reviews most of the time. his om review baffled me though. can't say i'm a fan of his taste either, but he really digs agalloch so he's cool with me. his vinyl videos are cool too. |
jefflebowski
12.20.12 | i fucking hate the stupid little video effects on his reviews, and there's really no need for the catchphrase, but his reviews are generally well done.
also, advaitic songs didn't exactly get brilliant reviews across the board, so i wouldn't say panning it was particularly controversial |
8bit
12.20.12 | I'm getting AOASIME - Explosions in the Sky on vinyl just because of his vinyl video showing how amazing the art was. |
Vespiion
12.20.12 | ^Holy shit, yes. I love his vinyl series. |
mindleviticus
12.20.12 | he's alright |
FearThyEvil
12.20.12 | He gave LuLu a 7/10. Good reviewer with just bad taste in music. |
Strider
12.20.12 | I haven't watched any of his vinyl videos, I shall do so now |
North0House2
12.20.12 | "I'm getting AOASIME - Explosions in the Sky on vinyl just because of his vinyl video showing how amazing the art was."
I think he has a tattoo of the album art on his arm too. |
Trebor.
12.20.12 | "Sometimes I don't agree with his ratings"
I don't get why people even point this out, if he had the exact same taste as you then why even watch? |
wabbit
12.20.12 | man I forgot about zero punctuation for like a month. |
mindleviticus
12.20.12 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJzF0uIBgoQ |
wabbit
12.20.12 | I spent six months listening to harsh noise nigga. That shit didn't even make me blink. |
larrytheslug
12.20.12 | do you love him? do you hate him? ......why? |
MisterTornado
12.20.12 | "Guy rarely gives anything above a 7, so his ratings are kind of strange."
versus what, handing out 8-9's left and right. keeps it interesting when your scale is tougher. |
auberginedreams
12.20.12 | "Guy rarely gives anything above a 7, so his ratings are kind of strange."
you only think it's strange because for some reason these days anything below an 8 is bad and anything below a 6 is unlistenable. most reviewers basically review on a 6-10 scale, it's even worse with video games. |
jsaf7
12.20.12 | very talented reviewer.. he is hilarious, and he tends to get at stuff that most music critics wouldn't pick up.. |
demigod!
12.20.12 | he's a really nice guy and you can tell he loves what he does
funny guy too
i generally agree with his opinion, but not always |
bach
12.20.12 | I love the guy. |
MalleusMaleficarum
12.20.12 | hes awesome i smoked a blunt with him
i wish i could make that kind of dough doing what he does but damn hes good at it. the new intros with cal have been pretty awesome lately too |
Deviant.
12.20.12 | His video reviews are fine, but some of his written stuff is terrible. He's great in a really basic (not a negative), conversational way, and he should just stick to that, because that's where his talents clearly lie |
demigod!
12.20.12 | "hes awesome i smoked a blunt with him"
i remember him saying at a blogtv once he didnt smoke weed. glad he's changed that lol
and yeah Cal rules |
Gwyn.
12.20.12 | He's a pretty cool guy, he seems pretty modest, and he's videos can be pretty funny(Cal is hilarious). |
bach
12.20.12 | I haven't toked up before in my life. Have to change that. |
demigod!
12.20.12 | its worth trying |
auberginedreams
12.20.12 | "hes awesome i smoked a blunt with him"
no you didn't. |
EyesWideShut
12.20.12 | cool guy and i somewhat take his reviews into consideration.
im sure he visits this site too. |
MalleusMaleficarum
12.20.12 | lol aub |
demigod!
12.20.12 | i know he visits /mu/ frequently but idk if he goes here, never heard him mention it
probably tho |
Trebor.
12.20.12 | You don't know anyone named Johnny Hopkins
Dale got Hulk Hands ?! |
bach
12.20.12 | I'm still not calling him dad. EVEN IF THERE'S A FIRE! |
StallionMang
08.04.13 | #FreeCal |
Cygnatti
08.04.13 | 4 is perfect. Wow fuck that guy. |
DegausserGuernica24
08.04.13 | His Gold Cobra review is fucking fantastic. |
YakNips
08.04.13 | He's cool |
Amphoteric
08.04.13 | Just another person on the internet giving his opinion on music. I do like most of his reviews even though I don't have a similar taste at all. |
ashcrash9
08.04.13 | Like most of his reviews even though his rating system is a little weird and I don't necessarily agree all the time.
Cal is awesome. |
Vespiion
08.04.13 | Was there a reason this thread was bumped |
StallionMang
08.04.13 | Pretty much just so I could say "#FreeCal". |
frigyourgenre
08.04.13 | his vids are hilarious |
Dunpeal
08.04.13 | he offers another viewpoint and he's generally well-articulated so yeah |
Trebor.
08.04.13 | I thought this was gonna be a cool convo about anthropology :( |
Koris
10.02.22 | He's a pretty cool guy |
IsisScript80
10.02.22 | He's very good. Pumps out content no end. Very articulate and fully justifies his opinions, even if they're often wildly different to mine.
I don't care if someone has a considerably different opinion, but the ability to contextualise and justify why one feels the way they do about any given piece of media (without showing too much obvious bias), I regard as being a decent source. |
Kompys2000
10.02.22 | Feel bad for the dude rn, goin through a divorce and then he gets dissed by Drake that's some real fucked vibes |
IsisScript80
10.02.22 | "Nevermind that this thread is like a decade old, but I like him. He's entertaining."
Testament to his longevity really... still being talked about and relevant. |
Sharenge
10.02.22 | I went through a period where I checked out his reviews pretty regularly and I definitely discovered a few gems through him and his videos, but he's kind of fallen out of rotation for me and I haven't watched him too much the past few years... check out the occasional video here or there
I guess in reality I'm also simply not as heavily into the exploration/discovery aspect of music as I was at one point - the rate at which albums get added to my library now I imagine is significantly slower than it was 5 or 10 years ago... part of that comes from the fact that I'm still operating on the same machine that I have been since 2010 and thus my core library still exists on the same hard drive and well... there's some limitations there but anyways I digress
reminds me... I really need to finish backing up them files |