"And I also can get behind the shots fired at Sputnik groupthink. Everyone's an armchair critic here; very few of them actually put out content -- and thereby a piece themselves -- for comment and criticism, preferring to pronounce judgment anonymously and therefore safely behind their screen names and pics/gifs."

this is an awful argument, u dont need to put out music in order to criticize it

Album Rating: 3.5

yeah thats some pleb level logic right there

requirements before getting into music criticism - at least a demo tape

Album Rating: 4.0

^lol



if this was a user review it would have like 20 negs right about now

it reads like a treb review

that one line about the bus is very lol, otherwise it's not necessarily bad, albeit the criticisms seem sort of whiny

Album Rating: 3.5

I get people not liking this album. But writing this is silly, but i do mainly disagree with your opinions on music so i am not even surprised by this very childish point of view

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

For a staff review this a really shitty rant. Remind me again why we can't pos/neg staff and contrib reviews?

Album Rating: 4.0

"Remind me again why we can't pos/neg staff and contrib reviews?"



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Seriously, this should be a conversation.

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

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Album Rating: 3.5

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Album Rating: 4.0

"Pleb logic," huh? Coming from those who misrepresented what I claimed, that's rich. But for their sake, I'll clarify:



It wasn't an argument, but an observation-as-an-indictment. The vast majority of people on here don't put out regular reviews, write and edit entries for the database, report news, etc. That's what I meant by "content," not musicianship. On the contrary, most who comment are comfortable with anonymously savaging people on here for liking such-an-such or being fans of this maligned popular genre when these rubes -- however unpopular their tastes may be for here -- took the effort into putting their view out there for the masses in the form of content. I've seen these elites of criticism revel at being cynical at a distance, offering no skin in the game themselves, against those who dare don't share their tastes. They're hugely critical without being any sort of constructive. Sputnik exists for them to sneer, leer, jeer and feel superior about their effete, non-mainstream tastes in music, which is easy.



What's not is dissenting and taking a potshot at Sputnik's culture. Do I agree with the review -- no, it's admittedly short on analysis -- but I applaud Rudy, whether he realizes it or not, for lambasting how narrow-minded, petty, onanistic and overly serious about it all this place has become.

I can totally get why people don't like the Deftones. But as a Deftones album this could be their best. It may not have their best songs but its the most complete and consistent album they have released while still wandering a bit with their song structures. Diamond Eyes was a consistent album, but played it safe, Koi No Yokan focused to much on the production that it kinda fell flat and the songs blended together. Their other albums have had huge valleys and peaks. I am not an objective viewpoint, but to call this crap is a huge stretch. The fact that your shitty review/opinion gets bumped to the top of the reviews of this cause you are staff is absolutely ridiculous and is insulting to the integrity of this site.

"overly serious"

>writes a treatise on the sputnik "elite"

what did Rudy say?

Album Rating: 3.5

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Album Rating: 3.0

good review

Well, he absolutely has the right to think it's crap, and even to write a review explaining why he thinks it's crap. But if you're a staff reviewer, you should be writing professional-quality reviews, and juvenile rants like this absolutely should not be flagged.

Gmember

Just cause this review shit on Deftones and you agree that the album is not very good does not make this review a good review

Album Rating: 3.0

Pretty sure you wrote a similar review for Koi no Yokan, so why did you even bother listening to this?



"with glassed over eyes and unsettling smiles they tell me how amazing Deftones over and over again"



Think you're missing an "are" after Deftones here.