robertsona
10.17.23 | there should be a cheaply made physical chapbook/other-book about sputnikmusic (the goal is not to make big bucks)
I gotta imagine the breakdown would be:
Short history of the site
Reviews
Interviews
Essays/Blog Posts
Maybe: Pitchfork 500 (anyone remember this?)-ish chronological "Sputnik canon," probably represented by individual songs that are very sput-and-sput-only
What would go in there? Mostly the writing better be good: iconic reviews that suck might not be able to get in the book even though they helped shape Sputnik culture. Maybe some shitty ones tho
What is the best content sputnik has ever produced? |
SomeCallMeTim
10.17.23 | what about a coffee table book filled with copy-pastas and legendary avatars / profile pics |
robertsona
10.17.23 | Hell yes probably. |
Mort.
10.17.23 | 'Pitchfork 500 '
what is this?
and yeah if i was going to write a book about sput it would be
a history
review styles, how theyve changed and how theyve been viewed by those inside and outside the community (including our sometimes tenuous place on wikipedia lol)
the outdated charm of the place
sputcore (eg why on earth does gospel have so many votes)
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ArsMoriendi
10.17.23 | Hopefully not all core and metal |
bludngorevidal
10.17.23 | The section of the book on Sputographics begs for an exploration of the interplay between genre and perceived quality. E.g., checking new releases, records which are metal-adjacent (particularly DM and BM) are frequently the richest shades of green/3.9/4.0+ whereas the most well-regarded non-metal albums (such as the recent Yeule) can't break through the 3.8 ceiling |
MoM
10.17.23 | A… manifesto, if you will |
kildare
10.17.23 | "including our sometimes tenuous place on wikipedia lol"
Sounds like a book I'd peruse.
Idea: a.) Start a Wikibook. Has most of the needed multimedia-tech to make a great online book. b.) Dredge through references to Sputnik already embedded in Wikipedia and refer back to the Wikibook. c.) Create a reference to the book everytime one reads a Wikipedia article about a band.
A Wikibook might get out of hand, though -- you'd have to figure out how to establish editorial control. If you want it, that is.
Just a thought. |
robertsona
10.17.23 | What are the 25 best reviews ever on this site |
madrigal30
10.17.23 | i could make this into a zine ? |
JohnnyoftheWell
10.17.23 | GeorgeCostanza - City of Caterpillar s/t
klap - Tayswift Reputation (some other candidates here probably)
notkanyewest - Boygenius The Record (recency bias!!??)
conradtao - Yeezus (other candidates??)
porcupinetheater - Xiu Xiu OH NO
kompys2000 - 10000 gecs or Arcade Fire We (but other candidates here)
also these are the two most important revs on the site by an um big margin
https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/83700/DJ-Sabrina-the-Teenage-DJ-Charmed/
https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/87315/TDJ-BACK-TO-123/ |
JohnnyoftheWell
10.17.23 | lukewarm take = most of the best writing on Sput is in the end of year blurbs |
madrigal30
10.17.23 | take is straight up cold, i think it's pretty well understood that most of the quality writing here is saved for staff joint works |
porcupinetheater
10.18.23 | It would probably be 10 pages of heartfelt music writing, 490 pages of repeating the same microwaved minimal effort shitposting imagineable
check fugazi
check grotesque
check please |
VaruunZealot
10.18.23 | You'd probably have to slap Hawks in there, posting "men" every 5 seconds |
Sinternet
10.18.23 | A ranking of every user who’s ever posted |
ffs
10.18.23 | random commas and multiple � on every page |
Mort.
10.18.23 | track by track of every user |
Demon of the Fall
10.18.23 | in depth analysis of how user's tastes have changed over time, using a thorough dissection of pie charts through the passage of time, top 50 charts for each year and broadly summarising thread activity inc. comments, ratings and soundoffs
shouldn't be too difficult |
ArsMoriendi
10.18.23 | @demon: sandwichbubble’s yearly pie chart lists could be a source for that |
Butkuiss
10.18.23 | Moaropeth references |
VaruunZealot
10.18.23 | Someone should actually put this together |
BlazinBlitzer
10.18.23 | The Brand New discourse from the 2000's and 2010's probably should be in there somewhere. |
artiswar
10.18.23 | literally who would want to read this except like 3 autistic people. There is spicy Harry Potter fan fiction people could be reading instead |
Sinternet
10.18.23 | You could post it up on the hobby drama subreddit they love random niche internet stuff |
artiswar
10.18.23 | sint, do you know any good HP fanfics? |
robertsona
10.18.23 | I think when the site is around 20 years in 2025 we should do a cool thing |
AsleepInTheBack
10.18.23 | ^^^ yes!!! the route to increasing sputs relevancy is to publish a book that no one will read I am in I want the book give me the book I was promised a book |
robertsona
10.18.23 | Okay |
IsisScript80
10.18.23 | "sputcore (eg why on earth does gospel have so many votes)"
Sputcore is DEFINITELY a thing... the first I thought of when seeing this thread. The meme culture too is a thing unto itself.
"literally who would want to read this except like 3 autistic people."
Done right, without being OTT introspective, with an aim to touch base with the wider landscape... and at least a presentable level of production quality, a publication like this has the possibility of cementing Sputnik as something worthwhile as a music source (at least to a wider public). |
MoM
10.18.23 | “ sint, do you know any good HP fanfics?”
I wanted to write one at one point that involved Harry being a plumber because it’s easy with magic and he’s depressed and muggle money still works, Ron suddenly wants to be a house elf called simply Weasley, Neville becomes a dark wizard, Hermione and Ginny fall in love, Hagrid dies at the hands of Neville Longestbottom |
AlexKzillion
10.18.23 | i think the year end top 10 staff and user lists are prob the best indication of what sputcore actually is (at least for stuff like 2010-present). lots of stuff really high on those that don't seem to get nearly as much traction elsewhere especially the staff ones |
TheManMachine
10.18.23 | it should be constructed in a really antiquated and anti-user friendly way so it matches the website |
VaruunZealot
10.18.23 | "sint, do you know any good HP fanfics? " I'm sure somebody was telling me about one in a thread the other day, randomly.
"cementing Sputnik as something worthwhile as a music source" I've seen them listed on wikipedia for album pages in the critical reception, but I think it's just whatever staff reviewer reviewed it at the time instead of like a Metacritic average from the album's Sputnik page. That's what turned me onto the site |
