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No, I thought it'd be humorous! As would making a sample of someone obviously dropping a spoon on a tile floor and saying "Sorry!! Hey--do you guys have a restroom?" and dropping that in every forty-five seconds, punctuated with regular blasts of the steamer, to give it that true "live ambience" that some reviewers seem to crave... Which reminds me of a series of improv albums that some guy put out where he goes to a guitar store and asks to try out a distortion pedal, so they also provide a guitar and amp. Then he starts in with a loud feedback improv and secretly records the interaction with the employees and other customers until he's asked to leave. I believe they're all called "Free" (since he pays nothing for the gear, no admission is charged, and it's all free improv) in the native language of whatever country he was in at the time. Apparently on one of them, the staff took offense early one, so he tried to continue as quietly as possible while being chided by them. I remember the first review I read of "Metal Machine Music", which described it as something like "The most unlistenable album ever". I thought "I've GOT to find a copy of that...", so even a "negative" review from a conservative reviewer can clue in your potential audience who are probably familiar with the prejudices and preferences of the local writers. So, keep on trucking. Any press is good press! Travis On 6/19/05, Hartung, Kris <kris.hartung@hp.com> wrote: > Yeah, then be accused by another reviewer of being deceitful....again, I > will put my faith in the music. I'm going to yield to this sort of crap, > just to address a nit, that the word "live" is in my title, but I didn't > have applause in the mix. That's asinine. > > Shit, I thought my blood pressure was finally down on this and now you > guys are fucking my day up again. Sorry....bad night of sleeplessness > with the twins. s > > Kris > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Travis Hartnett [mailto:travishartnett@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 9:16 AM > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: Why I'm starting to loath news paper music critics > > I believe there was a Mick Karn album that David Torn played on that > opened with a big rock type number (as much as it would be with the > two of them), and they'd added in crowd noise to make it sound like it > was show in the Enormodome. I'd suggest remixing the album and adding > in huge waves of stadium applause from a sound effects CD.... > > On 6/19/05, Ian Petersen <iep@mail.dk> wrote: > > Kris, > > > > I have to say I really don't understand your displeasure over that > > review. I've just read the review in question and don't see anything > > that can be construed as particularly derogatory or misleading in it. > > After listening to the samples of the CD on SoundClick I'd say the > > review is a quite fair and accurate portrayal of the music - it > sounds, > > to me, pretty much as I would expect from reading the review. I also > > have to admit I rather agree with the reviewer that a CD entitled > "live > > at ... whatever" should indeed have some indication of the live > > 'ambience' including audience response, falling spoons etc. > > > > All in all, I'd be pretty well-chuffed by such a review. Sorry! > > > > -- > > > > Ian Petersen > > > > > > > >