music is boredom » music blogging http://music.raincontreras.com one pinoy pundit blogs on music Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:25:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 SOMB, and A Bit of Angst: On Music Blogging/Criticism http://music.raincontreras.com/2010/01/13/somb-and-a-bit-of-angst-on-music-bloggingcriticism/ http://music.raincontreras.com/2010/01/13/somb-and-a-bit-of-angst-on-music-bloggingcriticism/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:28:18 +0000 rain http://music.raincontreras.com/?p=132 I expect music bloggers and critics to be fans. Not music industry shills, or worse: SEOs.

Now that I have that out of my chest, let me cite SOMB, or the Sound Opinions Message Board (a backgrounder from their Wikipedia entry), a forum, I re-discovered lately while making my 2009 music list.

You know you’re dealing with dead-serious fans with thread titles like:

Thread where I listen to every Fall album

Is there a more perfect love song than Willie Nelson’s ‘Always On My Mind’?

why is every Lady Gaga song straight popular music fire?

101 songs from 1983 I Think You Should Hear

Chris Cornell is dead

The last topic is a favorite. If you don’t get that, then you probably should have no business writing about modern music.

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