tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post198379836242706945..comments2024-03-24T08:17:55.097-04:00Comments on BLOG TO COMM: Christopher Stiglianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-16920210757937051332008-03-21T09:26:00.000-04:002008-03-21T09:26:00.000-04:00...ditto "writer's swagger and verve"...not exactl......ditto "writer's swagger and verve"...not exactly a good week for grammar, innit?Christopher Stiglianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-50279321174065158542008-03-21T09:23:00.000-04:002008-03-21T09:23:00.000-04:00Although this may seem oh so pretensioso, I did ma...Although this may seem oh so <I>pretensioso</I>, I did make a grammatical goof in my first comment...that should read "made" 'stead of "make". Add all the sic's you want!Christopher Stiglianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-16333694035077185162008-03-14T19:32:00.000-04:002008-03-14T19:32:00.000-04:00Thanks, Chris! I'm going to have nightmares now of...Thanks, Chris! I'm going to have nightmares now of Forry Ackerman hitting on Greg Shaw!<BR/><BR/>Bill ShuteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-84519737282956426782008-03-14T16:58:00.000-04:002008-03-14T16:58:00.000-04:00Actually I'm a bit of a ZIG ZAG fan and will buy a...Actually I'm a bit of a <B>ZIG ZAG</B> fan and will buy an old issue on occasion depending on whether or not there's a group or person of interest featured within its pages. And yeah, <B>ZIG ZAG</B> did feature too many Southern Californian singer/songwriters and was hyping them to the rafters back in the early-to-mid-seventies, but whenever they got on their Pink Fairies/Stackwaddy kick they were one of the better things going in England at the time. Strangely enough I find their more punky late-seventies issues less enthralling (though I think Kris Needs was a wowzer writer who deserved more accolades than he got), and I remember hearing about how terrible the mag became by the mid-eighties when the entire staff went on the Maraillon or however its spelled kick before petering out into nothingness. But then again that was the state of what became of the seventies <B>GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK CRITICISM</B> in England, which even at that stage was vastly superior to what was going on in the US press. (Which is one of the reasons I started a certain fanzine up to spotlight a certain writers' swagger and verve...)Christopher Stiglianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-22770098319090566302008-03-14T14:31:00.000-04:002008-03-14T14:31:00.000-04:00I might’ve been a tad harsh on Morley. My judgemen...I might’ve been a tad harsh on Morley. My judgement is based on his post-1980 output which includes his current day media whoring - his multi-chinned fissog pops up all to frequently on talking head style ‘popular culture review’ type TV programs over here. He tends to go in for the ‘I’ve swallowed a dictionary and my sentence is twice as long as your paragraph, therefore I win’ style of debate. I think you’ve got it about right in splitting his work into pre and post 1980. He was sufficiently tuned in to be one of the 50-100 who attended the first Sex Pistols gig outside London in mid ’76 after all, but on the other hand there’s the Frankie business to consider. As for a rethink of what’s what in terms of late 70’s Brit rock scribedom, I think you’ve pretty much got in covered although I don’t recall you mentioning Pete Frame’s Zig Zag magazine too much (if at all). Bill Allerton at Stand Out Records can help you here, he has a shedload of back issues that he’s looking to shift. <BR/><BR/>tfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-83921122213655223462008-03-13T16:23:00.000-04:002008-03-13T16:23:00.000-04:00tf, gotta admit that I really dug the you-know-wha...tf, gotta admit that I really dug the you-know-what outta Morley's <B>OUT THERE</B> fanzine from '76, a fantab rundown on punkisms and other smart sounds that were going on during those whacked-out mid-seventies all done up in the smarter English rockscribe trad which sure helps out. (Only wish more issues would have seen the light of day...would have loved to have read that promised article on John Cage!) And true the guy later make mucho moolah jumpstarting the "Frankie Says" craze of the eighties amongst other things, but hey I also recall more than a few turdbombs being dropped by Kent, Murray and other more "with-its" during those sorry days and even beyond. And sheesh, I read a few good things from Morley on the web (almost if not all of seventies origin), but given that I am not as "well-versed" in the British rock criticking game as you may be I just may concede! Maybe a few more spins around the latterday UK rockwriter globe <I>will</I> change my opinions???Christopher Stiglianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-9852682066229650452008-03-13T16:10:00.000-04:002008-03-13T16:10:00.000-04:00Chris,I’ll buy this tomb on the strength of your r...Chris,<BR/><BR/>I’ll buy this tomb on the strength of your review. One minor gripe… mentioning Paul Morley in the same breath as Mick Farren, Charles Shaar Murray and Nick Kent? Morley is quite rightly considered a pretentious buffoon on this (UK) side of the pond. His ludicrously introspective wordy ramblings on Joy Division are enough to put anyone off the band. The man’s a U2 fan for crying out loud. Rant over. Keep up the good work<BR/><BR/>tfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com