Terminal Boredom reviews...

[Yakov-Smirnoff]

Me I am funny and I only know the Hospital when I come to America. We have no Hospitals in Russia. What a country, HAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA

[Dutchman]

I just plook Wisconsin empty.

I like the cut of your jib, Tepper.  Even when I don't know what the fuck you're saying.  My only comment on this entire thread is that I gravitated to and still enjoy punk rock in large part because I don't care about other people's opinions for the most part.  A review should tell me 1. what the music sounds like and 2. whether or not I should buy the release.  A quality reviewer should be able to answer these two issues clearly and concisely in four sentences because very few releases are worthy of lengthy in-depth reviews in my opinion. 

-Ryan

[bradx]

nanne was the only label to show interest after we put out the split with the fatals, and he's been a good guy and in close contact throughout the whole process.  the evolutions lp he put out has 24 songs on it and its all killer no filler, so if people miss out on it theyll just be kicking themselves when theyre buying up copies on ebay a few months from now once reviews make it clear its ok to like.  as far as wisconsin bands that matter today i have no idea how much any band really matters but the evolutions have been consistently releasing records for a half dozen years now so that should stand for something. 

[vint]

Nanne rules of course. As do everyone else that's posting on this thread, and their bands.

As far as Pink Reason mattering or not, I was talking to an unnamed member of several popular Wisconsin bands. I told him that Pink Reason had an album coming out, and he called bullshit, when I finally convinced him that Siltbreeze was putting it out he was like "never heard of 'em." Pink Reason hasn't been offered a show in Wisconsin in over two years. Obviously, Pink Reason does not matter.

[SSR]

Officer Brad - I have Evolutions 7"s and enjoy them but think twice before saying that releasing records regularly for the last 6 years counts for something. There are plenty of bands who have released records for longer and all that counts for them is the ability to sucker someone to put out their shitty records.

[bradx]

i never think before i write but that is a valid point.  i read the review in question and dont have a problem with it.  and i think hue blanc are great, better live than on record from what ive heard.  theres a live recording i made of them and the porch honkees live in algoma a few months ago here
http://bradx.podomatic.com/enclosure/2006-03-31T21_32_37-08_00.mp3

[bradx]

oh yeah, the evolutions lp is 24 original songs, no covers.  just thought id point that out.

[Signed, Eric Cecil]

Pink Reason matters to me, and I guarantee I'll land you a decent show in Chicago in the next few months, probably before '06 expires.  I'm sure others in WI (Trickknee especially, who I know is a fan) wouldn't hesitate a moment to book you, should they realize that you're up for it. 

Hue Blanc are a monster live.  Especially in a basement.

I'm really sick of people bellyaching about the reviews.  It's irritating.  It makes me think everyone's a crybaby, particularly people who piss and moan about a negative review foisted upon their own band or one of their label's releases.  It's one thing if someone tries to pass an incorrect nugget of information as factual -- incorrect timelines, or line-up changes, or whatever.  But if they're merely stating that they don't like the album, and they indicate why, then leave it alone.  No one band is exempt from criticism.  It's ridiculous to think otherwise.  It boggles my mind how some people involved in this shit really do WANT everyone to agree with one another.  I mean, do we all have to love Album Y by Band X?  How boring.  That line of thinking completely disagrees with why I started digging into music in the first place.  I love learning from people who earnestly love music that I know nothing about, people who may even actively hate the shit I like, because at the very least it provides perspective.  Normally, I could care less about having a circle jerk with a group of people who all unquestioningly love one band or another.  I may as well talk to myself, or pop a load on my own tongue.  I realize this is all totally rudimentary and obvious, but jeez, it sure doesn't seem like it.

[dustburn]

I mean, do we all have to love Album Y by Band X?

Nope. And i'm with ya. This thread is just reactionary arm flexing. Reviews are reviews are opinions are reviews and if you don't agree, that's awesome! Good. I'm happy you have an opinion. But getting all personal just because someone might have typed some shit you dont agree with is fuckin gay. YOU GAY. yes. It hurts to know someone you like doesn't like your band, or maybe a band you like with friends in it. Too bad. Wah.
Now everybody...look at my arm flex. I came in at just the right time with just the right words.
Am I better than you?
Fuck you.

[tahiti amin]

Screw you EKE or EEL or ELO I dont have a problem with you calling Fashion Fashion a bit generic but who are you to say you had a problem with FFIB at Horrible Fest.  You obviously are just an egocentric north eastern fascist.  Fuck all you Florida Haters

[tahiti amin]

oh yeah its all George W's fault

[Nanne Tepper]

hey mr english as a second language - what the fuck does "you're miles beyond the genres that were supposed to get reviewed here" mean? does rich have a rule book i dont know about? was i not invited to the meeting on preserving tired ass genre ghettos so lazy euros who cant be bothered to think of rock & roll in terms other than "hey hey i wanna rock you all night" and "oh oh look at my car" and let's not for get "oh baby you are so fine" though in your ESL damged euro speak that would sound more like "hey hey you rock with me night all the time, yeah" and "my car, here look it pretty fine now" and "baby fine is you to me right now that I sing." just shut the fuck up, dutch treat. the only reason you are so fucking cranky about this review thing is because i didnt mention the evolutions in releation to Pissconsin bands that matter TODAY. Perhaps if you were such a fucking cheapscape and would free up a fucking review copy, mr i live in a welfare state and dont have to worry about getting fed or clothed or housed or methadoned, i'd review something that falls within the Nanne Tepper's Guidelines for Terminal Boredom Reviews, not that they fucking matter, you lazy shit who hasnt written squat for this fucking thing since god knows how long.

PS I am sorry if any of the "humor" above sails past the heads of you Europeans. Funny is an American thing. You wouldnt understand.

Humor? It escapes everybody, Scott.

I told you about our welfare state and the position I'm in and now you just lie about it? On a board? That's weak man.
As for writing for this TB thing - at the time I did that, I also wrote for much more mags and rags and papers. I think I mentioned in one of my mails to you also what makes me go very slow these days, and what bugs me about TB. You now use false arguments to get a last drip of jizz out yr pickle in public. That's really weak again. For once, put that thing back were it belongs, in Coppens ass.

Come on now, you think you can win a verbal fight from me In My Second Hand Language? You big boy?
All you really wanna do is go into the bushes behind the playground and compare the lenght of eachothers Blah. Should I tell one more time about the ten releases I had planned for this year and how my businesspartner fucked me over big time? Nah. Before you know it, you think it's humor. And I don't care how much a label releases, hell, I couldn't care less. Getting fucked over is something that disturbs me a bit though.

Making jokes about my use of Englisch is a bit dumb, don't you think? Comin from an American. You don't even have a language, you just play scrabble with the other inmates all day. Just read these boards, you sorry ass prick. What the fuck have you done in your life, what have you achieved that makes you blow your own dick so often? You even know what hard work is? You remind me of the flakes that sell dope in our coffeeshops and are getting really, really tired from what they call Their Job: sitting on a barstool and smoke free pot 3 afternoons a week. Yes, it's tough out there. Why are you just being nasty here, my little poopydoo?? That one band of yours that everybody missed? I know, enough for a lifelong grudge against rock 'n roll. That you were invited to review that part of the package, if I understand your blah right, is an editorial mistake as big as a monster, or, a Cunning Plan.

Now watch it with the shit I told you in person, mr cheerleader.

PS1: Todd, I am not in the least troubled by the fact that The Evolutions weren't mentioned in SS's assgasballoon, nor the Blue Balls. Both are albums with another approach than the stuff that is brought to people as New by New Band!
This stuff is only 'new', because it's compiled, mastered and released. And it's brilliant basementpunk. By the way, glad you like the album.

PS2: And yes, SS, that's what I like to release: basementpunk, so you'll probably hate everything I ever am gonna put out. Although if I had the money I'd now be chasing an Italian band that does wave, yes, but this band is GOOD, too good to let go you know - oh no, you don't.
Just don't bother with my label. Go suck some Sub out off Pop. That's where you belong anyway.
Hell, you should be the logo from Sub Pop.
 

[SSR]

Nanne -

Let's put it this way: The fact that you take the over-the-top-ness that I wrote seriously means YOU LOSE! Not that this is some contest, but, lighten up, dutch boy. Three words and you go squirrelly. Five and you blow a biscuit. If I really had a beef with you I'd take it off the board and act as a reasonable, well mannered citizen of the world not some message board yay-who. So, please, climb down from the clock tower and find a dyke to put your finger in.  Smooth jazz, my friend. Smooth jazz.

[erickelric]

I think Tahiti Amin gets the idea.

And actually, it's Jeb's fault.

Finally, I think Tahiti Amin is a fucking hilarious name. 

Noreaster Fascists Unite!

[bradx]

the FACT that termibore SUCKS is no secret.  you can always start yer own website but that is nothing easy to do either.