On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 4:06 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it's unethical to give as superficial a review as that and yet try > to profit from it. > Larkin put some time and effort into making the record. The best they > could do is put some time and effort into writing a proper review.
You guys are making a big deal out of some very inconsequential nonsense and trying to conflate it into deep ethical issues. COme onnn...I don't have the energy for this... Obviously they're not trying to profit from it if they're giving it a bad review. They are discouraging people from buying it. They're a record store and they can't just not carry it because they don't like it. FFS. Can I get some "amens" from people who actually work at/run record stores?! > It's not unethical to sell work they think is weak - but to give a review > that reveals less than nothing of the musical work AND try to profit from > it, that's weak. Well, it's music, so you listen to it...And if you're familiar with the taste of the store, then it says more than it seems to I guess. Every online store, aside from the rare exception like Boomkat, just writes a sentence or two describing the style of the music and says "Tip!" or not. Hardwax says complete nonsense half of the time, I don't know who's writing their stuff these days. Otherwise most every store just copies the promo sheet, which makes me barf. When did words start mattering so much? I just listen to it. Or I go to Boomkat and read what they have to say. > If they don't have anything to say about it (and "it sucks beyond belief" > isn't saying anything) then they should not review it. I disagree. It made me laugh and it made me respect them for being honest. I only tell customers that records suck over the phone...
