R.I.P. VMP Forum

Count_Vader said:
What's with Storf writing a puff piece on a Thomas Rhett album? I listened to the sample in the article. I hate to lick a dead horse, but as a Southerner I can say I'm sick to death of pop country. You can wrap it up in as pretty a bow as you want with an article. It's still trash
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He has always had a soft spot for bro country. One of my first ever conversations with him was calling him out for talking crap about people who like Uncle Tupelo. He said something about how the only people that like UT are elitists who look down on “real country.” I took exception to him trash talking the people who listen, not the music (a huge pet peeve).

As it turns out, he’s a really great dude with strong opinions. One of those opinions is that Thomas Rhett, et al., are great. I disagree, but again, he’s a great dude with strong opinions.
 
jamieanderson1968 said:
I did like the comment about the listening notes. I always read them but there are only a few that I have re-read. Most feeling like an essay written using only Wikipedia and really don't add much in opinion.
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I read the excerpts from the Sister Rosetta Tharpe album. Some "expert" that they dug up from somewhere made note of the hollow body guitar on the cover.

It's one if the most famous guitars in the world- a solid body Gibson Les Paul. A Les Paul Standard Gold Top without the Humbucker pickups. This is not hard to spot.

They need to hit the reset button and start over. Don't get me started on the tip on jacket for "A Night at the Opera". That album never had that type of jacket. It's flat out incorrect.

They are making me think of sleazy used car dealers that cover everything in Armor All to make things "shiny".
 
jamieanderson1968 said:
I did like the comment about the listening notes. I always read them but there are only a few that I have re-read. Most feeling like an essay written using only Wikipedia and really don't add much in opinion.
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I’ve expressed my lack of enthusiasm about the listening notes before, and I am very much in agreement with you regarding the quality. I do have to say the Al Green Call Me notes are better than most. Of course they were written by Robert Gordon who has made a sizeable chunk of his career on writing about Memphis music.

On that note, go read ‘Memphis Rent Party’ seriously. Buy the album of the same name while you’re at it. Great stuff.
 
HiFi Guy said:
I read the excerpts from the Sister Rosetta Tharpe album. Some "expert" that they dug up from somewhere made note of the hollow body guitar on the cover.

It's one if the most famous guitars in the world- a solid body Gibson Les Paul. A Les Paul Standard Gold Top without the Humbucker pickups. This is not hard to spot.
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Very easy mistake. The picture is really tiny, and VMP only sent him a scan of the thumbnail and he was really busy and he had a bunch of other papers to write and the exam schedule is really unfair this term. I heard you can get an extension if one of your grandparents dies? Is that right?
 
While venting about the listening notes, why did the Blossom Dearie booklet have to be pink? Part of what makes her story interesting is that she succeeded in a male-dominated field. I was thinking to myself when I first got the record, could VMP so stereotypical and simple minded? Nah. Yup, they sure could.

"What colour should the Blossom Dearie cover be?"
"Well with a name like it has to be pink. If we use any other colour our subscribers will surely complain."
 
Dash said:
He has always had a soft spot for bro country. One of my first ever conversations with him was calling him out for talking crap about people who like Uncle Tupelo. He said something about how the only people that like UT are elitists who look down on “real country.” I took exception to him trash talking the people who listen, not the music (a huge pet peeve).

As it turns out, he’s a really great dude with strong opinions. One of those opinions is that Thomas Rhett, et al., are great. I disagree, but again, he’s a great dude with strong opinions.
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I give Storf credit for being the only one on VMP's staff who cares about country. He's responsible for the Willie, Cody Jinks, Tanya Tucker, John Prine, Colter Wall and Loretta releases and exclusives. Without him, I'd bet we'd never see any country releases. I am surprised he'd like bro country though. When I have communicated with him, he tends to leans towards classic/outlaw and current trad country artists.
 
Biscuit said:
I give Storf credit for being the only one on VMP's staff who cares about country. He's responsible for the Willie, Cody Jinks, Tanya Tucker, John Prine, Colter Wall and Loretta releases and exclusives. Without him, I'd bet we'd never see any country releases. I am surprised he'd like bro country though. When I have communicated with him, he tends to leans towards classic/outlaw and current trad country artists.
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At the same time he owns multiple Florida Georgia Line Records. *Shudder*
 
HiFi Guy said:
I read the excerpts from the Sister Rosetta Tharpe album. Some "expert" that they dug up from somewhere made note of the hollow body guitar on the cover.

It's one if the most famous guitars in the world- a solid body Gibson Les Paul. A Les Paul Standard Gold Top without the Humbucker pickups. This is not hard to spot.

They need to hit the reset button and start over. Don't get me started on the tip on jacket for "A Night at the Opera". That album never had that type of jacket. It's flat out incorrect.

They are making me think of sleazy used car dealers that cover everything in Armor All to make things "shiny".
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My main complaint is the glossy jackets. It ruins the album art. It's not visible in areas that light hits and I hate staring at my own finger smudges..
 
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