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Visit Metal-Sludge for a nice site with a complete no-bullshit attitude. Though you have to be into the music demographic it's targetting, you can't help but appreciate it's complete no-frills approach. They hand out a "Super Balls Award" to people they like.

Check out this review of a Metal Edge issue for a classic example of everything people are talking about here regarding music journalists, and why Metal-Sludge is such a great juxtaposition.

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"I sat in the "vinyl" room at a Milford, CT, specialty shop, and thumbing through the goods, I was as excited by the fabric and texture of the merchandise, as I was the potential that it represented. The exhilaration ran through my body like an invigorating rush."

Dude, you need to get fucking laid! If you're that excited about how vinyl feels, just think what a breast is going to feel like. I love a good record store as much as the next guy but come the fuck on!

"And I felt young again, with all the sensibility of an adult who knew even better. I reveled in the spirit of youth, while basking in the glow of maturity."

Seriously, who in their right mind talks like that? If a friend came up to you and said that you'd naturally assume that they were on Xtasy and tell them to go into rehab. The only reason to write like that is to impress yourself or other writers. Normal fans don't want to read that shit and normal people don't talk like that. It's pretentious. It's trying too hard to sound intelligent and deep. This is Metal Fucking Edge, not a Tom Clancy novel. People want to read shit like Maxim, Blender, Metal Sludge, etc. Real stuff, as if you were talking to a friend, not pompous shit like, "I reveled in the spirit of youth, while basking in the glow of maturity."

This is how I would write Paul's story: "I went to a record store and they had like a vinyl section in the back, you know, LPs and stuff, so I checked that shit out and it was cool. Got some good stuff." See, how hard was that? Simple and straight to the point. You got what I was saying. At no point in my 2 sentences did I ever sound like I was playing with my cock while holding albums.

Or their Random Thoughts On VH-1's 100 Most Metal Moments. Hilarious stuff. You can't help realizing how over-seriously music journalists take themselves.

Visit Metal-Sludge for a nice site with a complete no-bullshit attitude. Though you have to be into the music demographic it's targetting, you can't help but appreciate it's complete no-frills approach. They hand out a "Super Balls Award" to people they like.

Check out this review of a Metal Edge issue for a classic example of everything people are talking about here regarding music journalists, and why Metal-Sludge is such a great juxtaposition.

Snippet:


"I sat in the "vinyl" room at a Milford, CT, specialty shop, and thumbing through the goods, I was as excited by the fabric and texture of the merchandise, as I was the potential that it represented. The exhilaration ran through my body like an invigorating rush."

Dude, you need to get fucking laid! If you're that excited about how vinyl feels, just think what a breast is going to feel like. I love a good record store as much as the next guy but come the fuck on!

"And I felt young again, with all the sensibility of an adult who knew even better. I reveled in the spirit of youth, while basking in the glow of maturity."

Seriously, who in their right mind talks like that? If a friend came up to you and said that you'd naturally assume that they were on Xtasy and tell them to go into rehab. The only reason to write like that is to impress yourself or other writers. Normal fans don't want to read that shit and normal people don't talk like that. It's pretentious. It's trying too hard to sound intelligent and deep. This is Metal Fucking Edge, not a Tom Clancy novel. People want to read shit like Maxim, Blender, Metal Sludge, etc. Real stuff, as if you were talking to a friend, not pompous shit like, "I reveled in the spirit of youth, while basking in the glow of maturity."

This is how I would write Paul's story: "I went to a record store and they had like a vinyl section in the back, you know, LPs and stuff, so I checked that shit out and it was cool. Got some good stuff." See, how hard was that? Simple and straight to the point. You got what I was saying. At no point in my 2 sentences did I ever sound like I was playing with my cock while holding albums.

Or their Random Thoughts On VH-1's 100 Most Metal Moments. Hilarious stuff. You can't help realizing how over-seriously music journalists take themselves.

Visit Metal-Sludge for a nice site with a complete no-bullshit attitude. Though you have to be into the music demographic it's targetting, you can't help but appreciate it's complete no-frills approach. They hand out a "Super Balls Award" to people they like.

Check out this review of a Metal Edge issue for a classic example of everything people are talking about here regarding music journalists, and why Metal-Sludge is such a great juxtaposition.

Snippet:


"I sat in the "vinyl" room at a Milford, CT, specialty shop, and thumbing through the goods, I was as excited by the fabric and texture of the merchandise, as I was the potential that it represented. The exhilaration ran through my body like an invigorating rush."

Dude, you need to get fucking laid! If you're that excited about how vinyl feels, just think what a breast is going to feel like. I love a good record store as much as the next guy but come the fuck on!

"And I felt young again, with all the sensibility of an adult who knew even better. I reveled in the spirit of youth, while basking in the glow of maturity."

Seriously, who in their right mind talks like that? If a friend came up to you and said that you'd naturally assume that they were on Xtasy and tell them to go into rehab. The only reason to write like that is to impress yourself or other writers. Normal fans don't want to read that shit and normal people don't talk like that. It's pretentious. It's trying too hard to sound intelligent and deep. This is Metal Fucking Edge, not a Tom Clancy novel. People want to read shit like Maxim, Blender, Metal Sludge, etc. Real stuff, as if you were talking to a friend, not pompous shit like, "I reveled in the spirit of youth, while basking in the glow of maturity."

This is how I would write Paul's story: "I went to a record store and they had like a vinyl section in the back, you know, LPs and stuff, so I checked that shit out and it was cool. Got some good stuff." See, how hard was that? Simple and straight to the point. You got what I was saying. At no point in my 2 sentences did I ever sound like I was playing with my cock while holding albums.

Or their Random Thoughts On VH-1's 100 Most Metal Moments. Hilarious stuff. You can't help realizing how over-seriously music journalists take themselves.

Metal-Sludge also turned five today.

Exactly! That's why I listen to metal. I swear there's not a good looking one in the bunch.

Talk about deja-vu...

Xix.

Metal Sludge, true to predicted form, trashed Metallica for their attitude and their music saying the stuff being copied sucks so badly these days.
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Metal Sludge, true to predicted form, trashed Metallica for their attitude and their music saying the stuff being copied sucks so badly these days.
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And your sister-in-law doesn't have drooling groupies following her around all the time either. She probably enjoys the relative anonymity such a job brings. No "fans" following her around at night, begging for autographs or wanting to drool down her cleavage.

Well, they haven't started talking about this on Metal Sludge yet, so they are safe. I was contemplating bringing it up to them. They love to rant on Metallica anyway.

If Metallica were smart, they'd not bother with a new record contract for a while and give something like mp3.com a whirl for a new album, or just contribute tracks on their schedule and not when the record company is breathing down their backs, threatening them with sending in another producer. Heck, any successful performance artist should be able to move into the MP3 domain and tell the RIAA to go find a new source of revenue.
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