Truth be told Victoria, you're a strange lot! Pretty wimpy on most fronts. The Art is mediocre to poor at best. The food is trying. The music....this seems to be your strong point.
The cliqueee night life is quite disappointing. Not much can get done as far as creating a well rounded counter culture to birth greatness from if you don't mix yourselves up a bit.
Also, you are a real whiney bunch. This isn't cold! Go anywhere else in Canada or the northern U.S. and you will freeze your tight little babied asses off!
Anyhow, I am back! And for this entry I am making a best of and worst of list. I'm sure I'm on many of your worst of lists, but then again, I'm also on many of your best ofs.
Worst bands I've seen since coming to Victoria-
Electric Empress
Whatever that last act was at the Camas benefit show at Logans last tuesday. Chicken Man.
A Day in the Life
VonBones
Kristian Values/Babysitter
Boys and Girls TV club
Growler
Techromancer
Zolabud
Year of the Rat
And a few I'm sure I have forgotten
Best Bands/acts I've had the plaesure to see since arriving here-
Leonard Cohen (I know he's not local,but he is Canadian so does he count?)
Slam Dunk
High Arctic
Run Chico Run
Himalayan Bear
The Poor Choices
The Revolutionary Cyborg Band
The Role models
Whatever that band was at Talk is Cheap that night I went
Bank Robber (though they might as well be Slam Dunk)
Fujiya Yakimoto in a couple of months if they stay together
Best Venue-
Logans
Talk is Cheap
Sugar
Open Space
Worst-
Rehab
Save on Foods
Lucky
That place under the sticky wicket
Whatever the 50/50 in hindsight seems to hold promise. Some of the artists works I've seen outside of the gallery and on their own accord hold some merit and hope.
I can see how if one were to step outside of a scene here how they could get some work done. The arts are a funny thing in this city. The Art gallery truly sucks dicks and the lack of direction among the creative spirit is encouraged by the people who run this city.
WTF?! That seems to be where the real problem here is. A major lack of support and funding. This town is filled to the brim with the filthy rich, and they seem to do nothing to help it's culture grow and flourish.
Truth Be told Victoria I would love to suck you off if you had the balls to come all over the place!
Much love,
Max xo
Since your writing lacks clarity and structure, the last paragraph that you wrote doesn't make any sense. Are you saying that that the fifty fifty "sucks dicks" or that the Victoria Art Gallery does? I am assuming it is the latter, considering the comment about "people who run this city".
ReplyDeleteEither way, sick to your day job Max! Or take some serious crash courses in critical writing. You are heavy on the opinions, yet it is unclear what you are trying to say most of the time.
worst blog of yours yet.. they seem to be steadily crumbling into a complete waste of time..
ReplyDeleteVictoria mediocrity seems to have affected you quicker than most... this is the most mediocre, trivial writing I've seen lately.... step out.. do something creative with your voice..
Leonard Cohen good... Electric Empress bad... Logans good.. Rehab Bad..
Fuck! Let down! Get on it Max.. you had a little something here and could have done something with it but this last post is super lame.
oh and max.. I think you're an anonymous idiot as well, no? Your blog reads like a map for hipsters.. "Listen to Slam Dunk, Go to Logans, Leonard Cohen can have my babies, Element is bad."
ReplyDeleteYet at the same time you're (i think) trying to criticize victoria for being so cliquee unwilling to 'mingle'... yeesh.
Here's my best and worst list for local music/art review blogs..
Good: http://bandnight.blogspot.com
Bad:http://truthbetoldvictoria.blogspot.com
Whatever. Yor blog sucks big time. Blogs suck big time. Your blog centres on crap bands of one specific genre that dismisses hipsters. I am no hipster,but I certainly do not dismiss them.
ReplyDelete@ Max - Let us know when you start your own super, awesome, amazing, never-a-dull moment art/venue space that only ever has the people who are as infinitely as cool as you in attendance. I'm sure it would be so much fun to hang out with a bunch of pouty hipster bloggers standing around in a silverfish-free corner, comparing sweaty armpit stories. Victoria will be forever indebted to you.
ReplyDeleteWell said Renee!!!
ReplyDeleteNext time you're at the 50/50 introduce yourself, lose your anonymity (Brian Hotdog, Maxine E. Shit's On Yah). That way we can ask you to politely leave, cause you really have no idea about what's going on and it's super annoying that you keep associating yourself with us. Stop posting your blog trash on our facebook wall.
Max.. its not my blog.. and regardless on what the focus on.. the writting is a million times better than yours.. he disses but explains why and offers critiques and explains his position.. based on your writting, your blog seemingly focus on 'crap bands' too..
ReplyDeletewhy you so defensive?
you should hook up with that drunken asshole that used to run the Ministry of Casual Living a few years back. He hates everything too, although, he tended to say it directly to peoples faces.
ReplyDeleteI'm saying it directly to your face. Unless of coarse your eyes aren't on your face. Potato.
ReplyDeleteI don't hate everything. You probably just think I should not hate what you love. That's fine. Potato.
Anyone on his "bad" list should really take it as a compliment. If this guy doesn't like you you're probably doing something right. Where oh where can we find your stunning artistic output Max? You know whats really the problem with this town is holier-than-thou too cool hipsters who have a specific criteria for what is or is not "cool" or good. What would be nice is some community spirit, help foster some of the creativity you seek in this town. It's easy to sit and complain from a keyboard, much harder to put yourself out there.
ReplyDeleteCourse. Not Coarse. And you aren't saying it directly. You're 'hiding' behind a computer and anonymity. Which is fine.. if that's what you're into.
ReplyDeleteI would say less less 'holier-than-thou too cool hipster' more 'old bitter has been'.
less less
ReplyDeletePotato
interesting how you removed my comment... the one about "unconventional instrumentation" remember?
ReplyDeletelooks like somebody cant handle a little truth.
always fixes the comments//
ReplyDeletethis blog is a perpetual train wreck/
and that's what holds the crowd
soon
the big decaying corpse/
is going to
start to stink
Agreed this is like a trainwrek you cant ake your eyes off of. Can someone please explain "potato" to me?
ReplyDeleteHave any of you seen these bands? Did you catch the closing act for Camas benefit? Have you heard Zola Bud do Walk on the Wild Side? Year of the Rat do Cranberries? I didn't think so. Or if you have, you're probably in the band or close friends of or don't have a clue about music. Sounding like Joy Division or The Velvet Underground isn't enough. Original thought is hard to come by, these bands on my worst of are far far far away from one. Other than chicken man. He's originally terrible. But you would like him if you like shit in your face.
ReplyDeletePOTATOES!
ReplyDeletetotal washed up wannabe hipster geezer.
ReplyDeleteeat a pickled potato. prickle a nickle platted pillow. apalgro, constalatio, human turnips lined up in a line, studying the mishaps of easter island. Performing. strange. misanthropic. syncopated fellatio rituals. once again said, eat a pickled potato.
ReplyDeletei believe, being unknown is the only true way of giving an honest review. That way its not a personal attack. If someone thinks that something really sucks, whats wrong with saying it. Its also great seeing how defensive people are. That must mean they believe in what they are doing, or support. The art world needs to be constantly shaken up. Also its in need of more humor, the ability to make fun of its self.
ReplyDelete"
ReplyDeleteCriticism is the judgement of the goods and faults of the work or actions of an individual or group by another (the critic). To criticize does not necessarily imply to find fault, but the word is often taken to mean the simple expression of an objection against prejudice, or a disapproval.
Another meaning of criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature, social movements, film, arts, and similar objects and events. The goal of this type of criticism is to understand the work or event more thoroughly. "
WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE CRITICISM
WE WANT A HIGHER OF WRITING
WHY DOESN'T ANYONE GET THIS
LEVEL
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ReplyDeletehaahah
ReplyDeleteI want a higher writing as well!
Personally I think this caper succeeds with a quick, crude writing style. It gets the point across, however trivial they may seem. I find it funny. Perhaps if there is something really good to write about, then that subject deserves a more thoughtful review. but what the hell do I know about these things, i just work here!
take care
L.
One bad artist is worth more than 100 good art critics. And you Madame, are not even a good art critic.
ReplyDeleteperhaps this is the art form, and you are part of what those turtle neckers call "a happening".
ReplyDeleteOr i am the madame and this is my house you ugly little whores. Give me your 2cents and do your fucking job.
ReplyDeleteperhaps i can sew you a pink foreskin turtle neck, to hide you identity in public. With a catheter and matching neon green colostomy bag attached to the mouth hole to catch your filthy drippings of cottage cheese verbal discharge.
ReplyDeletei suffer from insomnia. so not really, well i was just cleaning my bathtub if that counts. shoving panties down throats, now that does sound novel. I always thought the worse torture, or at least one of them would be dehydrating someone, shaving their head, and making them eat their own hair. However shoving panties down their throat would be a nice dessert. Kind of like the cherry on top of a frosted layer cake. You people are sick!!! Potty mouthed perverts,Reveal your selves, I have.
ReplyDeleteyaaaawn, max is so 2010.
ReplyDeleteLyle, you my friend are the best thing to happen to this blog. Some serious twisted gold you got there.
ReplyDeletethank you Steve. Thats very kind of you.
ReplyDeleteI have more poetic filth here if your interested.
http://cactusjournals.blogspot.com/
I love how week after week Max stirs the shit pot, and everybody still reads it! You all hate max so much but you keep reading Max's posts.
ReplyDeleteBad spelling, bad sentence structure aside, you all keep reading, waiting to make one of Max's posts. Face it, Max can make or break you now, Max is here to stay!
way to go Max ;)
And yes, a true critic remains anonymous..
max can make or break?... hahahahhah thats funny... almost as funny as 'a true critic remains anonymous'.. a troll remains anonymous.. an ugly aging wannabe hipster remains anonymous..
ReplyDeletethere is nothing critical or critique like in maxs writting.. he's a bored, lonely person who needs some friends.
max your blog is almost as poorly and drunkenly written as mine now! i'm touched!
ReplyDeleteboys and girls t.v. club are cooler than bank robber and slam dunk but you can catch real reviews at:
http://jackoffvideotape.blogspot.com/
http://jackoffvideotape.blogspot.com/
I'm not really sure why everyone gets so upset about this thing. I mean, my band has been regularly trashed in this blog, but I still welcome somebody who is willing to go and engage with the arts scene and give an honest opinion.
ReplyDeleteA lot of what he/she says about Victoria culture is unfortunately true. Get over it and prove her/him wrong if you feel the need.
Wondering what makes a good band or bad band in his books. Doesn't seem to be any reasoning to it. Is it a taste thing or is it a performance thing or is it musicianship. Hard to know. I suppose anyone can make a list though
ReplyDeleteI saw zolabud at the coolaid benefit, Nov 11 and they rocked!!!! Don't know what you're talking about Max
ReplyDeletemax doesnt know what max is talking about.
ReplyDeleteKind of a shitty Bad list, Id put VonBones in with the Role Models. Fun bands to watch! The Singer in VonBones has a wicked scream!
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ReplyDeleteWe gave you a plug on our event page! Best be comin out to see us with a full lineup ;)
Well Max for every ten people that tells us they love they way we do walk on the wild side there has to be one that doesn't and that's fine. To each their own. But could you at least get the name right it's Zolabud. And while trying to have fun with a tune we like might not be an origianl idea it seems to be one that makes alot of people happy. And isn't that what music is all about? But thanks for the support.
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