Comments on: Music Writing: Hazardous To Your Well-Being

By: Mordy

Mordy — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:53:49 +0000

[www.absolutepunk.net]

I didn't mind Deryick (deryck? derick? whatever) bitching so much as the Sum 41 fans on his blog who threatened to hurt me, made anti-Semitic remarks, and were otherwise foaming at the mouth.
Actually, I didn't really mind that either. I kinda liked the brief pop-punk infamy.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:33:09 +0000

we ran a review of the last kid rock album @ my college paper and predictably gave it an awful rating, and somehow it got back to his ppl and his publicist sent the writer a scathing, illegible and error-ridden email w/ your typical “kid is more successful than you”, “kid gets more girls than you”, “kid has sold 6 million albums” etc. it was great. if i could find the email i would post it here.

By: Michaelangelo Matos

Michaelangelo Matos — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:10:06 +0000

Nate Patrin has a great Ryan Adams story for this (but who doesn’t?)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:05:37 +0000

When I was doing college radio at 19, the local paper did a story about the “wild success” of an online show where me and a co-host attracted 30 listeners an episode (eh, it’s Wisconsin). During it, I made a comment about Clear Channel DJ’s, waving foam fingers, playing pre-recorded sound effects, and watering down already tame Jay Leno jokes. Three days later, at the station’s CD sale fund-raiser, two balding goons in shirts advertising a local affiliate tried to strong arm my address out of the wheelchair-bound blues DJ that was manning the booth.

By: Cam/ron

Cam/ron — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:01:54 +0000

I’ve never had any physical threats against me but one gentleman and scholar wrote me a nasty e-mail for dissing his abuse of gabber techno. And then there are the blokes to complain to me about their appearances in the week’s police logs saying zingers like “I didn’t use a hammer to hit that guy, I used a crowbar!”

By: BakerStreetSaxSolo

BakerStreetSaxSolo — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:38:24 +0000

I have a colleague who was actually assaulted in the toilets of a local venue after he gave a band a bad review. They bashed his head against a urinal and then kicked him on the floor a few times. He didn’t tell the police, but venues are refusing to give the band gigs now, and we certainly won’t cover any.

By: gofreescout

gofreescout — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:55:18 +0000

Took a gob of spit in the face from a homeless man at my old day job (doorman), but as a critic I think the worst was getting called a “fucktard” or something similar by a Blitzen Trapper fan. But I could be repressing something.

By: beta.rogan

beta.rogan — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:02:30 +0000

@GovernmentNames: Nice. I wanted to make sure I didn't know anyone in said band.

After reading all of these comments, it makes writing about cars seem like the safest job in the world...

By: unperson

unperson — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:56:53 +0000

I got an angry email, including threats of physical violence, from Dimitri Coates of Burning Brides after I called him a douche in Alternative Press. Admittedly, the CD review in question was 50 percent favorable, and 50 percent asinine “we are the future of rock/we are the saviors of rock” type quotes from him, straight from the band’s then-latest press release. I was kinda curious how he got my email address, though.

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:01:41 +0000

@beta.rogan: If you really must know:
[weblogs.baltimoresun.com]
The best part is that to be exact it says "Check us out on iTunes! and fuck Al Shipley," which makes the latter part sound like a command.