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    Rocket Surgeon Swish's Avatar
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    Speaking of Paste magazine (Finch)...

    ...a recent edition had a 'letter to the editor' from none other than Joseph Arthur, and it was pretty tough on the magazine itself. Turns out it was his review of the magazine, and not really a letter to the editor, but the message rang out loud and clear;

    A CHALLENGE TO PASTE BY JOSEPH ARTHUR
    Paste should be more like its name
    Meaning it should smack you about more
    Have reviews by poets like me about itself
    (hey wait a minute)
    Paste should take more chances
    Offend more
    Be more misunderstood
    It tries too hard to appeal to some fantastical
    demographic of pretend people who like
    pretend music
    Singing pretend songs
    To plastic ears bleeding internally into a brain
    folding over itself just because
    Paste is a caricature of itself
    If it were a color it would be beige


    Talk about getting pasted. Actually, I sort of like the magazine, but they do tend to fall all over themselves to give lofty reviews to many artists, and undeservedly so in many cases. I really don't pay much attention to their reviews, and would rather heed the advice to some of you here at RR, although not 100% of the time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swish
    ...a recent edition had a 'letter to the editor' from none other than Joseph Arthur, and it was pretty tough on the magazine itself. Turns out it was his review of the magazine, and not really a letter to the editor, but the message rang out loud and clear;

    A CHALLENGE TO PASTE BY JOSEPH ARTHUR
    Paste should be more like its name
    Meaning it should smack you about more
    Have reviews by poets like me about itself
    (hey wait a minute)
    Paste should take more chances
    Offend more
    Be more misunderstood
    It tries too hard to appeal to some fantastical
    demographic of pretend people who like
    pretend music
    Singing pretend songs
    To plastic ears bleeding internally into a brain
    folding over itself just because
    Paste is a caricature of itself
    If it were a color it would be beige


    Talk about getting pasted. Actually, I sort of like the magazine, but they do tend to fall all over themselves to give lofty reviews to many artists, and undeservedly so in many cases. I really don't pay much attention to their reviews, and would rather heed the advice to some of you here at RR, although not 100% of the time.

    Swish
    Thanks- I hadn't noticed the letter. And like you, I don't really heed the reviews. But then again, I don't with almost all mags. I just look at the pics.

    fp

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