ilX thread on Bittersweet World

[koganbot]

Discussion of Bittersweet World over on ilX. Features Tim Finney, Alfred Soto, Chuck Eddy, Dave Moore, me. Tim is on the fence, hears a lot in the album (and that there's a lot more to hear) but thinks it lacks what he loved about previous alb, says that her suddenly coming across as Gwen-style gonzo eccentric seems forced. Dave introduces the Vicky Valentine alter ego; Chuck doesn't hear so much Gwen, says that stuff like "Boyfriend" is precedent for the new wavey, dance-oriented rock of "Outta My Head," "Rulebreaker," "Boys," and "Ragdoll." I complain about the paleness of my own writing.

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[weasel-seeker.livejournal.com]

Wow. Left one comment and went for dinner only to find the thread exploding into something resembling a full fledged discussion.

Working theory: while the TeenPop thread insulated the discussion in some ways, allowing for interesting discussion without needing to constantly re-establish terms of debate, it also warned off people from posting in it (for a variety of stupid reasons, or simply due to the disparateness of topic and its "rolling" nature). Individual threads like the Bittersweet World one might be more open to occasional stupidity or a need to hash over old debates, but also focus the content on a specific piece of music to confront and thus lends itself less to broad-based trolling that lacks a solid intellectual foundation.