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Bloom County. The middle years were awesome, but the final two or three years were vile. Sloppy art, lame jokes, characters not acting like themselves...yuck.
Lost. Loved Season One, but I thought Season Two was toxically bad, especially *n* L*c**, and the show never recovered.
Strawberries. Loved them until fairly recently, now they make me sick.
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The Democratic Party.
Tori Amos. Liked her first CD, but then I made the mistake of reading one of her interviews. That ruined everything for me that came afterward. (These days, I try like mad never to read the opinions of artists whose work I admire. It's so much better being ignorant.) Also, I met so many of her fans on the 'net (and a couple IRL) that turned out to be mega-pretentious, astoundingly self-important wankers.
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Yeah, as a rule, I avoid fansites for pop stars. I got burned really badly by a few. The saddest part is that the few nice fans get drowned out by all the incessant brouhaha.
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Guns and Roses. Their first album was a refreshing slap in the face from all the hair metal that had been happening in the 80's (not that all of that was terrible mind you.)
Then...they turned into a parody of themselves, and then it got worse from there.
CAnnot really listen to anything outside that first album, and even that makes me cringe.
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quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lady: Yeah, as a rule, I avoid fansites for pop stars. I got burned really badly by a few. The saddest part is that the few nice fans get drowned out by all the incessant brouhaha.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I love jazz but in general I don't love jazz fansites. Too much egotistical wankery, and too many hopeless snobs who want to save their precious toys from the unwashed masses and their grubby plebian paws. (Sort of like some comics sites, sad to say.)
Carrying that further, sometimes in the internet age, I've found out things I would have rather not known about the politics of jazz critics, some of whom were my indispensable guides when I was discovering the music in a big way. There are some who have amazingly Neanderthal views on things other than music. Now I wince when I see their names on the liner notes in my collection.
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quote:Originally posted by Dev - Em: Guns and Roses. Their first album was a refreshing slap in the face from all the hair metal that had been happening in the 80's (not that all of that was terrible mind you.)
Then...they turned into a parody of themselves, and then it got worse from there.
CAnnot really listen to anything outside that first album, and even that makes me cringe.
Yeah, I loved (most) hair metal, but I loved GnR, too...at first.
I do think the good bits of their all-covers album "The Spaghetti Incident" are almost as great as the first album, though. For that matter, I'd also rate their Wings and Dylan covers from the "Illusion" albums. But their original material...yeesh.
quote:Originally posted by Fanfic Lady: Yeah, as a rule, I avoid fansites for pop stars. I got burned really badly by a few. The saddest part is that the few nice fans get drowned out by all the incessant brouhaha.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I love jazz but in general I don't love jazz fansites. Too much egotistical wankery, and too many hopeless snobs who want to save their precious toys from the unwashed masses and their grubby plebian paws. (Sort of like some comics sites, sad to say.)
Carrying that further, sometimes in the internet age, I've found out things I would have rather not known about the politics of jazz critics, some of whom were my indispensable guides when I was discovering the music in a big way. There are some who have amazingly Neanderthal views on things other than music. Now I wince when I see their names on the liner notes in my collection.
Oh, entertainment journalism is definitely something I went from loving to hating. Most critics are just in it for the perks, IMO. And even some of the ones who genuinely love what they write about have an apalling sense of self-importance. About the only living one I can still tolerate is Nick Kent, whose recent "Apathy for the Devil" memoirs showed a refreshingly mature view of his youthful bad behavior.
quote:Originally posted by Dev - Em: Guns and Roses. Their first album was a refreshing slap in the face from all the hair metal that had been happening in the 80's (not that all of that was terrible mind you.)
Then...they turned into a parody of themselves, and then it got worse from there.
CAnnot really listen to anything outside that first album, and even that makes me cringe.
Yeah, I loved (most) hair metal, but I loved GnR, too...at first.
I do think the good bits of their all-covers album "The Spaghetti Incident" are almost as great as the first album, though. For that matter, I'd also rate their Wings and Dylan covers from the "Illusion" albums. But their original material...yeesh.
I will admit to still liking Live and Let Die.
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They're funny the first time you see them, and then it gets boring. Chappelle, Seinfeld, Mencia, and many many more.
The one MAJOR exception for me is Steven Wright. He get's funnier all the time, and he can do the same set (or I can watch the old HBO special) over and over and it never gets old to me.
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Geoff Johns. His original JSA and the first part of his Flash runs were great, but then he went off the rails. I honestly think he got too big and at some point his editors failed to hold him in check, and suddenly half-baked ideas and ultra-violence proliferated. I also think he took on too many titles and the quality substantially dropped (compare an early book to his current output in regards to splash pages/ word count, etc).
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quote:Originally posted by Dave Hackett: Geoff Johns. His original JSA and the first part of his Flash runs were great, but then he went off the rails. I honestly think he got too big and at some point his editors failed to hold him in check, and suddenly half-baked ideas and ultra-violence proliferated. I also think he took on too many titles and the quality substantially dropped (compare an early book to his current output in regards to splash pages/ word count, etc).
100% agree.
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This could just as easily go in Quislet's thread about dropping religion, but... quite a few aspects of the faith I was born to. In particular that whole "The Chosen People of God" thing has some seriously problematic applications in the real world.
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