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The Crawling Ear: Pictures Say At Least Six Hundred Words

James Greene, Jr.


Can you review music with just one picture? That's what James has been trying to do...

Published on Jul 23, 2008

Once again I must put on hold my exclusive detailed account of every single time I had sexual relations with the Ramones in order to address a more pertinent topic. Sorry, pinheads. Hopefully this nugget will tide you over until next week/two weeks from now/the pending Apocalypse: all Richie could talk about while he undressed me on that sweltering Summer night in Baton Rouge was getting a piece of the goddamn t-shirt money.

The Internet nearly exploded yesterday when über-hip music review site Pitchfork posted Scott Plagenhoef’s unique take on Partie Traumatic, the debut album from Florida rockers the Black Kids. Serious rock critics have their panties in a serious bunch over Plagenhoef’s forlorn LOLDogs, claiming this as the ultimate example of Pitchfork’s self-righteous stupidity. While I’m inclined to agree, I must also admit I’m slightly jealous that I didn’t think of turning in JPEGs for album reviews first. Sometimes you can’t quite get across in six hundred words what you can with a simple 500 pixel 43 kilobyte image.

Keeping that in mind, here’s a list of past and present albums I’ve never officially commented on linked to the pictures that best convey my feelings/opinions about them. Please, consider each image carefully and let me know in the comments if you agree. This is all about starting a trans-continental dialog. Let’s begin:

Pat Boone – In A Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy

U2 – October

Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs

The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street

The Replacements – Don’t Tell a Soul

The Clash – Combat Rock

Slipnot – Iowa

Feist – The Reminder

Now the fun part – discuss!

 

Users Comments

Re: The Crawling Ear: Pictures Say At Least Six Hundred Words
Posted By TVDust1 1 July 23, 2008 11:03:37 AM

Laughed like a fucking drain... Dude. Whatever peyote you're taking, can you airmail some over? I'll pick it up next time I'm in the DoG office. Just mark it 'Special Meat', ta!

Re: The Crawling Ear: Pictures Say At Least Six Hundred Words
Posted By RonHogan 1 July 23, 2008 12:40:03 PM

These pictures are making me think too damn much!
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