Re: [bomp] The New Rolling Stone Record Guide - Updated 2004 Version

[jumpinginthenight <jumpinginthenight@xxxxxxxxx>]

'97! Last time I spoke to Ira he was big on bands I had no interest in. But that was a while ago.

Rick McCullough <rsmccull@planetkc.com> wrote:
The Trouser Press guide hasn't been updated since '96. Is Ira Robbins intimidated by the
number of new releases since then?

HOODOO3005@aol.com wrote:

> Several Bomplisters in their twenties and thirties have commented that some
> version of The Rolling Stone Record Guide helped lead them to great obscure
> music they wouldn't hear on the radio.
>
> Now a new one is out. Browsed through it yesterday. Truthfully, I don't feel
> the need to buy it. Not that its bad, and not that I've burned out on music
> (far from it), it just doesn't tell me anything I don't know. And this is
> coming from somebody who bought the previous three editions.
>
> It's a good read for what it is, but I think the people who will get the
> most mileage out of this new version are younger, newer crate diggers coming up.
> You know how the TV show GILMORE GIRLS has that one Korean character in her
> late teens who plays drums in a quasi-garage bands and hunts down CD reissues
> she read about in Mojo magazine? Well, if she existed in the real world, the
> new R.S.R.G. would be for her (or any other person that age seeking out
> better music than what they hear on the radio).
>
> For me, probably the best feature of the first two Guides were the reviews
> of the one-album wonders. Even if I knew I'd never want any albums by Laverne
> & Shirley or Zuider Zee, it was still good for a giggle. Guide #3 scaled back
> on the no-hitters, and now this new one states firmly that the only artists
> they'll review are the ones who people will be still curious about 5-10 years
> from now. (I didn't see an entry for Color Me Badd, if anybody
> wonders...although Bell Biv Devoe made it.) Understandable - AMG probably took care of the
> flashes-in-the-pan, and there's way too many releases in print to write
> about everything. It's a nice way to kill time if there's a Borders nearby, but
> unless somebody buys me a copy I can't see getting it of my own accord.
>
> Any opinions here, if anybody's seen it?
>
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