ACL Live at the Moody Theater
A Black Eye for Austin?
RECEIVED Fri., July 1, 2005
Dear Editor,
Re: The Willie Graham Legg-Perthes benefit at the Saxon Pub [“Texas Platters,” Music, July 1]. Seems to be a bit of a bias on the part of Margaret Moser, even when reviewing a benefit. Why is it that bands that donate not only musical performances but also have members donating artwork get barely a line of mention in her articles? Seems a bit of censorship taking place on her part as well. Not what Austin needs, or should desire. Looks to be a black eye on Austin music, especially with threads popping up at places like Tribe.net, MySpace.com, and more established band sites like the message boards at Killing-Joke.com with a heavy global readership.
So be objective and give a full review of the bands that contributed their time and effort to this great cause. It really seems like she has a personal issue with certain bands, and also seemed to lose sight as to why everyone was there. I think given the purpose of why these bands played this show, every band deserves a good review of their set. This latest review, and many before it, just looks lazily done with a complete failure to even give a decent mention to all the bands that played. It is one thing to say you dislike a band's music and give the reasons why, as opposed to just saying so-and-so played. That takes no effort and is a shortcut to actual thinking.
Re: The Willie Graham Legg-Perthes benefit at the Saxon Pub [“Texas Platters,” Music, July 1]. Seems to be a bit of a bias on the part of Margaret Moser, even when reviewing a benefit. Why is it that bands that donate not only musical performances but also have members donating artwork get barely a line of mention in her articles? Seems a bit of censorship taking place on her part as well. Not what Austin needs, or should desire. Looks to be a black eye on Austin music, especially with threads popping up at places like Tribe.net, MySpace.com, and more established band sites like the message boards at Killing-Joke.com with a heavy global readership.
So be objective and give a full review of the bands that contributed their time and effort to this great cause. It really seems like she has a personal issue with certain bands, and also seemed to lose sight as to why everyone was there. I think given the purpose of why these bands played this show, every band deserves a good review of their set. This latest review, and many before it, just looks lazily done with a complete failure to even give a decent mention to all the bands that played. It is one thing to say you dislike a band's music and give the reasons why, as opposed to just saying so-and-so played. That takes no effort and is a shortcut to actual thinking.
Joe Mojica
