Last week's Noise piece by Josh Bell on Alter Bridge—apparently a band of some sort—drew this tart response:
Its apparent you really didn't listen to the riffs closey. Creed riffs? You mean Tremonti riffs, right? No, they don't sound like "generic Creed." If you honestly were educated on music theory, you would know that these riffs are MUCH more technical than anything Tremonti wrote in Creed. I don't mean to be too critical, but I think you should be more knowledgeable on the differences between Creed and Alter Bridge. As a guitarist, learning all the Creed songs were fairly easy. The Alter Bridge songs, I have had quite a bit of trouble with. Tremonti's guitar- playing on this album is head and shoulders above than anything with Creed. Of course, there are security blanket songs like: "Down to My Last" and "Open Your Eyes," but even they are more technical. The solos, now there is something Tremo didn't do much in Creed. I think people that compare these two bands are simply jumping on the bandwagon. The bands are nothing alike.
That is all.
Editor's note: To ensure that nothing like this happens again, we have dutifully enrolled Josh in a Continuing Education course, "Comparative Music Theory: The Relative Technical Difficulties Between Creed and Alter Bridge." He really wanted the three-credit course on Finnish goth-metal, but we insisted.
It is November, so I don't believe it is too early for a much-needed New Year's resolution for our fine city. I propose we ban the ubiquitously annoying phrase "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" and all variations thereof (Cheetah's, Palms, I'm looking at you).
However, to prove there are no hard feelings towards the marketing genius behind this campaign, I will even submit the final entry. What happens in Vegas while you are coked up in your unbuttoned shiny shirt while some stripper relieves you of last week's paycheck stays in Vegas.
Josh Bell, still reeling from the twin assaults from Alter Bridge fans and peevish Hilary Duff fanatics, received this kind note from Ken Johnson, radio star, after his review last week of the film Saw.
Nice review!
I wish I could articulate my thoughts as well. You said in three paragraphs what would have taken me three hours, but I do have all that time to fill.
And I especially liked "thisclose."
Editor's Note: Josh picked up "thisclose" from the Continuing Education class, "Specious Etymology: How to Impress People of Moderate Intelligence Using Made-Up Words." You're never too old to keep learning.
A source close to the Weekly editor writes:
Did you vote???????
Last week, we ran a batch of letters from Hilary Duff fans angry at our negative review of her latest film. Because we thought the, um, grammatical deficiencies of those notes said something about the state of American adolescence—something frightening, involving grammar—we ran them unedited. This week, the exchange continues:
Just a thought regarding the letter from "Pissed Hillary Duff Fan" in the October 28 issue:
Wow. Clearly, Hooked on Phonics will never replace a true education.
Thank you for your continued policy of publishing all sorts of viewpoints, and for reading mine.
I would like to know how much education did this Hilary Duff fan have. She or he didn't get farther than the 3rd grade. Grammar is very poor or else they might be dyslexic. How could you print a letter like this? They should of used spell check. Thank you.
Editor's note: Should have, indeed. (We should have, too; we misspelled Hilary in that headline.)