I never will claim to be the cream of the crop when it comes to writing about music. Even if someday I achieve greatness writing about music, I will not stoop to the level of Rochester’s local music critic, Jeff Spevak. Spevak turned an article about a very entertaining, yet still unsigned, local band to complete rubbish by comparing them to Teddy Geiger because they have a strong internet presence. If you read the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, you may have noticed Spevak’s virtual hard-on for Teddy Geiger’s boring made for tv music. There’s a plethora of music coming in and out of Rochester but now that we have Teddy Geiger, he is now the be all to which any music that gets heard out of Rochester is compared to. So this is a note to Mr. Spevak .. I am taking you to task. Stop it before it gets worse.
And yet, I should not be surprised. Spevak once called the bands who appear at the Bug Jar “significant national acts of no importance.”
Comments (1)
That article reeks of cluelessness: "one of those myspace sites that's all the rage." Yes, sort of like that Google thing all the kids are talking about. Isn't a music critic supposed to look forward? He views the music world from a perspective that's 10 years out of date.
But I must disagree with you on one point: Jeff's hard-on for Teddy G is not merely virtual, it is actual.
Posted by Rottenchester | April 7, 2006 3:28 PM
Posted on April 7, 2006 15:28