================================================ Subject: Re: my reaction to the mean review From: "Lee Reed" To: Date: Sat 1 Dec 2001 09:17:41 -0500 ================================================ you go girl! dang! very nice! Lee (who didn't read the review, but obviously don't need to, either!) >From: Lindsay Hurni >> >Hey guys...I thought you might like to read this. I sent it to the >University of Michigan Daily editor... > >Dear Mr. Woomer and the The Michigan Daily, > > First and foremost, I would like to compliment Mr. Woomer for >proving a >point to the readers of his recent review of the new Creed album, >"Weathered." He did not prove the album’s worth or the band’s worth, >however, he did prove his worth as a writer. Plain and simple, this guy >must >not know anything about journalistic ethics, writing skills, or how to >write >a music review. > Coming from a college newspaper that has won many Pacemaker awards, >including one last month, I am utterly disappointed that a college >newspaper >would publish such a disgustlingly opinionated piece of work. > I write music reviews. I include opinion…but the one thing I do >when I >review a CD is listen to the album. Mr. Woomer obviously did not listen to >the album, because his review makes no comment about the music. Instead it >continues to bash the band, its past and its fans. > What is obvious, however, is that Mr. Woomer has an ignorant and >immature >hate for the band Creed. If someone is this opinionated about a band to >begin with, they should not be assigned to the review. > The irony of it all is that Creed has debuted at the No. 1 spot on >the >Billboard charts. It sold over 887,000 albums the first week after the >release of "Weathered." This album is only second to N’Sync’s "Celebrity" >which is in first for most record sales in a week, beating out Britney >Spears’ spot. People are buying this album. Mr. Woomer obviously bought >this album, unless he did what I suspect – not even listening to it at all! > I will offer you a lesson of advice. Go into a CD review with an >open mind. > Give every band the benefit of the doubt. And surely don’t use the word >"suckcore." I took the time to look the word up in the dictionary and to >my >surprise it did not exist. Do not make up words, Mr. Woomer. It only >ruins >your credibility and makes you look foolish. > Another point I have to make is that the headline: "Singlehandedly >defining new ‘suckcore’ genre: Weathered, Creed; Wind-Up Records," is the >most hideous headline I have ever read in the history of my journalism >profession. First and foremost, it is not a complete thought…which >headlines >are supposed to be. Second, the headline contains many errors. 1) >Single-handedly – this word is hyphenated. I didn’t even have to look that >up. 2) Like I said before, suckcore is not a word. 3) ‘Weathered’ should >have appeared with single quotes around it. And I’m not sure why you have a >semi-colon before Wind-Up Records. > I am not a fan of Britney Spears, but I gave the album the benefit >of the >doubt. I went in with an open mind. In the end, when the album proved no >talent, I decided the grade. I did not give the grade at the beginning >before I listened to it. That is unethical. > Mr. Woomer wrote: "Tell me it’d be hard to find a 15-year-old who >couldn’t >out-write Stapp." I’m not so sure a college student like yourself could >out-write Scott Stapp. > I’m not sure if I missed out on this, but if you use God’s name in >your >music, does it mean you are a Christian band? If I’m not mistaken, the >answer is no. Creed is not a Christian band. If Mr. Woomer had done his >background checking, like most professional journalists, he would have >known >that. What is wrong with having a faith in God anyway? There is obviously >something deeply wrong with Mr. Woomer. Call it jealousy, an immature hate, >or just plain stupidity, from my point of view, it seems Mr. Woomer could >use a little God in his life. Tell me "Woomy", what are YOU so depressed >about? > From what he writes, he has a profound hate for the world around >him. Is >Grand Rapids that bad? You lie in the bed you make, Mr. Woomer. If you >don’t like your fate, change it! > What one needs to realize is that this world is in constant motion >and >everything within it is changing. We can not expect music to not change >with it. If every band that came out wrote songs like Woody Guthrie and >Bob >Marley, people like Mr. Woomer would be doing the same thing. They’d make >the same harsh and rash comments about those artists trying to be like on >another as they do with Creed and Pearl Jam. > To bash the band, its family, its fans and even Americans who fly >American >flags from their cars is totally out of line. What is wrong with some >unity? It is people like Mr. Woomer that cause hate and violence. > I sure hope Mr. Woomer does not hope to pursue a career in >journalism. If >he does, he has a lot to learn. Even if he did, his recent review of the >new Creed album is not even worthy to lie next to a portfolio. Its worth >is >the bottom of a Dumpster. For a newspaper that is quite small (no one has >heard of it), I would expect to see publication with pride. Try to make a >name for yourself. That should be everyone’s goal. Creed made a name. >Mr. >Woomer surely is not helping you make yours. > As a journalism student I am aware that Mr. Woomer practiced his >writes to >the First Amendment. Now I am practicing mine. The difference between him >and the rest of the world, is that the latter are tactful. By the way, I >am >one of the 887,000 FANS that purchased the Creed album at 12 a.m. on Nov. >20. I have never heard an album with such passion and talent. >Unfortunately for Mr. Woomer, Creed will be a band his grandchildren hear >about years after he fails at his journalism profession. > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > >To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, >visit: >http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp