{"id":824,"date":"2006-06-26T13:41:43","date_gmt":"2006-06-26T12:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/?p=824"},"modified":"2015-07-12T15:57:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-12T15:57:54","slug":"we-dont-want-no-war-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2006\/06\/we-dont-want-no-war-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"we don\u2019t want no war tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s very gratifying so see it all kicking off in the comments boxes<\/a> below.<\/p>\n

To give him fair credit, Red Eye has clearly paid his dues with this stuff. He’s thought about it a lot. If he is who I think he is, he’s been to endless sessions, bought tunes and given enough love to things he appreciates. There’s enough material in his postings to disagree with (not least the stuff about the last 10 years of reggae, which warrants another post) but he has touched a nerve for sure.<\/p>\n

Dubstep isn’t criticised enough. I’m not saying that because I get some kind of sadistic buzz out of people slagging it off. I’m saying it because dubstep should be BETTER. The fact that it seems to be one of the most interesting musical developments at the moment isn’t good enough, because there is little else happening which is even vaguely interesting (to me, right now).<\/p>\n

ancient memories<\/strong><\/p>\n

Red Eye has every right to compare dubstep to other scenes and other eras. In fact that depth of perspective is exactly what is missing from places like the dubstep forum, where dubstep records are compared to other dubstep records and people relentlessly big each other up. Of course having a mutually supportive scene encouraging newbies (and pros) is one essential element to keep the ball rolling. But in isolation it doesn’t make for very interesting reading and I can only think that it encourages more of the same<\/em> rather than moving tings FWD.<\/p>\n

word bombs<\/strong><\/p>\n

As well as being my best mate, Paul Meme<\/a> has done some of the best writing about dubstep. Paul is relentlessly positive about everything, but can at least string a few words together instead of “your chest” or “big tune”. Ditto Boomnoise and Paul Autonomic.<\/a> Ditto K-Punk<\/a> and Blackdown<\/a>‘s coverage of the Burial album, which I haven’t heard, but at least now want to<\/em>. (Although Burial seems like a special case – and it is probably of crucial importance that the LP marks the exact point of re-entry of The Wire magazine into the debate, for good and for ill.)<\/p>\n

my dubstep box is fully unloaded<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t own any dubstep records<\/span>. The only dubstep records I own are:<\/p>\n