Everett True - Classic or Dud?

I know I said I don't like him, but, er...y'know...ahem...

BUT enthusiasm and belief matters a bit and the recent diary-of-a- music-journo and Dexys interviews he did for Tangents were excellent I thought. So I won't say dud, or arse or cunt or any of this stuff. Not my favourite writer by a very long way but he's OK.

Is it true that one ov huggy bear was his grrrlfriend, BTW? If so, what a potential conflict ov interest, & one we *rarely* see declared by music press hax.

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Hope I cleared your confusion.

I've had several reinventions since then.

I suggest you change your identity for real. get some breasts, for instance.

"folk" - are you that pessimistic about the size of your audience, Jerry? ;-)

One trait folk in Melbourne seem to have in common is an inability to recognise a good wind-up.

I went to see South Park: The Movie when I lived in Australia - yes, that's right, I was only there for a day - and the audience was having a rare good time, especially when it came to the cartoon mocking other cultures. A put down of the English got a mighty roar, as did one of the Canadians, Americans, etc. The only time the entire cinema fell silent was when the Australians themselves had the piss taken out of them.

Man. You should be careful. You'll be turning into Americans before you know it.

You're totally right actually Jerry - I'm one of three people I know who actually likes/gets the Australia episode of The Simpsons. So many people say, "oh, that's so not like us at all," and then merrilly laugh at the Japan episode, while not seeing any contradiction. It's part of what I hate about Australia.

Like I said, that was the point - the accents were more of a homage to Hollywood's inaccurate representation of Australia than they were an impression of actual Australian accents.

The episode was clearly as much a joke about American perceptions of Australia as it was about Australia itself. That's why I brought up the Japan episode for contrast - that episode is much nastier with the Japanese cliches (including the inaccurate ones) than the Australia episode is we Australian cliches, but we don't notice it because we never for a moment assume that the creators really think that's what Japan is like.

*whispers self-promotingly*

like my article?

Re: Jerry Vs ET. They are two distinct personas. It's that simple. I wrestle my demons while awake.

...And you wonder why I feel schizo?

Hey though ET wrote a Dexys review which made me go out and ahem, 'liberate' Don't Stand Me Down from a local HMV (for local me). Cheers for that. Nevertheless no matter how much you love Mogwai I wouldn't even consider moistening them with a damp sponge if they were on fire etc etc.

Aw, thanks. Seriously, I'm not fishing for compliments, but without feedback I never know whether what I'm doing is working for others or not. An advantage of this board, wherein plenty of people are happy to tell me what I'm doing wrong. D'oh!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/aug/24/grunge-myths-nirvana-kurt-cobain

did you know that everett true reported on the grunge scene quite early on? surprised he didn't let on before.

Three Everett True stories, in order of impact upon myself:

1) When I was a very poor music scribe local to NYC at a CMJ concert of some sort in a bar, I was up front talking to a friend of mine, Steve Holtje. There was a table near the stage. A very rickety table. On it was the beer of a person. I didn't much notice until I happened to put something on the table (probably a bag I had; I was always carrying around things with me that would now fit on a decent smartphone but this was in the analog years) and it promptly shifted. The table was badly out of balance and it shifted enough to send the beer crashing to the ground.

I was pounced upon by the owner of this beer: Everett True.

His options here were to say:

A) I get so many free beers at these events, I can buy myself a beer.
B) I make so much money writing that I can buy myself a beer.
C) Make the poor guy with no money whatsoever replace the beer that very accidentally hit the floor.

I tried to explain that I literally had Subway Tokens to get me back to Brooklyn but he wouldn't hear of it. Steve Holtje came to my rescue and got him a beer for me. I shudder to think if the lush had to go without...

2) I was at Roseland and I was standing on the floor with my back against the VIP area that was on the left side of the venue (looking from the stage) raised above the crowd at stage level and seeing Nirvana. I am suddenly reminded that this was probably at the same CMJ.

I am taking notes (analog days, so it was on a notepad with a pen) for a review while Nirvana played and suddenly I felt myself getting wet, like it was suddenly raining inside Roseland.

I look up and what do I see? Courtney Love slowly and very deliberately spilling a beer on my head.

Huh. I motion to her to bend down so I can ask her why she was doing this. "I just hate writers," she said, before suddenly adding "Except this one!" Then she put her arm around Everett True and gave him a big hug.

"Have you met Everett True," she said, introducing me to him as they both stood above me and I was cleaing the beer off my glasses that Courtney spilled on me.

"Yes, we met," I say, shaking his hand. He looks confused and mumbles something about how he didn't know me.

"I spilled your beer at that show yesterday," I said. He made a face like he did recall, smiled bervously and walked away from the front of the stage.

3) Jon Weiderhorn and I hung out for a while back then as he was writing for all of the places who never returned my phone calls. He told me that he had a band that, to take the piss out of the guy, was named Evertrue. He also told me that Everett True knew it was about him and really hated it, which gave Jom more evidence that it was the right thing to do.

None of the names have been changed to protect anyone. Nobody's innocent, man.

did you know that everett true reported on the grunge scene quite early on? surprised he didn't let on before.

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wonder if he ever reads ilx or if he quit for good all those years ago

Once a writer, always a reader.

my recollecton of ET's writing back in the day was that he tended to write about good bands but not in a particularly good way. Plus there was a certain comedy sliminess about the way he wrote about women artists.

he lurks on an Australian music forum now he lives here [again], and responds to dis threads. so if he doesn't post below, he's probably not reading.

he still responds on Drowned.. a fair bit too.

Yes. Collapse Board is the site. I'd say its far more accurate to say that he is a prominent contributor than a 'lurker' ...he writes new stuff quite regularly. Its good.

His options here were to say:

A) I get so many free beers at these events, I can buy myself a beer.
B) I make so much money writing that I can buy myself a beer.
C) Make the poor guy with no money whatsoever replace the beer that very accidentally hit the floor.

Dude, you spilled his beer. Seems sensible that you should offer to buy him a new one.

my recollecton of ET's writing back in the day was that he tended to write about good bands but not in a particularly good way.

otm. also has a good eye for editors (the team he helped assemble at Plan B was excellent, tbh.)

If I had the money I would have bought him the beer without hesitation, but I showed him my empty wallet and pockets and he still gave me grief, as if I was holding out or something.

Someone with no money accidently drops something of mine that costs $4 and there are numerous replacements in the same room that I can early procure myself, I will accept a replacement and maybe even ask for it once but if they obviously lack the four bucks, I will not hound them to see if they can get blood from a stone.

In fact, if it were me, I would have said, "Don't sweat it," and bought the other guy a beer.