Philadelphia Weekly

1. tsarstruck said... on May 7, 2009 at 12:06AM

“Please leave our city.

Thanks,
Everyone.”

2. Anonymous said... on May 7, 2009 at 07:11AM

“Dear Steven Wells,

Don't know if you heard yet or not but Max Tundra read this very article out to the audience at last night's show. It was fantastic to listen to him read this. You would've been quite surprised at how UNBELIEVABLY energetic and FUN his performance was. He danced around like the hilariously entertaining performer that he is on stage. Also, no computer was in sight. Only about 5 or 6 instruments that were all played by the man behind Max Tundra himself. Sometime multiple instruments at once. To describe it as one of the most unpretentious and down-to-earth performances would be an understatement. Also, the dude covered So Long, Farewell from The Sound of Music. The reaction from the audience was so overly positive. He deserved it too.”

3. Steven Wells said... on May 7, 2009 at 12:13PM

“Just trying to bring a little sunshine into your drab little lives.

Would Mr. Tundra have read this preview out on stage had it been the usual ho-hum bog-standard alt.weekly rock's-rich-tapestry arselicking?

I doubt it. The man has taste.

The appetite for mediocrity and sameness is vast. We should not feed it.”

4. reg said... on May 8, 2009 at 12:12PM

“He wouldn't have read it out on stage if you had done the remotest bit of research into his career. Your piece was bafflingly ill-informed and off-the-mark. There are hundreds of musicians about whom this article would have been totally spot-on, but not this guy. It was peculiar to read such a venomous, spiteful piece describing someone the journalist is simply guessing about. There is a ton of shitty, hipster music out there, but Mr Tundra simply does not fit that mould. Avoiding mediocrity and sameness is an admirable trait (which Max Tundra does far more than you could ever dream of), but avoiding factual errors when previewing events is far more important.”

5. Steven Wells said... on May 8, 2009 at 05:20PM

“Reg, you're an idiot. You really are.

Nothing in the preview was true. Nada, zilch, fuck all. All if it was in fact, the exact opposite of the truth—something anybody with a reading age of 12 should have been able to work out for themselves.

If you failed to see that then you are, by definition, an idiot. If you saw it but still decided to take offense, then you are an idiot with a stick up his ass.

There were other, very factual, very workmanlike dull-as-fuck previews of the same show out there. Nobody gave a damn about them. Nobody read them out on stage. Nobody can even remember them. All hail modern American music journalism. Almost as exciting as oatmeal.

Do you remember a time, Reg, when music writing was disrespectful, creative, playful, thought-provoking and imaginative?

No you probably don't. Either that or you actually prefer a diet of factual stodge.”

6. Anonymous said... on May 9, 2009 at 10:59PM

“so what is real music then reg?

i am seriously not keeping it real cause i liked his show in toronto alot

fake regards
Gary”

7. Hal Incandenza said... on May 16, 2009 at 06:19AM

“Critics are just people who are good at saying why they don't like something. Usually.”

8. Yianni said... on May 19, 2009 at 02:03PM

“How could you care if it's factual or not? It's actually kinda hilariously on-the-mark for enough other bands that I don't care whether or not it is for Max Tundra. If Max has good music, this preview won't matter and if Steven Wells has more funny stuff to say, people will keep reading. All is at peace. Shit's totally Zen.”