Comments on: Little Dragons

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:08:29 +0000

As much as I’d like to delete the offending section – we have a policy that we won’t censor any comments unless they’re spam or purely promotional URL listings… etc

Thanks for the support Tiago

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By: Tiago

Tiago — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:15:02 +0000

What happened here is kind of disgusting. Maybe this whole section should be deleted from the blog. The guy who posed as Tumi is obviously a big fan of his who finally had the chance to be him. At least he took something out of this. Us, the readers, took nothing out of reading this post.
Mr. Anonymous, I read someone’s critics because of who he is, therefore, if I respect Tumi’s musical taste, based on what he said I’ll be encouraged to give Little Dragon a good listen. Imagine if we all went out and bought whatever we were told to buy because someone we don’t know thinks it’s great?
Andy, keep doing your thing, it’s great.

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By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:42:02 +0000

So busted…

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By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:37:48 +0000

This is from the REAL Tumi Molekane – that other guy is a fake

“My friend Andy Davis asked if he could put something I wrote on my blog about little dragon on his website. This was not a review but he just wanted to put it in there as a recommendation to his readers. I agreed. It started a bit of an argument that even saw someone write into the tred as me. yes Someone wrote in, as Tumi Molekane and adressed the other comments. Since my article was given the cut and paste I will do the same with the comments. observe. P.S Andy, not cool my dude.”

So ja, this will be the last time we cut ‘n paste content from Tumi’s blog. Apologies all round

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By: Patrick yusef www.overstand.co.za

Patrick yusef www.overstand.co.za — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:24:24 +0000

Pardon me Anonymous but all you have done here is care about someone who has argued his musical taste. nonetheless, the music is cool, glad I know the band. you might wanna check out Tumi and the Volume too.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:02:11 +0000

@ Patrick

I’m not particularly averse to the music of Little Dragon. I don’t think I’ve listened to them quite enough to pass judgement.

Anyway, I wanted to discuss music journalism more than music itself, hence the reason you haven’t “heard” me talk about the music – I made my point earlier; I don’t care for people who argue the merits of their musical taste like it a) matters or b) they’ve got some magical meta-human insight into why this band is better than yours. It’s childish.

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By: Patrick yusef www.overstand.co.za

Patrick yusef www.overstand.co.za — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:27:42 +0000

oh wow, what a great forum. LD is cool, Anonymous, I am curious, do you like Little Dragon? dont think I once heard you talk about the music. Tumi is funny, infact I cant see him being serious with his response.

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By: Tsholofelo

Tsholofelo — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:12:50 +0000

Tumi, you should not be mean. see what you get. Andy, how come you did not tell us the article was ganked? Tumi is many things but I dont think you can call him a “Johnny-come-lately musician” no name.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:08:46 +0000

You should be wary of quoting Wilde in argument, given his leaning for contradiction and contrarianism: He also said, “All art is quite useless” – how does that, then, render the artist whose job it is to educate the critic?

1. There was (and is) no mention of where this paragraph was pulled from.
2. No one contested that point.
3. Who said anything about peer-to-peer criticism being a panacea?
4. Uninteresting self-fellating; you must have quite the back to pull that off.
5. Trite commentary.
6. Where do you get the idea that the goal of criticism is purely rhetorical?
7. Funny that, because the gambit of your article says otherwise.
8. Again, trite.

So, what’s your point?

Admittedly, we are all showering far too much attention on this article. As I said earlier, it’s not an article, it’s a casually written musical recommendation – you think Little Dragon is great, you happen to be some Johnny-come-lately musician… why does that warrant this being published (I sincerely hope you weren’t paid for this)?

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By: Tumi Molekane

Tumi Molekane — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:18:38 +0000

Hey folks, please forgive the silence. Its just I have been doing cool band shit like playing music to audiences across Europe and buying caseloads of Champaign for my next video shoot.

1. Context is imperative, this article was cut and pasted from my blog. The post was called “I mess with this” emphasis on the “I”. Little Dragon is great
2. I am not Eduard Hanslick ; I am a music lover with some writing skills. Little Dragon is great
3. Peer to peer criticism makes the most sense, but is not the panacea. Little Dragon is great
4. I am fucking awesome. I don’t speak to people called anonymous even when I forget your name. The best way to handle the malicious critic is to ignore him. Little Dragon is great
5. Every one has a socio-political agenda, I like a work or review it as to whether or not it fits the goals of that agenda. Little Dragon is great
6. What is the goal of criticism? Rhetorical. Little Dragon is great
7. I would never judge you on what you like, as you would never do that to me. Little Dragon is great
8. Being a rapper, means I can say bitch, ass, cunt, Malcolm X, Ed Norton, peace, love and write with no trace of civility. Little Dragon is great

“The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.”
Oscar Wilde

I yield to the deductions and the oceanic density of this quotes intelligence.

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