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Six-Word Reviews of 763 SXSW mp3s

April 7th, 2008 @ 4:26 pm by gray

Simultaneously an epic undertaking, a staggering display of wit and craft (and patience), a useful reference to the huge collection of featured bands, and a paragon of flash reviewing as featured in Kevin Kelly’s "short is in". Earlier examples included the oft-hysterical Movie-A-Minute and Book-A-Minute reviews and the experimental "Mad Ape Den" three-letter-word writing project by an earlier GeekLife. Also, don’t miss Albert Eistein’s Theory of Relativity in Words of Four Letters or Less

Six-Word Reviews of 763 SXSW Mp3s by Paul Ford – The Morning News

As you might expect, the snarky comments ("Someone’s been eating Hall and Oatesmeal.", "Five seconds of music 120 times.") are much more entertaining than the complimentary. And yet when someone who has taken the time to listen and encapsulate 763 songs in a row then says "I’ve listened to this thirty times" it speaks volumes.

You can also grab the torrents and grade them yourself, but just like college radio, be prepared to swim through a lot of Meh to find the Awesome.

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