Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Bodies of Water (the Reply)

Bodies of Water replied with this:

"
Yeah - check out kazumi nikaidoh, Zs, ariel ramirez, ariel pink, karl blau, battles, pale hoarse. these are all that jump to mind this instant. maybe you have heard of some of these already.
as far as why we actively hate these people i listed, WE don't. None of my bandmates dislike any of that stuff, I was just mouthing off. As for getting publicity, I guess I didn't realize that anyone but my friends read what I put on our site (we are not really a popular band, I don't think). I only did it because I generally just post whatever comes to mind without giving it a second thought. Those days are over, I guess. Anyhow, thanks for writing.
d"

Oh well. I get no blog drama. Probably better that way.

A Letter to "Bodies of Water"

I recently read a post on the Brooklyn Vegan blog where "Bodies of Water" hated on some artists that I love. I figured I'd write them a letter. Here's their original post:

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2007/12/bodies_of_water.html

And here's my note that I sent to them:

"Frank Zappa once said, "One becomes a critic when they fail to be an artist". I figured that since "Bodies of Water" is technically a group of artists, you are entitled to be critics. After reading about distastes for certain artists (Steely Dan, The Police, Joni Mitchell, etc.), I was intrigued to hear what your group sounded like.

After listening to your music, I decided that I thought it was terrible. I was really hoping it was going to blow my mind because I'm always looking for new, exciting music. You probably are going to think I'm lying because my MySpace page features a lot of less-than-savory hip hop, but that is the page for my DJ alter-ego.

Either way, I'm not sure I understand why you hate the artists mentioned so actively. Maybe you were just trying to get some press by saying something that would make people take notice. If you don't mind me asking, could you name some artists for me that you think are amazing? If I'm not familiar with them, I'd love to check them out.

Thanks,

DJ Zimmie"

We'll see what happens..