Re: Is Underground Uprising Objective?

[Chas <lvtapetrader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's impossible to be objective about anything on that site/board when every 
post is heavily moderated.  I understand keeping things in check but it's a bit 
extreme there.
-----Original Message-----
>From: tytlane@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Nov 14, 2006 12:40 PM
>To: Chas <lvtapetrader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: Grant Burgess <grantburgess2001@xxxxxxxx>, FBO Mailing List 
><zeppelin@xxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: Is Underground Uprising Objective?
>
>Does anyone have this show to trade ? I no longer have the bandwidth to 
>dl a torrent. Or can someone post up the complete songs that are in 
>question for some trainspotters to disect. oooh, science 
>projects...anyone have to do that yucky piglet in high school biology ?!?!?
>
>  As far as UU goes, it would be nice to see some reviews posted up that 
>offer a different point of view than those presented by the site owner, 
>and a select few who. Punchy and powerful are adjectives I have grown to 
>hate.
>
>  Oddly enough, the only place I'm actually seeing these accusations is 
>on a site that seems to have sprouted a particular vengeance against the 
>label in question.
>
>  Even more odd is the assertion that the reviewers in question both at 
>UU and Hotwacks as well, would post up good reviews without taking a 
>good close listen to the most important tracks on the new release... ?!
>
>  A deep sinister ploy ?  Or a case of a label being duped ?  Somehow, I 
>just can't see an up and coming label shooting themselves in the foot 
>like that. I was sent 3/4 second sample so can't make any judgements 
>based on that. I mean, would 2 old trusted sites AND an new label shoot 
>themselves down like that ? Something really dosen't make sense.
>
>   Meanwhile across the pond....is Jimmy limbering up his fingers or 
>getting a good comfy seat ?
>
>
>Nech
>
>lvtapetrader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> Grant,
>> 
>> You have brought up some very good points in your post.  Is it possible for 
>> every review to be posted whether good or bad?  What would would happen if 
>> this was let to happen?  I think we'd see the quality of that site go 
>> downhill in no time.  The majority of the reviews would be a hatefest from 
>> people who obviously haven't even listened to the show they're reviewing.  
>> As for the Beezlebub reviews I think it could be that the reviews were 
>> posted before the discussion on the so called tampering came to light.  What 
>> do you think?
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 
>>>From: Grant Burgess <grantburgess2001@xxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Nov 14, 2006 6:56 AM
>>>To: FBO Mailing List <zeppelin@xxxxxxxx>
>>>Subject: Is Underground Uprising Objective?
>>>
>>>I've been wondering this a lot over the past couple of
>>>years. This first thing that turned my suspicions on
>>>to this was a few years ago when this site never
>>>seemed to review products that came from the Electric
>>>Magic/Celebration labels.