Letter to Michael Parncott

Michael let us apologise for murdering your entire family and smashing your favourite bong on the way out.

What a predictable result from angry smurf.
So there it is, finally the local street press gives an independent band with considerable experience and the balls to actually record an EP without one single distorted guitar a voice. It’s a great pity though that a magazine of supposed credibility gives Michael Pindick the opportunity to wield his stick over what is a perfectly accessible, well crafted EP.
Why would an editor hand a collection of acoustic pop songs to a moron who clearly displays a severe lack of journalistic and creative judgement? Probably because it’s funny. What’s even funnier is when the musicians, songwriters, producer, engineer, assistant engineer, studio owner, manager, graphic designer, 894 Myspace friends, Facebook friends, personal friends, work colleagues, families, friends of friends and the multitude of people who have listened to and purchased the EP and who actually appreciate the acoustic genre will consider Rave Magazine to be nothing more than bog roll not worthy of their future advertising spend.
Michelle uses words like almighty deity, smoting, smotation, assault, hell, foaming at the mouth, wailing and gnashing of teeth, annihilation. Not quite how I’d describe the subtle ‘Departure’ EP, more so an individual who no doubt still lives with Mum and Dad, has more pipes than friends and thinks he’s in the music industry.
Critique the critic. I’d say Michael is quite familiar with Australian Idol and all things High School Musical. He’d have to be in order to make the comparison. It’s interesting also that Michael likes to take the sword to Aust Idol in the majority of his gripes. Sour grapes perhaps, Dicko didn’t like your audition? What an embarrassment for someone so hard and angry.
Apologise for misleading your readers with such self indulgent drivel, and apologise to the Dan Carroll Band for being so jealous.
You say your annihilation is complete, lets hope so. Glad we could help.