It's petty. Stop.

If I had written that Koko Taylor specializes in American Chicago music would you feel the same way?

No really, it's petty, please stop. Go be a hack in some other town.

This is a particularly egregious editorial gaffe and it is the sort of error that should be brought up. There are a lot of Brazilians out there, y'know.

Are we in junior high or what? Peter, you are transparently petty. Will you be printing the errors that the Reader makes as well? Or will you continue to allow reader mail to correct the Reader, then follow up with a snotty response to the writer?

Hey, all you Time Out people, go back to work. You have facts to check!

"If I had written that Koko Taylor specializes in American Chicago music would you feel the same way?"

Uhh... yes.

-- SCAM

It is petty. I hope you keep your promise. Not exactly incisive music criticism/reportratge.

...or you could just NOT read Timout Chicago. I garuntee it won't bother you anymore if you don't read it.

I'm guessing TimeOut would be interested in knowing about this mistake. And I bet they'll have it listed in their corrections next week, too. Does that make them petty? Nope, just professional.

Actually, I'm glad he pointed it out. If I go into a store specializing in Brazilian music and as for Recife, other than them laughing at me and telling me to head a couple of thousand miles south, I'd look like the biggest poser tourist dick on the planet. How am i going to know what to ask for if I like it and want to by more from that genre? If you're going to tout something, especially in print, get the shit right. It's not "petty", it's journalism.

Oh, and I'd react the same way if I saw the Reader fuck up something as crucial as the name of the style of music.

Oh no, I absolutely garuntee this is petty and meaningless. If this ranks as some sort of problem in one's life and world you've GOT to have it pretty easy! And methinks you worry too much about what record store employees think of you!

Mr. Garuntee/Tom Petty/Smithsonian:

You are a kook and sounds like you've got some personal issues to maybe try and resolve. Try a therapist. Guarantee that, dude.

Lovingly, Bob

My own idiosyncrasies are not the issue, just used that to create a possible scenario where the importance of knowing a genre of music might come in handy. And yes, when I'm in a store looking for a particular CD, for the next 20 minutes or so, that is THE problem in my life. Guess what? I have the ability to shift prioities as the need arises! Wow!

OK, folks. Let's cut out the nastiness here. I found this to be a pretty egregious error; the group in question plays a style of music called manguebeat, which comes from Recife. While I think the press has a responsibility to be as accurate as possible, I pledge to exercise restraint in using this platform to police the work of others.

Now that's what I'm talking about. It's called manguebeat. Thank you. It's kinda important to know what to ask for if you want to get somethig right, from music to politics to ... whatever.

If you actually are interested in manguebeat you need to buy an album by Chico Science & Nacao Zumbi or Mundo Livre S.A.

you want egregious?

Time Out Chicago: The scene - Out There
http://www.timeout.com/chicago/Details.do?page=1&x...

"The original Maxwell Street Market, a Jewish trading post in the 1920s, ran along Halsted Street from Maxwell to about 16th Street, and was later frequented by blues musicians from the South who unwittingly developed the electrified sound now known as the Chicago Blues."

I really don't think that "unwittingly" is the word they wanted here. Whether or not they knew they were creating something which would come to be called "Chicago Blues," these guys knew what they were doing.

Normally a lurker but I've got to speak up here. Threads like this are madness and have to stop. Peter, the reason I read your blog is because you're a great music critic, so the fact that a third of your blogs are spent pettily sniping at the competition (New City, Time Out, whoever) makes me think a lot less of you. And I bet a lot of people agree with me. So please quit it and go back to writing about music itself!

Read the LAMPO article on page 109 of the May 24-30 issue.

Off the subject, but when the hell will New City die! Die Die already you shit rag! There...that felt better. I don't mind Time-Out, lame writing but convenient listings.