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AbsolutePunk.net Review Archive

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Melody Bot, Jul 28, 2020.

  1. Melody Bot Jul 28, 2020
    Melody Bot

    Your friendly little forum bot. Staff Member

    This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply.

    To go along with my interview restoration project, and Drew and Craig’s review project, there are a handful of classic AbsolutePunk reviews that I also think should be saved for posterity as well. Here’s the first batch added back into our database:

    I’ll update this post as I revive various other artifacts.

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  2. StoJa9 Jul 28, 2020
    StoJa9

    Regular

    You know what feature from AP needs to come back? The ability to follow or subscribe to your favorite bands and customize your news feed. That was by far the best part of AP.
     
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  3. moore182 Jul 29, 2020
    moore182

    Member Since August 2003

    I remember Absolute posting about 3 songs on PureVolume from Mmhmm. The rest is history. That became one of my favorite albums, and Matt Thiessen instantly became one of my favorite song writers (the older stuff didn't do much for me).

    I also remember getting Futures for Christmas in 2004 (mainly because it was so hyped on AP and it didn't disappoint). I put it on my Xbox right away, and it became my soundtrack to Tony Hawk's Underground 2. Good times.
     
  4. theredline Jul 29, 2020
    theredline

    Trusted Supporter

    That Define review is a great read. i believe there’s a spelling error. I believe it “Dutkiewicz” but I could be wrong...
     
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  6. steve187 Aug 1, 2020
    steve187

    Newbie

    nice to see this happening. maybe the wiki links can somehow be fixed? it's a little sad when you come across pretty much any album from the ~scene~ and the AP.net review score is there on the side but you can't read it
     
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  7. Christian Romero Aug 1, 2020
    Christian Romero

    @axoromero Supporter

    My Dinosaur Life is definitely my favorite Motion City Soundtrack album. Glad to see these reviews and think about some albums I haven't listened to in a while.
     
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  8. Jason Tate Aug 3, 2020
    Jason Tate

    chorus.fm Staff Member

    That's the plan, unless Wikipedia editors get pissssed about it.
     
  9. Jason Tate Aug 3, 2020
    Jason Tate

    chorus.fm Staff Member

    Updated with a whole bunch more.
     
  10. Mark Connolly Aug 5, 2020
    Mark Connolly

    Newbie

    would love to read some of the old four year strong reviews if possible!
    thanks for doing this jason im having a great time re-reading these after all these years.
     
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  11. Phil507 Aug 11, 2020
    Phil507

    Resident NYC snob Supporter

    Can you post the From Under The Cork Tree review where the staff was super butthurt about it for some reason? Ditto for the TBS Where You Want To Be review and the Simple Plan self-titled review (I seem to remember the author referring to their lyric writing as "caveman"-like in that last one). That'd be a great walk down memory lane.
     
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  12. DaydreamNation Oct 4, 2020
    DaydreamNation

    boat saw god Supporter

    Whoa hello Lifetime review I wrote when I was 17 ahaha. Forgot that existed, was in my user reviews era.
     
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