Audience Participation
The days grow shorter, the leaves have left the branches of the trees and people all around me are coughing like asthmatics on a treadmill. This can mean only one thing; winter is all but upon us and the year is drawing to a close. And as sure as you will find a rubbish piece of music journalism in the NME, so will you find that all around us many hundreds of thousands of lists, all ending with ‘…of 2008′ will appear. The Guest Room is no different. However, we are a kind and generous bunch and so we give you a chance to make a difference to at least just one of these little lists.
See, although we are generous and kind and wonderful (we could go on, but we don’t have the time) we are small in number and short of time. As much as we would like to listen to every album released in the past year (although we’ll give Razorligth a miss, ta) we just can’t do it. This is where you – the reader – come in. Do you have an album which you feel is worthy of a spot in the end of year ‘Best Albums of 2008′ list which we have not reviewed or feel we may be unaware of? The just drop us a message in the comment box, listing the album and the band and we’ll seek it out, listen to it and cast judgement. Likewise, if you have an album which is particularly bad (although to make things easier, lets ignore X-factor type stuff. We know its rubbish, theres no point talking about it) then let us know and again, we shall seek out, listen and cast judgement. We can’t guarantie that all – or indeed any – of your suggestions will end up on the list. But we do promise to give everything a thorough listening to and a fair and balanced chance.
Let the discussions commence!
