Diversionary Tactics: Um...

To my two devoted readers:

You were probably expecting a graphic depicting how tired I am to tie up August's month of stunt blogging. Common sense dictates that I should take a brief rest, but I won't let that bastard win this time around.

You see, I'm extending this stunt by an additional month. That's right: thirty more days of album write-ups guaranteed to make your work day seem to be about twenty to thirty minutes shorter than usual.

Why subject myself to even more abuse? I've narrowed it down to three reasons, which I'll list below:

1. There are several albums that I meant to write about in August, but despite my best intentions, shit kept getting in the way (namely, other albums). In an effort to force my own hand, I'm going to go an additional month. As an added bonus, I may finally get to clear my iTunes playlist of some of these discs that have been sitting there since the day the blog started.

2. The number of comments have been severely lacking. You dictate what happens with the blog, folks, and the only way I can tell if something is clicking is if you let me know. You can leave a note under a post, or you can send me an e-mail (those of you who have sent me messages, I read them all and appreciate them), but for right now, the only thing I can tell you two may actually like is the fact that the posts were back-to-back. So, once again, I ask of you: if you have any requests for album reviews or things you'd like to see, you kind of have to tell me.

3. I've only received a handful of Reader Reviews. As you are aware, these were supposed to run in September after the stunt was over, but the few I've received (which are varied and, one of them anyway, was pretty surprising) aren't nearly enough to provide me with any sort of break. So you basically have an additional month to get something to me. I realize this will be a lot tougher for those of you who are going back to school in September, but if you want to see your own opinions published on a blog that has a pretty decent cult following, hit me up at the e-mail address located in the top right of the page.

If you were unable to follow all thirty-one of the posts in August, here's a handy link to every single one. Be sure to tell your friends, Twitter about the blog, whatever it is you do to get the word out, as your input and enthusiasm directly affects what happens with Hip Hop Isn't Dead.

Thanks in advance,
Max

P.S. Here's a video clip for a track taken from one of the albums that will receive a Gut Reaction treatment in September, as long as the guy's album actually fucking drops this time. This is just the shit, and it's also blatantly violent, so you probably shouldn't let the kiddos watch.