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Q. What is ANTI-SNOB?
A. It's the personal music blog of Vil Vodka aka Will Tynor.

Q. And who is he?
A. Founder of Vodka Tonic Media. Musician, manager, friend, promoter of many Phoenix area bands in the past. Also veteran bartender among several small live music venues.

Q. And why is he doing this?
A. Vil started Vodka Tonic Media in 2004 primarily as a record label which also did some gig promotion, radio promotion, and artist management/consulting. However since 2004 Vil also used Vodka Tonic Media for fun stuff like playlist streaming (aka Vodka Tonic Radio), podcasting, and blogging. Almost four years later and time for a change, so Vil decided he would like to concentrate on just the fun stuff for awhile. Vil had a similar website from 1999-2002 called MADPEN.com and, after seeing the success of Pitchfork and various music blogs, wishes he kept that site going.

Q. Why the name ANTI-SNOB?
A. Vil was reminded how snobby some music bloggers can be and is often tempted to be as snobby. In fact, Vil has been known as the resident music snob at any venue he bartends at. He chose the name ANTI-SNOB as a reminder that he didn't want to use his website to burn bands he doesn't like, rather hype artists that he admires.

Q. Not a question, just an observation. There is tons of free mp3 talk on here.
A. Yes. Vil strongly endorses a music ecosystem in which mp3s from less-than-established bands are given away while artist-fan cultivation happens as those free songs are experienced within the listener's daily audio experiences (iPods, WinAmp). Before you know it the listener is tracking down more of the artist's music, hopefully bypassing Limewire and visiting their local record store or favorite online retailer (Or so we all hope). So what Vil likes to do is host licensed mp3s on the Vodka Tonic Media server and tell the world about it through the Vodka Tonic podcast feed, which has been around for years. Also, Vil likes to showcase websites and labels that have great promotional mp3s for anyone to download and check out.

Q. So what about my band?
A. Please go to our myspace page for artist relations: myspace.com/vodkatonicmedia. There will be a separate set of FAQ there to answer artist questions.

Q. So will ANTI-SNOB be managing bands or putting out records?
A. No. But please check the myspace page. There may be future plans to do some compilation LPs in the future.
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Various Rants

My 6 year-old son asked me to put "Should I Stay or Should I Go" on his mp3 player. I did. Then a few days later he said he heard another Clash song in mommy's car, "Stand By Me" ("Train In Vain"), so I loaded it. I played him others like "Radio Clash" & "Casbah". He is now a Clash fan. As a parent there is a difference between shoving your personal tastes down your child's throat and being a catalyst when they discover things on their own. I am an catalyst.

Some people think Facebook needs a "dislike" button or a heart icon next to each post. I personally thinks it needs a "TMI" button.

If I had the money and time, I would had flown out to Chicago a few weeks ago, stayed at pal Alex Zander's house or with my brother Dave and then met Adam Becvare at the Manic Street Preachers show on October 1st. It's crazy because "Motorcycle Emptiness" just came up on my iPod shuffle and it inspired me to look up the setlist and, sure enough, they opened with it.

I like renting old cartoon DVDs for my son so he can see what the classics were like. We rented The Alvin Show (early 60s Alvin & The Chipmunks). Jeez! Seville is such an asshole in the early episodes. They really got him to chill-out when they did the re-did Chipmunk series in the 80s.

I am getting sick of bait-and-switch promoters. Quit promising E.C.s one set of bands just to hold a date and then, a day before the ad deadline, deliver another set of unknown bands. LAME!

I've seen some local stoner/doom bands perform here and there lately. Every time I see doom bands since that one episode of South Park, I'm afraid I will hear that one extra low bass note that will make everyone crap their pants.

Okay, here is some irony for you. I was hanging out at Wok Star a few weeks ago when Hugh Jass (Blanche Davidian drummer) was visiting. Some guy who looked like Jay Reatard was getting pissed off that I kept playing Jay Reatard on the jukebox. In retaliation, he countered with Linkin Park and Static X. Touché (I think).

Melt Banana Lite was amazing. It reminded me of The Units or the more noisier, experimental songs from Destruction Unit.

More on The Clash. I was reading how some American music critic called "This is Radio Clash" the first British hip hop song. Who am I to argue? However, didn't "The Magnificent Seven" - which features a far more rap-flow vocal style from Joe Strummer - come out before "Radio Clash"?

I finally decided to read one of Anton Newcombe's "We Are The Radio, You Are The DJ" Myspace rants and found this.

Speaking of Newcombe, I watched DIG! last night for the 25th time last night. That movie never gets old with me. The craziest thing about the Brian Jonestown Massacre/Dandy Warhols documentary is that it somehow makes the mid-90s appear retro.