Pressure, direction, skeletons, closets

So, given my past life (now barely kicking, on life support) as a highpowered whiny-ass with a lowpowered blog, and given the push for old media to somehow catch up with new media, I'm getting pressured pretty hard to start a blog.

You know, a work blog. Music and movies . . . which is more or less what this is. This right here.

When it's anything at all, it's that.

SO: Do I do it? Do I just use this? Do I make a new one?

Upside: This already has a built-in audience.
Downside: very few of you live in Spokane

Upside: There's already quite an archive of crap here.
Downside: A lot of it is my highpowered whine whining about things.

Upside: As stated, when this blog is anything at all, it's basically what the editors are looking for.
Downside: It would also, probably, become something else. A local music spotlight, from time to time.

However, there's a pretty good case against that last thing, as the music writer at our competing publication (you can find an email exchange between he and I somehwere on this blog) already kinda does that scene spotlight thing on his work blog. So why should I?

I've been mulling this over quite a bit--when I have time that I'm not wasting on things like videogames and other escapism--and I had a pretty good idea. At least, it's an idea that I liked. Now I'd like your ideas on it.

Here's the genesis: Spokane doesn't get many press or promotional screenings of movies, so most of our movies come from a guy based in Boston. Most of the time, I heartily disagree with his opinion. At the very least I have some pretty severe reservations, even when we both like the movie.

To whit: I was going to call it "Me vs. Symkus."

Then I realized that would be too narrow, esp since my thing here is primarily music. Then I also realized that I often have fairly severe reservations about the opinions of MANY critics in all aspects of pop criticism.

To whit: I was then going to call it "Me vs. The World."

Then I decided I didn't want to be so obviously narcisistic and self-satisfied. My writing conveys these things well enough without coming out and saying it. I also thought that this kind of criticism of criticism would take a hell of a lot of time. Time I don't have, for all the other writing and videogames. So I thought I'd open it up to ye, the audience, to complain about people as well. I would, of course, retain control of the content. Whose rejoinders get posted, adding a facet of populism to the site, while still allowing me fascistic control.

To whit: I'm thinking of calling it "Us vs. The World" to make it seem young, inclusive and exclusionary at the same time. You know, punk rock.

Whether this will be the full thrust of the site depends on a lot of things, really. Most notably your feedback.