The Weekly Theme Threads were something I took over from Dankrstra after she took them from Tore in 2011. The idea was to broaden peoples' horizons by asking them to share music from a less-common genre like, I don't know, Balkan Folk Punk or something. I'd include summaries of the genres, taken from wikipedia and RYM (because honestly, what the hell do I know about Balkan folk punk?) and RYM's list of top-rated releases, so people would have a starting point into the genre.
I had also played around with doing years (It's 1952 week!) and places (It's Chilean music week!), but I found that they were not active enough to really justify trying to remember to do them on time and complete all the tedious tasks associated with creating them. I suppose I could have whopped out half-assed versions of them, but I don't like to work that way. I like to do my best.
I have nothing against seeing them come back, if someone wants to give it a go, or if people want to do one of the variations. As long as it creates some momentum, which they weren't really doing.
|