Wysocki Style Baby!!

Ok so I’m a little confused as to the Wysocki style- and by Text of choice – So I’m doing mine as a practice. – I chose a website I have read several times, I’m interested in , I myself have used it to practice on ( if you read my posts you’ll notice lol) and it has a lot of different styles, and images on it I can use to both analyze like Wysocvki doers or I can incorporate into my post – again like Wysocki does.

So Analysis –
This is a Cite that reviews and talks about Celtic music. New and old. The feature is the Review on The California Celts debut self- titled CD.

The over-all feel of the blog and feature is kind of Eclectic as there are several – not really inconsistencies but contradictions… in example – the site itself feels vibrant and fun. The music playing is a little hard core and intense… almost angry sometimes. And the prose of the writer doing the review is Harsh but intelligent. Its Very well written, this author clearly knows this genera of music very well. His writing style is short, quick and to the point, but he makes clear associations, gives examples, and makes it clear he’s done the research to back up his claims. An example of this is his response to my comment about raggamuffin VS ragamuffin music.

The Site Feels –
The head title is large concise and in green.
The background is of lush vibrant green shamrocks with black boxes behind the white main text. Its good that they chose to put the solid black behind the text rather than the shamrocks or it would be much more difficult to read. As it is the type is very small and written in Arial. I wonder if using a different text would have made it easier to read- or perhaps adding space a double space in-between letters. Links are embedded in the text and are red while other seemingly important names or information is only bolded. Since the text is small and in an unconventional color its hard to notice the bold lettering. The links to other pages are in green and located to the left of the main text. The color is so elaborate and vibrant its difficult to take the site seriously until one starts reading the text.
Most of the ethos is built in the writing of the author.

The images are kept minimal – there’s the image of the cover to the CD

and the logo of the organization providing the review.

(Leprechaun Or Monkey? YOU decide!!)
I think the character is supposed to be a leprechaun but he looks more like a stoned monkey. – so perhaps a better image. The look of the article text itself is very well broken up into min paragraphs which makes it easier to read. - Also I’m sad the author didn’t provide sources or a clearer analogy between the artists. He assumes that the reader already knows who “Ashley Hutchings” is or what raggamuffin style is. This leads to confusion for readers as posted comments clearly show.

I’m glad that the site chooses to allow comments, and indeed responds to them, it shows recent activity and care for the page.

The margins are a little offset but this provides interest and makes the center main text POP rather than letting the background image being distracted. Theres no moving parts on the screen except for the sound.

Again the music plaid is Eclectic going from Celtic that would be associated with “Flogging Molley” as well as Celtic Angry Punk.
The Celtic theme is consistent. With the colors, music, and images.

Check out the site here :)
http://celticfolkpunk.blogspot.com/2010/12/review-california-celts-st-2010.html

Works Cited :
Kinksmarkham. “REVIEW - THE CALIFORNIA CELTS - "s/t" (2010).” Blog-Zine: Celtic-Folk-Punk. Blogger.com. Web. Feb. 23, 2011.