^that was a personal attack, the other shit was posting was obviously not
― lute bro (brimstead), Sunday, 21 February 2016 20:25 (eight years ago) link
all this endless circular bitching is what makes ilm boring and bad now. why are you contributing to it? why am i contributing to it?
― adam, Sunday, 21 February 2016 20:25 (eight years ago) link
fucking babies
sorry, adam you're the fucking baby.
― lute bro (brimstead), Sunday, 21 February 2016 20:26 (eight years ago) link
lol personal attack. get a grip
― adam, Sunday, 21 February 2016 20:27 (eight years ago) link
seriously fuck this board. can't discuss shit without people getting all butthurt.
― lute bro (brimstead), Sunday, 21 February 2016 20:29 (eight years ago) link
glenn isn't a plant, obviously. He's a nice guy, he works for Spotify in the business of providing musical recommendations to Spotify subscribers, and he is essentially the only current contributor to a thread on ILM (which is not affiliated with Spotify) titled, "New and Noteworthy Additions to US Spotify." I think that at this point, anyone reading the thread would be aware of the overall situation, so there actually isn't anything to be done. I would like to be able to find the Japanese "Love Is All" album on Spotify, I'm glad to learn that I didn't miss anything important by Rick Springfield, and that's pretty much it.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 21 February 2016 20:29 (eight years ago) link
nobody fucking engages with any arguments, people just see glenn's name and instantly turn their fucking brains off and just shout some variation of "personal attack"
― lute bro (brimstead), Sunday, 21 February 2016 20:34 (eight years ago) link
just what is the problem though? You hate the fact that someone is recommending music on an established platform that a lot of people are using? the fact that there are spotify links in this thread while you don't post spotify links yourself in other threads make you fume with anger? sounds kinda weird.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 21 February 2016 20:40 (eight years ago) link
I don't recall using the word hate, being angry, or demanding anything. This is a very unusual thread on ILM, unless I've missed something.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 21 February 2016 20:44 (eight years ago) link
we need more unusual threads on ILM, obviously
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 21 February 2016 20:45 (eight years ago) link
"New and Noteworthy additions to the iTunes store."
― dlp9001, Sunday, 21 February 2016 20:47 (eight years ago) link
Well sure. I'd check that.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 21 February 2016 21:24 (eight years ago) link
HOWEVER... streaming and subscriptions are changing people's listening habits and this thread reflects that in a way that an itunes thread in 2016 wouldn't. I believe there's also a comparable Bandcamp thread that's been happening for a while? So yeah.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 21 February 2016 21:39 (eight years ago) link
Does the bandcamp thread contain mostly posts from someone who works for Bandcamp? If that's the new ILM, then that's the way things are. I'd never want to fight progress.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 21 February 2016 22:43 (eight years ago) link
I wish Glenn posted hip hop albums is my only complaint.
― Spottie, Sunday, 21 February 2016 23:16 (eight years ago) link
Damn, I was going to post a Spotify link to this illuminating and relevant track, but the album isn't on Spotify. Nobody's ever heard of the band, so not really a big deal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skqESfiv0Js
― dlp9001, Sunday, 21 February 2016 23:38 (eight years ago) link
I guess I just see it as a quirkier "new releases" page of Spotify, like the main one is just really big releases and the Discover one is really based on what I've listened to so I guess I find this helpful, I church it out.
― uptown garfunkel (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 21 February 2016 23:45 (eight years ago) link
Check it out
I definitely think that a lot of services that corporations provide are helpful. I think you'd have to be insane to argue otherwise.
One thing I do wonder: why aren't glenn's lists simply a part of Spotify. We're talking about the guy in charge of the software that enables them to provide music recommendations to their customers. There are about a billion playlists on Spotify last time I checked, including smooth indie, smoothish indie, chill indie, smooth chill indie, and Julianna-Hatfield-Influenced-Death-Metal. How is it that this particular list can't exist on Spotify rather than here.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 21 February 2016 23:50 (eight years ago) link
I like and appreciate Glenn's posts in this thread. I hope he keeps doing them.
― if thou gaz long into the coombs, the coombs will also gaz into thee (WilliamC), Sunday, 21 February 2016 23:54 (eight years ago) link
I don't think that anyone has asked him to stop. This really is an odd thread.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 21 February 2016 23:56 (eight years ago) link
My lists are on Spotify, too. We don't currently have a way to annotate playlists track-by-track within Spotify, though. Some day we probably will. In fact, for this reason as well as this weirdness, I think I may move mine to a different venue where I can experiment more easily...
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 22 February 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
Where is your list? The funny thing is that I follow your stuff. I do think, however, that the way it's appeared here, aka "this weirdness" is kind of weird. I'd strongly encourage, however, the posting of a link to your lists on Spotify. And if Spotify could include annotations, that would be wonderful. I'm still recovering from the loss of apps (e.g. Pitchfork et al).
― dlp9001, Monday, 22 February 2016 00:10 (eight years ago) link
Glenn's new releases list updated weekly:
New Particleshttps://open.spotify.com/user/glennpmcdonald/playlist/4KFgvtilFRbRUzEdER8lFQ
― djmartian, Monday, 22 February 2016 00:13 (eight years ago) link
And we have a happy ending. Thanks to all!
― dlp9001, Monday, 22 February 2016 00:14 (eight years ago) link
sourced from this: Spotify New-Album Sorting Hathttp://everynoise.com/spotify_new_albums.html
― djmartian, Monday, 22 February 2016 00:16 (eight years ago) link
Sweet 3 ppl thought a thread was weird and now it's gone?
― uptown garfunkel (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 February 2016 00:57 (eight years ago) link
It's a thread that was making up for a shortcoming that Spotify has. Spotify will fix it, which will be great for Spotify users. There'll be one less thread here to compete with others that don't have alternate forums, which is good for ilm. It's win/win.
― dlp9001, Monday, 22 February 2016 01:02 (eight years ago) link
Well, now it's a thread of self-referential offense-taking, which certainly makes it more normal in ILM terms.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 22 February 2016 02:49 (eight years ago) link
seriously this whole "dude with THE REAL DEAL INSIGHTS comes in and blows the thread's mind" derail has been really dumb imo
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 22 February 2016 03:33 (eight years ago) link
Please keep doing this, glenn. The idea of this thread "competing with others that don't have alternate forums" is mindblowingly dumb. I will not click the jute gyte thread more if this one disappears.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 22 February 2016 04:49 (eight years ago) link
I will remain unlikely to click on the jute gyte thread even if every other thread goes the way of this one and gets filibustered to death.
― dc, Monday, 22 February 2016 05:18 (eight years ago) link
1. Probably Glenn was attracted to, and got a job at Spotify because he was passionate about music. That is probably also the main reason he posts here. He does not work for the PR side of the company. If he did he would be fired for spending. His time recommending black metal albums on a niche message board that looks like it had its last design update in 1998.
2. Glenn is not the only person in this forum who receives income from some part of the music industry. There are likely people here who have written PR for artists, who are involved in other websites, etc. Glenn should be praised for his best practices.
3. As someone who uses Spotify for roughly 99.9% of my listening consumption, I appreciate this thread *in addition* to all the other threads for music recommendations. My only complaint is that fewer and fewer others post here, especially since my tastes don't align with Glenn's very often. This thread used to be more robust. Perhaps that's just a testament to how thoroughly Spotify has taken over, that this thread may have outgrown its relevance.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 22 February 2016 13:58 (eight years ago) link
preach
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 22 February 2016 14:52 (eight years ago) link
As someone who uses Spotify for roughly 99.9% of my listening consumption, I appreciate this thread *in addition* to all the other threads for music recommendations.
^Co-sign. Please don't stop, glenn.
The only reason I don't contribute is because of the specific "US Spotify" qualifier in the thread title. If we can agree it's OK to add things that might only be available on UK Spotify, I will.
― Jeff W, Monday, 22 February 2016 15:02 (eight years ago) link
please do
― ciderpress, Monday, 22 February 2016 15:24 (eight years ago) link
i wouldn't be averse to making this a more generalized 'new releases on streaming services' thread since that's basically what i use it as
― ciderpress, Monday, 22 February 2016 15:25 (eight years ago) link
Good grief, people. Put a halt to this "glenn is an industry shill" bullshit.
― how's life, Monday, 22 February 2016 20:15 (eight years ago) link
when will Glenn release the transcripts of his paid speeches to the RIAA?
― salthigh, Monday, 22 February 2016 20:32 (eight years ago) link
When will glenn be released from prison so that he can resume posting to ilm?
― dlp9001, Monday, 22 February 2016 20:39 (eight years ago) link
Sorry, pretty slammed right now working on the Branding Concept documents for the big New Particles relaunch.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 22 February 2016 21:02 (eight years ago) link
#FreeGlenn
― uptown garfunkel (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 February 2016 21:05 (eight years ago) link
has someone investigated forksclovetofu's role in this conspiracy #conspiracy #tcot
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Monday, 22 February 2016 21:33 (eight years ago) link
forks is hosting spotify on his own private server
― uptown garfunkel (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 February 2016 21:34 (eight years ago) link
Now that you mention it, has anyone ever seen glenn and Yolandi Visser in the same room at the same time?
― dlp9001, Monday, 22 February 2016 21:43 (eight years ago) link
re: Branding Concept documents for the big New Particles relaunch.
apparently Glenn is on secondment to Promotions in Mid-March that involves a jolly to Austin for SXSW for the big relaunch.
Spotify Announces 2016 SXSW Line-Uphttp://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/spotify-announces-2016-sxsw-line-up-300223580.html
However this was mentioned on the official press release, today:
Musical Map: NYC-based artist Shantell Martin will create a beautiful mural inspired by everynoise.com, an intricate music-genre map, designed to bring Spotify's rich data to life for attendees.
Keep up with new particles and posting new release info on this thread Glenn, it is appreciated. One of the 13 current subscribers of New Particles.
― djmartian, Monday, 22 February 2016 22:08 (eight years ago) link
My new thing for New Particles seems to be basically working now: http://furia.com/newparticles/. You can still just follow the playlists on Spotify if you don't care about the notes...
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 17:35 (eight years ago) link
awesome, thanks for setting this up. i will bookmark
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 17:51 (eight years ago) link
ditto. please bump here with updates if you wanna.
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 25 February 2016 01:14 (eight years ago) link