“Right now, electronic dance music probably outsells hip‑hop. This is identical to the punk‑versus‑disco trade‑off of the 1970s. My prediction: edgy hip‑hop music will win the fame game in the long run, while E.D.M. will be seen as another mindless dance craze.”
What.
― the_ecuador_three, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 14:56 (seven years ago) link
probably, not sure if there's a way to tell
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 16:01 (seven years ago) link
The fact that Dylan does not have a conventionally “good” singing voice becomes retrospective proof that rock audiences prioritized substance over style
yes what could be less stylish than bob dylan's singing voice, a put-on of a put-on in which every other syllable is emphasized into a wail
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 16:53 (seven years ago) link
also you could (probably) cut any fuck klusterman piece in half by just excising all the places where he (might) concede that everything he's saying (may be) unsupported bullshit
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 16:57 (seven years ago) link
ok, it's a weakness of mine. i had to know: is there anyone who really thinks that sousa's ubiquity comes at the expense of lesser known, greater talents? is anybody out there championing any of the other american march composers?
and of course there is! jeff yaeger would like to tell you ALL ABOUT how james m. fulton has been unfairly forgotten by history, and to rectify this oversight he's put together a band and recorded NINE VOLUMES of his marches, all sight-read with no rehearsal, for the sake of "authenticity". you can listen to them all on his website at www.forgottenamericanmusic.com! he should start hanging out with klosterman. i think they'd get along great.
― Sgt. Coldy Bimore (rushomancy), Sunday, 29 May 2016 18:51 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsTZ0eFJMLY
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 29 May 2016 19:04 (seven years ago) link
haha, Brad. I was tempted to post the exact same clip.
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Sunday, 29 May 2016 20:24 (seven years ago) link
Mind numbing. It reads like a prison letter from the guy who no one wants to be pen pals with.
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 29 May 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
well reading this was incredibly satisfying:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/books/review/chuck-klosterman-but-what-if-were-wrong.html
say what you will about his nonexistent intellect and awful prose, klosterman writing a book posited on the theory that everyone is a dumbass is an incredibly canny move
― maura, Thursday, 30 June 2016 14:03 (seven years ago) link
Nice kicker at the end of that.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 30 June 2016 14:18 (seven years ago) link
so this is like an expanded version of that horrible thing he wrote about tune-yards, where he was weirdly concerned with how our future selves would feel about the music?
― geoffreyess, Thursday, 30 June 2016 14:47 (seven years ago) link
lol :(
― maura, Thursday, 30 June 2016 14:49 (seven years ago) link
chuck is so bad that, if someone wants me to explain why he's terrible, i'd just rather not
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 30 June 2016 15:07 (seven years ago) link
in a certain way, he reminds me of alain de botton
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 30 June 2016 15:08 (seven years ago) link
The Facebook algorithm is advertising Klosterman’s new novel to me. It says the book is “wise and funny,” and I’m like, are we talking about the same guy?
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 11 November 2021 13:23 (two years ago) link
He could arguably be funny now and then, but the "wise" part clearly has him confused with another Klosterman.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 11 November 2021 14:25 (two years ago) link
Gotta say, love him or hate him, ol Klosty's house style is key to surviving as a culture writer in 2021.
― licorice in the front, pizza in the rear (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 11 November 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
What would you even call it? Kind of a folksy Gen X Ted Talk vibe?
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 11 November 2021 16:23 (two years ago) link