kind of wish someone was doing a less-toxic but still sarcastically critical type of blog now when I see headlines likeWHY ORANGETHEORY HIRED STEVE AOKI AS ITS CMO—CHIEF MUSIC OFFICER
― mh, Thursday, 24 March 2022 22:49 (two years ago) link
Never forget!
https://i.imgur.com/6KB31sT.jpg
― The Quantum Superposition Platform - For Life (MoominTrollin), Thursday, 24 March 2022 22:56 (two years ago) link
the whole of chillwave grimes et al i was like i respect the audacity of making music that sounds like singing along to the radio playing in the other room but i dont respect it that much
― lag∞n, Friday, 25 March 2022 01:56 (two years ago) link
'player of games' is sick
― flopson, Friday, 25 March 2022 02:03 (two years ago) link
WHY ORANGETHEORY HIRED STEVE AOKI AS ITS CMO—CHIEF MUSIC OFFICER
Yeah, I feel like when he took breaks from doing some of the grosser hounding of musicians his voice could work really well for a specific sort of at-large cultural criticism.
e.g. Urban Outfitters stock is in 'the shitter', CEO resigns. Are alt retailers dying?
Urban Outfitters stock is in 'the shitter', CEO resigns. Are alt retailers dying?
― dell (del), Friday, 25 March 2022 03:03 (two years ago) link
There was a really good one or maybe series of ones referencing edison lightbulb, mason jars, exposed brick sort of aesthetic trend in coffeehouses, "gastropubs" that was really satisfying. He was good at that stuff I think.
― dell (del), Friday, 25 March 2022 03:12 (two years ago) link
Oh wait I just read all 3000 posts on this thread and I guess that was prev mentioned.
― dell (del), Friday, 25 March 2022 03:16 (two years ago) link
whither carles
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Sunday, 25 June 2023 22:00 (ten months ago) link
i’ve been enjoying the stuff brad troemel’s been putting on ig/patreon lately. like a historicization of post-internet art and online culture of the last 15-ish years. his style is ymmv but imo it’s informative and interesting. this one was about carles/hr:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cq3IWYeg4Rj/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
― flopson, Monday, 26 June 2023 08:54 (ten months ago) link