yeah if you respond to this you probably have to remove yourself from your interests a bit
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:31 (thirteen years ago) link
i liked (and still do) reading his stuff about pitchfork cuz shit i'm a pitchfork stan at heart but i find his other stuff to be long-winded & uninteresting
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
the idea that what you want/respond to from a rock critic is long livejournal esque narratives & whimsical two question "interviews" with bands that the writer gets to "hang out with" is really backwards to me
fanfic is otm
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:35 (thirteen years ago) link
what i could get through of the das racist piece i guess could have been interesting if you cared about das racist but it was like a million pages long for no reason
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:35 (thirteen years ago) link
fanfic! yes! or, like the bushwick equivalent of la dolce musto
― maura, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:49 (thirteen years ago) link
only without any limit on inches
― maura, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:50 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't think musto has a limit on inches either
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:50 (thirteen years ago) link
heyoooo
― kellspolaris (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:51 (thirteen years ago) link
BAM
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:51 (thirteen years ago) link
http://obit-mag.com/media/image/Bowing-Man.jpg
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:52 (thirteen years ago) link
i think PRR would prob be more interesting if he was gay tho
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Joshua Heller [#4549]
das racist is my favorite band. this kid is an excellent writer. he wrote this whole thing on a cellphone? baller.Posted on 09/28/10 at 6:18 pm
― buzza, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:08 (thirteen years ago) link
he does have a fuckton of patience for typing on a blackberry, i'll give him that. i hate that shit.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:13 (thirteen years ago) link
he should move to japan and start writing novels
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:14 (thirteen years ago) link
guys I write on a blackberry too
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
― tumlbrah (dayo), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:44 (thirteen years ago) link
i knock on the door of the apartment building whose address he gave me because there are no buzzers even though there are multiple apartments in the building, and nothing happens so i text him "yo i'm here" and then i try to open the front door to the building and it is unlocked and i walk in and stand in the lobby area waiting for him, i am nervous and i am wishing i had taken an anti-anxiety pill and i wonder if i have one in my pocket so i check my pocket but i don't and i think about running outside to buy a 40 but then Himanshu comes down the stairs. he is barefoot and he gets halfway down the stairs and crouches and looks at me for a second and smiles and gives me the finger guns and goes, "yo" and he smiles and i say "hey how's it going?"
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH STFU
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:49 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah the idea of that being "easy to read" is not something i really comprehend
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 September 2010 04:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I kinda agree w/markers that the diaristic style of his writing is part of the appeal. Which is why it's slightly disorienting and maybe a little unsatisfying to read somewhere other than his own blog. Because if you want something tight and punchy and journalistic, this kid's doing it all wrong. But I do think there's something interesting and attractive about that voice on its own. For me, at least.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 04:01 (thirteen years ago) link
attractive in the way diarrhea is attractive, yes.
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 04:02 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean don't get me wrong i love diarrhea
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 04:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Should've gone with "diaristic, more like diarrhea amirite."
― jaymc, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 04:05 (thirteen years ago) link
ut the 20 legit greats should really spend more time posting the legit great work of their peers, so we can all talk about it.
uhhhh why the fuck don't YOU go and read it? it's not as though most people's journalism is hidden away on some obscure tumblr. please don't say you have to be spoonfed writing by ilxors to pay attention to it - though that would totally explain why you think this dude is all that
not one detail is interesting here. WHY WOULD I CARE ABOUT ANY OF THIS STUFF AGH SHUT UP SHUT UP. his shit is just a swamp of self-absorption. obviously HOW he writes is the, uh, "appeal" for his stans here (i still don't actually fully believe you because wt actual f), rather than what he writes because there is no insight or perception there, no actual ideas beyond the observation of minutiae, so...seriously? it's detailing like that that hooks you in? that isn't evocative of anything other than his neuroses. read some didion. read anything else. god.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 06:13 (thirteen years ago) link
So generally I think nabisco otm, but I also think lex is on some sort of other money.
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 06:27 (thirteen years ago) link
lex is on the euro
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 September 2010 06:30 (thirteen years ago) link
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thirty bitches on my dick a hundred bitches on my dick thirty bitches on my dick i got bitches cos oh damn i got bitches, oh damn basedgod, prettyboy oh damn i got bitches, oh, fuck i got hoes suckin young ass bitch got to fuck any bride cuz i'm that fuckin rich got to put it on me now and i make you suck my dick this is young based god i'm a pretty boy bitch hoes suck the ass young based god fuck your bitch like it's nothin hoes on my dick cuz i look like jesus bitch i want a million shoutsout to regis based like a god anf i'm high like a martian you're a foe bitch suck my dick like a martian and i act like a broad? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
― fuck noOoOO (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 06:32 (thirteen years ago) link
HE WRITES SO MUCH SO HE IS A GENIUS, PRR IS SO #BASED
― fuck noOoOO (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 06:33 (thirteen years ago) link
whiney ^_^
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 September 2010 06:34 (thirteen years ago) link
the thing w/the "he needs an editor" argument is, wtf is actually left when you strip away the extraneous bs?
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 06:34 (thirteen years ago) link
ilx on my dick cause i look like ian cohen. ilx on my dick cause i look like joe tangari. swag swag swag, i got ten-point-o swag. best new swag. cooking cooking cooking, get me a fork cast. i'm in the basement, mixing up the metaphors.Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
― fuck noOoOO (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 06:40 (thirteen years ago) link
"i want to tell Himanshu that to me, Das Racist is a project about immigrant disillusionment, about realizing that the possibilities for immigrants in America are not as vast as they appeared from outside it, and when i listen to Das Racist it helps me understand my dad because sometimes it is hard for him to be direct about why he wants to leave."
― HOW I FOLD MY BANDANA (deej), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 06:42 (thirteen years ago) link
of course if he just posted that idea on ilx, he wd ... just be another dude w/ an idea on ilx
― HOW I FOLD MY BANDANA (deej), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 06:43 (thirteen years ago) link
imo he could even writ a longer piece around that conceit -- but he wd need to keep in only the parts & details that help sketch dude from das racists' ambiguousness towards '''america''' rather than, like, "then i rang the doorbell then i waited for the door then the doorknob turned' type shit
― HOW I FOLD MY BANDANA (deej), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 06:44 (thirteen years ago) link
its just very very long
― HOW I FOLD MY BANDANA (deej), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 06:45 (thirteen years ago) link
but the parts that cut actually cut, and that's worth something, imo. i like the lazy scene setting, cuz it make sense of that which follows...
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 07:16 (thirteen years ago) link
and the thing is, if he posted that shit (bit abt das racist's immigrant stance reflecting on his own relationship w/ his immigrant dad), he wouldn't be "just another dude w/ an idea", he'd be a dude with a good, interesting idea.
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 07:19 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm in the basement, mixing up the metaphors.
A+++
― Tim F, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 07:28 (thirteen years ago) link
No matter what I think about this guy, contenderizer offtm. Forever.
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 07:28 (thirteen years ago) link
god this thread is incredibly embarrassing for ilx
― max, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 07:35 (thirteen years ago) link
i think you mean that it's a disaster for ilx
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 September 2010 07:37 (thirteen years ago) link
well its something for ilx thats for sure
― max, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 07:38 (thirteen years ago) link
on multiple levels probably
― ('_') (omar little), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 07:38 (thirteen years ago) link
actually i think we can just go ahead and say that contenderizer is incredibly embarrassing for ilx
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 September 2010 07:46 (thirteen years ago) link
i wish he were the only one, is the thing
― max, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 07:49 (thirteen years ago) link
ouch, y'all
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 08:20 (thirteen years ago) link
offtm. Forever...
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 08:21 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 September 2010 08:23 (thirteen years ago) link
altho i do think your opinions on prr are o_O
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 September 2010 08:24 (thirteen years ago) link
thing is, i think all kinds of stupid shit! this is not notable. ask deej...
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 08:25 (thirteen years ago) link
i like clipse. axe somebody.
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 08:26 (thirteen years ago) link
i like clipse too
just not 'hell hath no fury'
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 September 2010 08:27 (thirteen years ago) link