HIPSTER (the pit of vipers)

Also, no good music has ever come from the continent of Africa -- all these afro-punk-funk-rock compilers are kidding themselves.*

*j/k

contrarianism /= hipsterism. the satie diss scans hipsterish because of the pretense of worldliness and expertise that it assumes in order to more effectively sneer at arrivistes who heard of satie through a movie or some such. the contemptuous sarcasm of "i hope they play gymnopédie no 1 at your funeral". it's an attack not on the music, but on a certain type of listener.

Chain and the Gang track is so great. love that whole album. Ian is funny!

contrarianism /= hipsterism. the satie diss scans hipsterish because of the pretense of worldliness and expertise

True, but he also writes 'I still claim he invented Muzak,' which reads like an attack on the music.

I didn't know about Chain and the Gang until now. Got inspired to revisit Make-Up and NOU as a result.

i think the attack on the music is where the hipsterism falls down, cuz that's a pretty tired thing to say about satie. ian is making a good go of it, but it still seems a bit challopy rather than the (illusion of) sincere takedown demanded.

so is "the pit of vipers" hipsters or ilx?

accusing someone of contrarianism = "instead of accepting your statement and arguing against it I'm just going to pretend you don't even believe it yourself which is pretty much just an asshole move that will make the argument last longer and get progressively more meaningless"

― some dude, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 18:15 (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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