unfrozen caveman music critic
― "Dave Barlow" is the name Lou uses on sabermetrics baseball sites (s.clover), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/MusicMesfin
― emil.y, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
"The Saturdays is one of a new crop of girl groups currently on the music scene."
― Mark G, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
there shd probably be a dedicated thread for the unsung heroes feeding the world's relentless demand for content day in day out
― imagine Brigadoons (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
a new crop of whores are ready to dominate charts and fill a void left by the decreasing output of the dead
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
if this dude has been paid a cent ever for writing im literally going to cry
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
Damn, too long for a display name. xp
― emil.y, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
im no jordan sargent but i'd like to think im slightly better than MusicMesfin and i've never been paid for any writing
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
"The lead single from Ciara's self-titled fifth album, "Body Party," is an oozing, seductive R&B track that deserves rousing applause — especially when the 27-year-old matches the song with daring and sensual dance moves that scream Janet Jackson, Aaliyah and others that have come before her, as she did at the recent BET Awards."
― One burly voice screamed and that was one of many. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:29 (eleven years ago) link
"an oozing R&B track"dat sentence structure
title of that piece is REVIEW: CIARA STILL SEARCHING FOR CIARA ON 'CIARA'i think there's a lot to be mined with this guy
― One burly voice screamed and that was one of many. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
I guess if a music writer's twitter is 80% RTs of articles from his place of work and 20% NormalTweetGuy inanity, at least that cuts down on the public circlejerking
― many a slip 'twixt Yow and Yip (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
Lol hurting
― rooibos in disguise (wins), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
and you will know us by the decreasing output of the dead...
― "Dave Barlow" is the name Lou uses on sabermetrics baseball sites (s.clover), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
Rumors of TLC's fall from the pop charts have been greatly exaggerated
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
This guy. The more I read, the more I fear my eyes will roll so far back into my head that I may not be able to get them back out.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
"Mumford & Sons and the crowd were loud, but not unruly during the two-hour show. The band played their folk-rock tunes with ease, and at times slowed things down as red-orange lights shined and small light bulbs hung in the air. They boys were like mad scientists during "Dustbowl Dance" — singer Marcus Mumford was now on the drums and he kicked it out of his way as he headed to the front of the stage to finish singing the song."
First half of first sentence is almost seussian.
― sktsh, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
Professional rock band plays songs professionally, at times slowly, with lighting
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnIF72mW1vs
― scott seward, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3EizbF-38I
― scott seward, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Tuesday, September 3, 2013 3:19 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The Associated Press isn't exactly looking for Richard Meltzer tho
― Vinetalic - "My Friend Terio" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
i basically get the sense that maybe this person didn't want to be a music journo at all, and sort of doesn't care? or cares about one sort of music but really doesn't care about NIN or british pop girlgroups and is just sort of phoning it in until they can cover whatever they feel their 'calling' is? like more than anything else, it just drips with boredom and indifference.
― "Dave Barlow" is the name Lou uses on sabermetrics baseball sites (s.clover), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
"One member of the band picked up his guitar and began playing it. Then, while the singer vocalized into his microphone, the drummer crashed his sticks wildly into his drums and cymbals, creating a stir in the crowd, which seemed close to filling the 430-person capacity venue."
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
It's the Associated Press, it's not supposed to be fucking Joan Didion, guys
― Vinetalic - "My Friend Terio" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
"The lead single from Ciara's self-titled fifth album, "Body Party," is an oozing, seductive R&B track
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― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
cap'n save-a-hack
― "Dave Barlow" is the name Lou uses on sabermetrics baseball sites (s.clover), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 20:48 (eleven years ago) link
i'm kind of relieved when i run across phoned-in robot articles written by people who have not spent any time analyzing pop culture, one less human being subjecting themselves to the grotesquery of caring in a sinking ship industry.
― forevermore (a maven) (Matt P), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 21:02 (eleven years ago) link
*puts cigarette out on palm, gazes balefully into the smoggy distance*
― One burly voice screamed and that was one of many. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 21:02 (eleven years ago) link
in any case, this guy answers the thread question pretty definitively; i can't imagine anyone else who gets this level of distribution and exposure who writes this poorly
― One burly voice screamed and that was one of many. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
it's a relief! phew, this person can care more about things that matter. good for them.
xp i beg to differ. i enjoyed the 'burly voice' line more than anything you've ever posted.
― forevermore (a maven) (Matt P), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
no offense. i mean it's a great line, not everyone can be a genius.
― forevermore (a maven) (Matt P), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
no offense taken. there are certainly plenty of would-be "genius" hacks who devote themselves to flexing atrophied muscles on the internet in misguided attempts to look clever. why one of them could be in the room right... now.http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/hand-gestures/crossed-arms-smiley-emoticon.gif
― One burly voice screamed and that was one of many. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
joan didion?
― Cannae Just (Lamp), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
holy shit, joan didion is in the room?
― One burly voice screamed and that was one of many. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
she posts as "The Other J.D."
― da croupier, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
AP (New York) -- Wire service writes like wire service
― katherine, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
katherine gets me as of late tho
― Vinetalic - "My Friend Terio" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, criticising someone who's probably a news reporter for not writing a great review is insufferably smug. Unless everyone here could write a perfect court report …
― Wantaway Striker (ithappens), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
his work is factually incorrect, grammatically suspect and betrays little creativity or knowledge of the work he's writing about!
― One burly voice screamed and that was one of many. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
what standards would you LIKE me to judge that work on?
Everything in his AP repertoire so far is music/pop culture oriented, so I dunno where the idea that he's a news reporter comes from.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
he says he's a music writer in his twitter bio
― many a slip 'twixt Yow and Yip (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
what's his twitter name again?
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
Leave him alone!
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
I imagine Britney saying that.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
but shouldn't someone tell him that a bunch of people he's never heard of think he's not good at something?
― j., Tuesday, 3 September 2013 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
so are we gonna be hand-wringing about poor music journalism in in-flight magazines next?
― not some dude poking a Line 6 pedal with his dick (sarahell), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
I wouldn't want his job. I imagine none of us would. But the idea that he's got it instead of someone who can write and actually knows things about music is irritating.
I know! Welcome to the world.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
god get over yourself
― forevermore (a maven) (Matt P), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
rme at everyone in this thread stanning for this clown. If he worked at Wendy's, he'd be fired by now.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 23:15 (eleven years ago) link