also this
Yeah, Lester says, I get that, the past is a dead country, but man the world these days has become so boringly safe and emotionally neutral through all this stupid political correctness that everyone forces on everyone else whether you like it or not.
is some really bizarre puppetry in that the writer is forcing into Lester's mouth garbage that even dennis o'leary or dennis miller would blanche at
― Defund Phil Collins (stevie), Monday, 4 November 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link
I would venture into guessing what type of music Lester would like in 2013 had he lived, but that's like a pube away from writing fanfic where Gene Shalit fucks a cartoon pony.
― obie stompin' moby (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 4 November 2013 17:38 (ten years ago) link
My heads says "be kind", my heart says lol.
also i think this dude knows lester bangs only from the speech in almost famous and has never read anything he wrote
OTM. The line about political correctness in particular suggests that he doesn't really understand a thing about Bangs' POV.
― Deafening silence (DL), Monday, 4 November 2013 17:53 (ten years ago) link
agreed. but it wouldn't be albert hammond jr.
― Defund Phil Collins (stevie), Monday, 4 November 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link
man I get enough incompetent necrophilia fanfic from Shakespeare criticism, surely no need to make those moves in rock criticism too? oy gevalt
― the tune was space, Monday, 4 November 2013 18:30 (ten years ago) link
I can't believe I read that thing, but I am really unhappy that I watched the video for Albert's song attached to it. Gotta go cleanse now.
― grandavis, Monday, 4 November 2013 18:37 (ten years ago) link
I'm guessing he at least read LB's Jimi Hendrix 'interview', and had a great idea.
― jmm, Monday, 4 November 2013 18:42 (ten years ago) link
this is so good
― J0rdan S., Monday, 4 November 2013 18:45 (ten years ago) link
it's sort of nice that in 2013 there is still someone naive enough to write an album review with the ghost of lester bangs as the main character
― J0rdan S., Monday, 4 November 2013 18:46 (ten years ago) link
about a Strokes solo project, too!
― some dude, Monday, 4 November 2013 19:53 (ten years ago) link
http://img1.etsystatic.com/012/1/6396521/il_340x270.437584919_g6v8.jpg
― Evan, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 04:49 (ten years ago) link
http://www.regimebooks.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Charles-Pitter.jpg
haha wow
― 1staethyr, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 05:17 (ten years ago) link
― In times of osterity, these Eton-educated poshboys (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 10:39 (ten years ago) link
"Gaga is an artist that creates for the sake of creation, and this is her manifesto"
http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/5778227/lady-gaga-artpop-track-by-track-review
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 6 November 2013 13:40 (ten years ago) link
I found the original long-lost All Music Guide one-and-a-half-star review of Coldplay's Parachutes! And I thought it was Stephen Thomas Whatsisname all these years.
It is rarely a good sign when you can't tell if an album is on or not. From British indie-guitar mumbling to completely innocuous songwriting, Coldplay's Parachutes is an unhealthy sign of a musical subculture that is mired far too deep into its own anonymity. Yes, this is an album that -- aside everything else -- refuses to acknowledge it is even alive. The problem might be in the marketing aspect of the band. If Embrace was a competing label's answer to Oasis, Coldplay seems to be another label's answer to Travis. This time the response is to try and manufacture an album that is so riddled with even more indie-by-number blandness that it will be nearly impossible for any potential record buyer to be offended, because Parachutes is an album in love with the ordinary. The closest the album ever comes to anything interesting is on "Shiver" -- a wafer-thin mimicry of Ned's Atomic Dustbin that at least implies that the band can do well when they play around with usual verse-chorus-verse structures. Still, other than that, the album is bare of anything else very noteworthy. The core single "Yellow" sets up an interesting premise with rolling guitar riffs and vocal cracks, yet goes absolutely nowhere with any of it. Also, closer "Everything's Not Lost" (despite at times sounding like a Randy Newman throwaway) has a wistful atmosphere about it that feels like an epilogue to an event that never happened. Even the better songs prove that there is a large failure to peak on this album. This is a traditional case of wasted opportunity. Everything is just so determinedly middle-of-the-road, one can only picture a dotted yellow line while listening to it. -- Dean Carlson
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 7 November 2013 01:56 (ten years ago) link
why is it in this thread?
― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Thursday, 7 November 2013 02:47 (ten years ago) link
Because it sucks.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 7 November 2013 03:21 (ten years ago) link
coldplay's parachutes? yes it does
― lollercoaster of rove (s.clover), Thursday, 7 November 2013 03:38 (ten years ago) link
not averse to colplay reevaluation or w/e but there's nothing objectionable about that at all, it's sort of a standard AMG pan
― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Thursday, 7 November 2013 03:44 (ten years ago) link
You guys know you're arguing with Mr. Snrub, right
― smoking, drinking, cracking and showing the MIDDLE FINGER (DJP), Thursday, 7 November 2013 03:47 (ten years ago) link
i have a few mrsnrub.txt files but none of them are about this particular mr. snrub i'm afraid
― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Thursday, 7 November 2013 03:55 (ten years ago) link
you need mrsnrub.xls
― mookieproof, Thursday, 7 November 2013 03:58 (ten years ago) link
remember that guy that wrote that really bad review of robin thicke? now he's done some really bad reviews for lady gaga and katy perry!
http://i41.tinypic.com/21bk2t.jpg
i don't like artpop or prism that much but the fact that somewhere someone is being paid to put music journalism this pathetic and lazy in print makes me irrationally infuriated
― monotony, Thursday, 7 November 2013 19:10 (ten years ago) link
Literally the first thing I saw was "vaginal awakening"...
― Evan, Thursday, 7 November 2013 19:15 (ten years ago) link
Duncan Sheik was never very good with sequels
― smoking, drinking, cracking and showing the MIDDLE FINGER (DJP), Thursday, 7 November 2013 19:19 (ten years ago) link
"Perry almost pushes me out of the realms of heterosexuality"
i don't like her music but dude, GIS
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 7 November 2013 19:20 (ten years ago) link
This guy's a prize specimen. So much fear, ignorance and contempt masquerading as "yeah I went there" truthbombs.
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 7 November 2013 19:37 (ten years ago) link
that god-awful Crazy Frog
― too much Michu, not enough meta (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 7 November 2013 20:09 (ten years ago) link
Finally someone's had the balls to call out Crazy Frog.
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 7 November 2013 20:29 (ten years ago) link
This guy is terrible as a music reviewer, but as a writer he expresses what he has to say - maniacal misogyny - with admirable vim and vigour.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 7 November 2013 21:42 (ten years ago) link
"he's so good at misogyny"
― Murgatroid, Thursday, 7 November 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link
WHY DOES HE KEEP ITALICIZING SONG TITLES
― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Friday, 8 November 2013 02:15 (ten years ago) link
"If you see someone on a train wearing a Lady Gaga shirt you should probably give up your seat to them because they are clearly musically challenged."
http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Tina-Fey-giving-herself-high-five.gif
― some dude, Friday, 8 November 2013 02:23 (ten years ago) link
the crazy frog album is really funny and "axel f" is a classic
― dyl, Friday, 8 November 2013 02:44 (ten years ago) link
― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Friday, November 8, 2013 2:15 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
think it would be the person who sets the house style of the paper that did that
― too much Michu, not enough meta (DJ Mencap), Friday, 8 November 2013 08:25 (ten years ago) link
This may say more about my UK suburban lifestyle but I don't think I've ever encountered a Lady Gaga fan irl.
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Friday, 8 November 2013 08:39 (ten years ago) link
otm:
This guy's a prize specimen. So much fear, ignorance and contempt masquerading as "yeah I went there" truthbombs.― Deafening silence (DL)
― Deafening silence (DL)
we have a guy at my local alt-weekly who kinda writes like this. it's maddening.
― alpine static, Friday, 8 November 2013 08:47 (ten years ago) link
like, what publication allows a Gaga review to go near the "is she a man" thing, much less quip "I've got $50 on yes." ugh, fuck this dude and whoever publishes him.
― alpine static, Friday, 8 November 2013 08:49 (ten years ago) link
more:
http://i.imgur.com/70v73Dq.png
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 8 November 2013 09:51 (ten years ago) link
love this guy
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Friday, 8 November 2013 09:55 (ten years ago) link
TS: Thicke's "unambiguous misogyny" vs Tyson Wray's unambiguous misogyny
― Deafening silence (DL), Friday, 8 November 2013 10:00 (ten years ago) link
"their" right to choose.
― Legitimate space tale (LocalGarda), Friday, 8 November 2013 10:17 (ten years ago) link
like he's only talking to men
― Legitimate space tale (LocalGarda), Friday, 8 November 2013 10:18 (ten years ago) link
what % of people who have enjoyed the music of Robin Thicke in 2013 know or care who his dad is?
― too much Michu, not enough meta (DJ Mencap), Friday, 8 November 2013 10:18 (ten years ago) link
Tyson Wray doesn't seem to have much interest in how music sounds
― . (Noodle Vague), Friday, 8 November 2013 10:19 (ten years ago) link
Captain Save-a-Thicke
― In times of osterity, these Eton-educated poshboys (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 8 November 2013 10:57 (ten years ago) link
His songs amalgamate WHAT to the artistic creativity of a singing fish, Tyson?
― Unsettled defender (ithappens), Friday, 8 November 2013 15:14 (ten years ago) link
Ugh. (Universal)
― there's no camera to capture that yelping moment! (forksclovetofu), Friday, 8 November 2013 15:22 (ten years ago) link
I'd love to see the research paper which proposes that rubber fish can sing.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 8 November 2013 15:27 (ten years ago) link
you've obviously never met billy.
http://diztopia.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/11152004.jpg
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 15:35 (ten years ago) link