everything
― treeship's assailing (darraghmac), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:01 (ten years ago) link
in the era of Google, anyone writing for a paycheck — no matter how small — that plays what Maura calls "unfrozen caveman rock critic" deserves the ridicule they get
― perfect puppy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:01 (ten years ago) link
ILX, where "admitting your blind spots" is a controversial stance.
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:04 (ten years ago) link
now i may just be a simple country hyper chicken but
― eric banana (s.clover), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link
the courage to take the time to learn things before you write them
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link
also idk this is almost too immaterial to really say but the popularity of this tumblr is going to determine the tone and quality of writing elsewhere
My Husband's Stupid Record Collection Happened To Me
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:11 (ten years ago) link
Lol whiney what the hell level are you even on
― post-nodern music player (wins), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:12 (ten years ago) link
since time immemorial whiney has been on that other level
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:13 (ten years ago) link
It's not like I was being subtle about it
― post-nodern music player (wins), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:15 (ten years ago) link
Jeez guys the term is "falsely naive"
― continually topping myself (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, March 17, 2014 12:51 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
can't we just keep pretending it means "honestly naive" or whatever the hell Treeship is thinking it does
― have a nice blood (mh), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:16 (ten years ago) link
tbrr tho she's not being "falsely naive"/faux-naif but "deliberately ignorant", the tone of the piece is written about 'look how ignorant I am about this music'; a writer being proud of one's ignorance is not something that even WGW is above
― continually topping myself (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:19 (ten years ago) link
If you pretend you have no knowledge or context, you can't be held to account when you screw up though, right? (Yes, you can.) It's one of the worst aspects of that style.
― have a nice blood (mh), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link
Could we admit that there's a difference between "admitting one's blind spots" and "deliberate ignorance"?
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link
I don't think anyone is denying that
― have a nice blood (mh), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:25 (ten years ago) link
I feel where Maura is coming from on this, but at the same time, having a big dumb record collection is a thing that skews so heavily male and is treated by record-collecting men as some kind of mysterious male talisman, and I feel like there's an aspect of this of demystification that I like. The sort of stereotypical "female" perspective whether you want to call it naive or faux-naive seems like a good tool for that job. I get that any amateur could just review records in an uninformed and amateurish way, but the fact that she is tackling "The Collection" seems like part of the point.
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link
I don't think it's a great look but I think it emerged as a reaction to the much more prevalent tendency to act like everything can be reduced to its context. That's the context for the faux naif bloggy voice imo. It's about wanting to step outside the critical noise machine and make empirical observations as if for the first time.
― Treeship, Monday, 17 March 2014 19:29 (ten years ago) link
Think it's more about feeling like there's something intellectually dishonest about pretending to have a depth of knowledge about things you googled for half an hour.
― tsrobodo, Monday, 17 March 2014 19:34 (ten years ago) link
xpost
http://www.cultbritannia.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2001-Baby-Earth.jpg
― perfect puppy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:35 (ten years ago) link
that too
― Treeship, Monday, 17 March 2014 19:35 (ten years ago) link
Sorry my last post was xp to tsrobodo.
― Treeship, Monday, 17 March 2014 19:36 (ten years ago) link
Can we all agree that the most insufferable comment came from the husband
Alex Says: Even though I have 2 AC/DC records, I don’t really know their music all that well. I just collect records. It’s what I do. So I have two AC/DC records. Deal with it.I’m pretty sure I bought this album off my old pal Michael Troutman, mostly because I was very familiar with Will Oldham’s weird cover of Big Balls, and I was like “ok, I’ll check it out.”
― have a nice blood (mh), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:51 (ten years ago) link
100% yes
― waterbabies (waterface), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:53 (ten years ago) link
uggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
― perfect puppy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:55 (ten years ago) link
be cool, fuckface
― waterbabies (waterface), Monday, 17 March 2014 19:59 (ten years ago) link
lol words.
― eric banana (s.clover), Monday, 17 March 2014 20:04 (ten years ago) link
It's what I do...Deal with it...Big Balls
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Monday, 17 March 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
My first impulse about this was that it was fake, because the "wife" seemed so ignorant in that stereotypical "clueless girl" way. I had only read the Arab on Radar one at that point.
― sarahell, Monday, 17 March 2014 20:23 (ten years ago) link
she's going to get a book deal, isn't she
― waterbabies (waterface), Monday, 17 March 2014 20:30 (ten years ago) link
the world survived book deals for Stuff White People Like and Hipster Puppies, I don't see anything apocalyptically awful about it
― sarahell, Monday, 17 March 2014 20:36 (ten years ago) link
i didn't say it was awful
― waterbabies (waterface), Monday, 17 March 2014 20:38 (ten years ago) link
other people upthread seemed to be framing it as such, sorry waterbro
― sarahell, Monday, 17 March 2014 20:39 (ten years ago) link
So I have two AC/DC records. Deal with it.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 17 March 2014 20:44 (ten years ago) link
i've decided i don't have an opinion on this tumblr ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 17 March 2014 20:47 (ten years ago) link
Oh, someone said "Book Deal"...
That's the new "Big payout from the press" innit?
― Mark G, Monday, 17 March 2014 20:54 (ten years ago) link
wtf is this innit shit
― waterbabies (waterface), Monday, 17 March 2014 20:54 (ten years ago) link
i have like eight ac/dc records i think
― We hugged with no names exchanged (forksclovetofu), Monday, 17 March 2014 20:55 (ten years ago) link
ok you win. (xpost)
I had one, but I sold it last week.
― Mark G, Monday, 17 March 2014 20:56 (ten years ago) link
I like the way he says "I just collect records" as though it were like "collecting" dust -- just kind of happens to him, he can't necessarily be held accountable for their contents, etc.
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Monday, 17 March 2014 20:59 (ten years ago) link
http://www.chicagoreader.com/imager/the-lipstick-killers-message/b/original/1227467/ae37/LipstickMessageMagnum.jpg
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 17 March 2014 21:03 (ten years ago) link
"Why do you have ten copies of Aqua's 'Barbie Girl' single next to an assortment of Boyd Rice albums?"
"I COLLECT RECORDS, OK?"
― have a nice blood (mh), Monday, 17 March 2014 21:04 (ten years ago) link
Remember that dude's art project from the last couple years where he was trying to collect as many copies of The Beatles' White Album as possible? This blog would be kind of funny if she inspected his record collection only to find it was like 1500 copies of one album
― have a nice blood (mh), Monday, 17 March 2014 21:05 (ten years ago) link
ten copies of barbie girl is not enough
― eric banana (s.clover), Monday, 17 March 2014 21:06 (ten years ago) link
http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/20i1nt/lady_goes_through_her_husbands_records_reviews/
[–]wacka4macca 18 points 1 day agoSome friends and I saw this tumblr and honestly, while it's great she's discovering new music, we don't like that she's perpetuating the stereotype that "women know nothing about music or records". My husband and I share a vinyl addiction but in record stores, I'm the one who gets asked dumb questions about my music knowledge or have people trying to "educate" me about really basic things. I know it's a guy dominated hobby, but there are women out there who are just as into it. Plus, she calls his record collection "stupid". :/
― Evan, Monday, 17 March 2014 21:19 (ten years ago) link
I just think it's weird that she supposedly has had no exposure to "her husband's records" until now, or like, she never accompanied him to a show by any of the artists or similar sounding bands? Is this common in relationships, because it was never the case with mine?
― sarahell, Monday, 17 March 2014 21:27 (ten years ago) link
If I had to hazard a guess I'd say that they probably have attended shows together but the majority of records covered so far are by non-touring acts or bands that predate their shared cultural experiences
― have a nice blood (mh), Monday, 17 March 2014 21:29 (ten years ago) link
re the white album guy, i fuckin' loved thishttps://soundcloud.com/dustandgrooves/white-album-side-1-x-100worth listening through to at least glass onion where the deviances start to stack and break down to pure noise
― We hugged with no names exchanged (forksclovetofu), Monday, 17 March 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link
listening to the Beatles was so 4 yrs ago, forks
― sarahell, Monday, 17 March 2014 21:33 (ten years ago) link
Even he doesn't even seem to know why he owns AC/DC records for instance, it was merely his duty to acquire them.
xxp
― Evan, Monday, 17 March 2014 21:34 (ten years ago) link
dunno if you knew this sara, but they're played, like, everywhere
― We hugged with no names exchanged (forksclovetofu), Monday, 17 March 2014 21:37 (ten years ago) link
sorry for frontin' forks, it's true, beatles records are delivered to my front steps weekly along with the door tags for local pizza places. you should see my collection of beatles records
― sarahell, Monday, 17 March 2014 21:40 (ten years ago) link