OK, is this the worst piece of music writing ever?

i've decided i don't have an opinion on this tumblr ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, March 17, 2014 3:47 PM (2 days ago)

noted

Scrutiny comes with the territory. Don't really understand why she feels that she should be exempt from it.

now the third time you've weighed in about your lack of opinion xxp

how many times has the cock crowed?!????

there's been a lot of posts, just want to make sure everyone knew

I missed your previous two posts re: opinion-not so thanks gr80.

I have opinions about this tumblr. Thanks.

just want to say that this has been my favorite part of the discussion thus far

good to know.

you're welcome

: )

When can we get back to making fun of the AV Club?

even when avclub was a plausibly defendable thing their music writing was horrible

really tempted to go down to the animal shelter and bring home a tiny chihuahua for my tumblr-to-book "my owner's stupid record collection"

― open-y, ob-la-da (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, March 19, 2014 10:37 AM (1 hour ago

when someone on fb first posted about this blog, I was going to have my mom review my record collection. It would have sounded as culturally aware and focused on taking breaks to get beverages and snacks as this blog does, written by someone who is most likely way younger than I am.

I was just operating on the assumption that someone this woman's age and of her background (not to mention her husband's) would find the music more familiar-sounding and have more points of reference.

That kid who wrote the top ten jazz albums listicle wuz robbed

xp -- someone in philly did a series of youtube videos a lil while back where they went to this diner and asked old folks who are regulars there to listen to current pitchforky type music

sounds great.

it's actually a diner in fishtown that I've been to but can't remember the name, and I also can't remember the name of the series

it was pretty good

oh i was gonna write the whole thing myself, but in my mom's voice -- take a dozen or so pics of mom doing various mom things and photoshop the records into them -- maybe incorporate some of mom's recipes and pictures of food, because people like food more than music anyway

*logs on to twitter*

*retweets sarah hell's tweet*

i did this with a group of children at a school with a sympathetic teacher back when i was doing the tofu hut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Il84l6zg5o

The title of this song sounds like a song used in a video game. Once I heard the song, I loved it. I like rock and heavy metal, usually. I like this, because it's really energetic and beyond upbeat. I like some morbid things, mostly books. Very good. I also like the name of the band: Three Inches of Blood. I like most morbid things. Some morbid things are somewhat intriguing, because sometimes I find it easy to relate to. Like if you or a friend have experienced something morbid, like death or a terrible disease, you can understand what it feels like. I don't know if that was at least an okay explanation. I really enjoy this song. I would definitely put this on my iPod.

ZZZZZZZZZZZ. This is so so so BORING it makes me want to fall to sleep on a pillow or take a nap and I hate taking naps so that's how boring it is. There are some things I like about it but its kind of weird. I like the screaming part and stuff like the "wwhhoooooaaaaa". Umm yeah, it sounds like a song some punk or rocker type chick/dude would listen too. Just not ME.

THE ORCS ARE AFTER ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!! They are destroying their instruments. Get them a dictionary and teach them proper etiquette. I still dont know what they are saying.

YAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROCK OUT MAN!!!!!!!!!! YA!!!!!!! I wouldn't put this on my i-pods, but it's a cool power metal song. It has an awesome beat and I find the screaming quite amusing. I hear the band's name is "Three Inches of Blood". SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET! hee hee...

Student 5: Once our teacher read the lyrics to the group, I really liked them! That was so cool... Blood....

The title sounds interesting, like a title from a movie or video game. I like this. It's heavy metal kind of cool, very energetic. The voice sounds like a cartoon character singing/yelling into the microphone. This is a cool band! I can't really understand the lyrics, but I don't mind.

It is crazy. They have a name that could get them gunned down. They sound Asian. What are they saying?

I'm not a really big rock fan, but I recommend this song to rockers. I think it will make you wanna scream and if you have a lot of hair you can shake it really hard and smash your things on the floor. It's a song to let out anger or a song to go kill someone.

Starts out with the usual screaming dark guy. Of course, I can hear the constant pounding of the drums and loud melody of the guitar. The guy is trying to scare me but unfortunately all attempts fail. When I listen to the lyrics (which I can barely hear) "slay the whatever", the band reminds me of some depressed Lord of the Rings fans.

it was 2007. i shoulda stuck with it and i would be a rich youtube bastard.

they were seventh graders btw. Probably did about twenty of those.

at the very least you'd get a mention itt ;)

don't pick on those seventh graders, they meant well

they're adults now

fucking hell, you're right
i am old

but seriously, wouldn't millions of people rather read what my 68 year old mom thinks of Orthrelm than some neckbeardy professional music writer?

they're jaded hipsters now.

probably normcore tbh

Alright, found it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5MZV29xotU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5MZV29xotU

is "normcore" a thing outside of nyc?

oh yeah. i'm in a suburban starbucks right now and nearly everyone here is totally normcore.

whiney, you really need to caption a pic of Treeship's dog.

treeship does your dog sometimrs forget the second half of your name and pee on you by accident

#pioneer

http://skotrok.blogspot.com/2012/01/rufus-and-scott-review-90s-indie-rock.html

Is that the website in which Maria asks skot about his record and paperback collections?

scott's writing is the best because he's heard all kinds of wild shit and writes impressions off the cuff

I most appreciate when he makes a comparison to something I'd never think was related but it totally makes sense

scott's writing is like faux-naive-cubed, or it's not really faux-naive at all, it's just super loosened up, almost unhinged

yeah, I don't think it's naive at all, just loose

its fuckin sweet is what it is

yeah it has an "i've listened to too much music and gone a bit mad" quality that makes it charming, although I'm gonna stop now bc I feel weird about talking in the third person about you scott as you are in this thread

sup scott

Hey Maura, it's Rob K, yr former co-worker.

What is the result that you want out of this? Should the woman apologize for doing a project that caught more eyeballs than likely she and annoying "OOH look at my All in the Family record, that will impress the WFMU dealers" husband did. Was she supposed to know that doing this project was going to play into an admittedly fraught context that makes making a living for you me and a lot of people reading this even more difficult? Should she have been stopped from doing the project? the internet, mass culture and the interstice of both frequently result in stupid shit: being defensive about a project this admittedly unlettered and hapless woman enacted with no malice that I can discern seems counter-productive.

well this didn't just get totally uncomfortable and weird