this is a good thread to take a stand on public buttfeeding, tho
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link
straight from the asshole of the critic to the mouths of the music-loving public
― ian, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 19:24 (ten years ago) link
wait, rewind for a second...sorry, I've been out in the woods for a few days. from that clip about the Ram show:
"sans-baby-faced individuals"
what in the world does this mean? does this mean...older people?
― alpine static, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 06:04 (ten years ago) link
it means the author is trying too hard
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
honestly, that thing (Ram show) is the kind of terrible writing I read a lot of in the alt-weekly and student publications where I live. twisting, turning sentences, grand proclamations presumably to make the subject sound important, lots of hot thesaurus.com action, shit that just doesn't fit together well. and stuff like this:
"At risk of listing off the individuals on stage and their respective contributions, or overemphasizing any single person’s contributions, the set was extremely cohesive."
what
― alpine static, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 15:39 (ten years ago) link
hahahaha
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 15:44 (ten years ago) link
i think they mean it was more than the sum of its parts?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 15:45 (ten years ago) link
"At risk of listing off the individuals on stage and their respective contributions, or overemphasizing any single person’s contributions, the drapes were purple."
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/move-over-rihanna-a-new-generation-of-female-rb-singers-are-taking-the-lead-9615001.html
― ey, Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:23 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
so glad someone posted this in here
one of the worst writers (with the worst taste to boot) around rn
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:15 (ten years ago) link
They are recognisable by their soft vocals, an alternative to the brash singing and hyper-sexualised style of Rihanna and Beyoncé, yet their music is deceptively tough, even harsh. Or it can be gossamer and strange, putting the “ether” into Aretha.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
literally every strawman of the indie-r&b fan who can't stand any other r&b
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:19 (ten years ago) link
shouldn't that be "etha"
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:19 (ten years ago) link
Putting the OSHA into Ke$ha
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:22 (ten years ago) link
Sufjan Grafton types his articles with the fingers on both hands, putting the "les paul" into Pau1 L3ster
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
how is posing nude with a georgia o'keefe flower 'rejecting explicit sexuality' btw, like has this guy just never seen a vagina
― maura, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:45 (ten years ago) link
he's putting the eureka in urethra
― Evan, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:48 (ten years ago) link
have to wonder how comfortable Kelela feels about being edited into sounding like she's intent on throwing shade at B and Riri
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:50 (ten years ago) link
maybe that was her intent, maybe not, but she's hardly at risk of eclipsing either one of them any time soon
― odd proggy geezer (Moodles), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:58 (ten years ago) link
Throwing the shade in Sade.
― cwkiii, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:59 (ten years ago) link
"“There’s a generation out there who don’t have that many role models who aren’t using their bodies."
ARE BRAINS IN VATS SETTING BAD EXAMPLES FOR TODAY'S GIRLS
― katherine, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
PL has always been very pleasant when we have communicated and I do think he has a genuine excitement about r&b, rap and pop music. Quite how he manages to maintain that excitement while disliking 99 per cent of what makes r&b, rap and pop functionally different from indie rock has always been a mystery though.
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 17:14 (ten years ago) link
real life lol @ "brains in vats"
― intheblanks, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 17:14 (ten years ago) link
BRAINS IN VATS:
http://comicsalliance.com/march-modok-madness/
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 17:20 (ten years ago) link
larf
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 19:41 (ten years ago) link
http://www.quickmeme.com/img/75/75f0b2c7a64ca65b679dbe16b140aab6043d04f59eea1ae0db3f22a5630472a7.jpg
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 21:00 (ten years ago) link
http://thirdculturecafe.com/2014/02/24/crackles-last-stand-by-david-a-singh-2/
― Evan, Friday, 25 July 2014 13:04 (ten years ago) link
Behind the cramped counter made for two, but manned by four, was always Amanda who would immediately reach for a pile of records stashed below as soon as she saw me. What then took place was purely non-verbal with her pointing to the pile, which meant, “Some new stuff in this week – I saved the good ones for you”, and me nodding and pointing to the shelves which meant, “No problems babe – let me just have a gander first”.
― Evan, Friday, 25 July 2014 13:06 (ten years ago) link
I have no intention of ever buying a turntable again – been there done that and I know it’s over. I live a stone’s throw from an Indie record store in Geneva. I never go inside – I don’t even stop. Like every fighter I know when to hang up my gloves. The future has never been clearer.
― Evan, Friday, 25 July 2014 13:07 (ten years ago) link
“No problems babe – let me just have a gander first”
― Barry Gordy (Neil S), Friday, 25 July 2014 13:11 (ten years ago) link
...Amanda
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Friday, 25 July 2014 13:13 (ten years ago) link
It reads like he's trying to narrate some kind of music journalism noir. Like there are supposed to be big dramatic drags of a cigarette between sentences.
― Evan, Friday, 25 July 2014 13:16 (ten years ago) link
lol at capitalization of "Indie" for no reason
― Neil Patrick Haggerty (get bent), Friday, 25 July 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link
Who calls casual acquaintances/store clerks "babe," even telepathically?
― Treeship, Friday, 25 July 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link
Dick Tracy
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 25 July 2014 18:52 (ten years ago) link
the chronically undersexed
― a biscuit/donut hybrid called “bisnuts” (stevie), Friday, 25 July 2014 18:54 (ten years ago) link
every character Jason Sudeikis has ever played
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Friday, 25 July 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
infantilizers
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 25 July 2014 19:14 (ten years ago) link
When I finally did make it to the counter I was a regular which Amanda would tell anyone who happened to be there: “Sorry mate, my customer’s here and I need to take care of him right now – maybe Jimmy can help you out when he’s done”. Then we would begin a familiar interaction with her opening each album one by one and playing them track-by-track. The store was mine. In between the conversation went something like: ”I saw your little girl and your missus yesterday going into Sainsbury’s – she’s growing ever so nicely – she’s going to be a real cracker she will”. She knew my family and I knew about hers: her mom, nana, brother and useless dad who had buggered off many years ago for a woman half his age. There was also the boyfriend; Mick the builder, who preferred to go on the piss every night with the lads than spend time with her.
No man in Amanda's life ever did right by her, except for me, her customer.
― intheblanks, Friday, 25 July 2014 19:43 (ten years ago) link
well now Waylon Jennings "Amanda" is going to be stuck in my head for the rest of the day
― Οὖτις, Friday, 25 July 2014 19:46 (ten years ago) link
I can only imagine that, while I gandered, she was waiting with breathless anticipation to see what I had chosen.
― intheblanks, Friday, 25 July 2014 19:47 (ten years ago) link
Waylon Jennings's "Amanda" is a great song to have stuck in your head. Now pick up a guitar and sing it. Key of D.
― banjoboy, Friday, 25 July 2014 20:23 (ten years ago) link
Let me put some vinyl onThe we can get it onAmanda
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Friday, 25 July 2014 20:25 (ten years ago) link
― intheblanks, Friday, July 25, 2014 3:43 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Garth Merenghi reflects on his record shopping days.
― Evan, Friday, 25 July 2014 20:47 (ten years ago) link
Let me put some vinyl onThe we can get it onAmanda― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Friday, July 25, 2014 1:25 PM
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Friday, July 25, 2014 1:25 PM
I was waiting for that.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 July 2014 20:49 (ten years ago) link
Ugh so was I
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 25 July 2014 22:07 (ten years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/article/acdc-proved-theres-nothing-sexy-about-muddled-meta-207094
Like, it's totally fine to not like a band's biggest hit, but please write as if you have some inkling that it's the band's biggest hit
― da croupier, Friday, 25 July 2014 22:10 (ten years ago) link
The true failure of “You Shook Me All Night Long” is that it elicits the opposite emotions it’s attempting to champion. The song wants to be sexy and dangerous but, instead, it’s lifelessly limp. It may be a minor misstep on an otherwise classic album, but it’s one ruinous enough to bring any passionate proceedings to a grinding halt.
it's true! "you shook me all night long" is such a boner killer, no man you wanna get down with the ladeez you gotta put on side 1 of back in black, i mean "What Do You For Money Honey" into "Given The Dog A Bone" into "Let Me Put My Love Into You" GUARANTEED ACTION, JACKSON!
― da croupier, Friday, 25 July 2014 22:19 (ten years ago) link
is a grinding halt really totally terrible now
― j., Friday, 25 July 2014 22:21 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz_lt8poAoM
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 July 2014 22:43 (ten years ago) link
i love that song but every time i hear it i think of Beavis and Butthead saying "don't forget to scrub your weiner," which is not especially sexy
― not pop, shambhala, where to buy weed (some dude), Friday, 25 July 2014 23:06 (ten years ago) link