no really i think he was a student
i also think he never showed up and dropped
― j., Monday, 23 November 2015 23:07 (eight years ago) link
found his blog
"I became a force on the University of Minnesota campus. From around the time of my CD release to more or less Fall 2009, I was the most popular musician/band on campus. The U has about 40,000 undergraduate students so it wasn't a bad market to start with. My presence on campus was so undeniable that the music editor for the Minnesota Daily felt the need to write three hate pieces on me in one semester. He despised my presence so much that in the Fall of 2008 he included me in the "Freshman Survival Guide" handed out to all incoming freshman and listed me as the #1 of the top 3 worst bands in Minneapolis (the top 3 best bands in his piece are all now virtually defunct). He then wrote a scathing album review of my 2008 release which garnered some of the most comments of any MN Daily piece on the website and finally, I made the cover of the December joke edition next to Lindsay Lohan and the president of the University of Minnesota. My headline? "Surgeons Attempt To Reattach Local Musician's Balls Fails."As these articles were pouring out from the desk of a writer who will go unnamed, I was filling the 800 person capacity Varsity Theater, had just opened for Ben Folds in front of 3,200 people and had begun my massive college tour making obscene amounts of money. I had received about 30 other positive music reviews/previews that year in papers around the country, but of course, I can pretty much recite the MN Daily's hate pieces word for word."
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 00:20 (eight years ago) link
had begun my massive college tour making obscene amounts of money. I had received about 30 other positive music reviews/previews that year in papers around the country, but of course, I can pretty much recite the MN Daily's hate pieces word for word.
Y'all are the reason that Dre ain't been getting no sleep
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 00:23 (eight years ago) link
As these articles were pouring out from the desk of a writer who will go unnamed
it was you, right????
― j., Tuesday, 24 November 2015 01:59 (eight years ago) link
hahaha that name is vaguely familiar but he's from that like parallel but secretly more popular Mpls music scene of like uh the fine line and the pourhouse and pickle park and playing at u of m frat house spring fling bullshit
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 02:15 (eight years ago) link
wait so that means the AAA radio station he first heard Adele on would have been pre-format change Cities 97.
hmmm...wonder which Target he bought it at? My money's on the Quarry one. Not hardcore like the Lake Street Target but still close enough to Northeast to feel "hip"
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 02:16 (eight years ago) link
oh god listen Carnage the Executioner is a god live performer but sometimes I wish he never would have beatboxed into a loop pedal
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 02:17 (eight years ago) link
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, November 23, 2015 8:15 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
too real
― goole, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 17:26 (eight years ago) link
"secretly more popular" is such a crucial phenomenon
http://www.npr.org/2015/11/23/457081463/review-adele-25
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 17:52 (eight years ago) link
lol I think I found the operative sentence there
― avant-garde, sissy bounce, zombie rave, aquacrunk, warlock, oceangrunge, (imago), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 18:00 (eight years ago) link
― goole, Tuesday, November 24, 2015 11:26 AM (59 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
forgot O'Gara's too!
but yeah I remember walking to my car after playing a Maps of Norway show at The Kitty Cat Club and walking by that fake Irish bar in Dinkytown that used to be BW3s and the windows were open and like 150 kids were jumping up and down while some band of dudes covered "Beverly Hills" by Weezer
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 18:28 (eight years ago) link
Ironically when it was still a Buffalo Wild Wings, I somehow saw a show by the legendary chiptune/Game Boy weirdo Fuckstorm who made horrible noises while a video of Mr. Quintron played on a projection screen.
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 18:29 (eight years ago) link
http://www.inc.com/john-brandon/10-best-albums-of-2015-to-play-in-the-office.html
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 19:06 (eight years ago) link
it's like Talking Heads' "Don't Worry About the Government" in prose form.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 19:22 (eight years ago) link
its the hand gestures white indie artists adopt when beat-boxing that I can't stand
― I don't have the time or energy to make a counterargument (stevie), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 09:45 (eight years ago) link
like, "oh, it seems i have discovered a sole funky limb, let me show it to you"
Lol
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 12:39 (eight years ago) link
hack journo, how the sausage is made
http://news.yahoo.com/rihanna-anti-album-complete-lyrics-191135829.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory&soc_trk=tw
screensnaps in case they fix it:
http://imgur.com/a/vLyY5
― big WHOIS aka the nameserver (s.clover), Friday, 27 November 2015 01:34 (eight years ago) link
The album's release comes just a few days after the "Bitch Better Have My Money" singer announced her Anti 2016 world tour with fellow artists Travis Scott, Big Sean and The Weeknd. Anti is [DELETE ONE OF THESE ENDINGS TO THE SENTENCE AND KEEP THE OTHER BASED ON FACTS: streaming exclusively on Tidal before it makes its way over to iTunes and other streaming services OR streaming on Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal and can be purchased on iTunes].The 27-year-old performer's latest album has [NUMBER OF TRACKS] and its lyrics [HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS] continue the "BBHMM" storyline of an even edgier, freer Rihanna than fans were introduced to in her last album three years ago, Unapologetic. Rihanna especially pushes the edge in [NAME RELEVANT SONG FROM ANTI THAT MATCHES DESCRIPTION], where she sings: [ LYRICS ]
The 27-year-old performer's latest album has [NUMBER OF TRACKS] and its lyrics [HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS] continue the "BBHMM" storyline of an even edgier, freer Rihanna than fans were introduced to in her last album three years ago, Unapologetic. Rihanna especially pushes the edge in [NAME RELEVANT SONG FROM ANTI THAT MATCHES DESCRIPTION], where she sings:
[ LYRICS ]
― big WHOIS aka the nameserver (s.clover), Friday, 27 November 2015 01:35 (eight years ago) link
Ha, was just coming to post that.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 27 November 2015 01:37 (eight years ago) link
it is a shame square brackets cannot be put in display names
― avant-garde, sissy bounce, zombie rave, aquacrunk, warlock, oceangrunge, (imago), Friday, 27 November 2015 01:37 (eight years ago) link
lmfaooooooooo
― dyl, Friday, 27 November 2015 03:53 (eight years ago) link
Damn, seems to be down. Eight hours ws a p good run tho
― albvivertine, Friday, 27 November 2015 04:11 (eight years ago) link
at least they were planning on basing it on facts
― j., Friday, 27 November 2015 04:13 (eight years ago) link
Dude who wrote it works at Mic, where it was originally posted, as well as freelances at a couple of other spots. Still hasn't mentioned it at all on FB/Twitter, yet.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 November 2015 05:29 (eight years ago) link
agreed, and yet
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 27 November 2015 05:43 (eight years ago) link
omg
― Number None, Friday, 27 November 2015 07:39 (eight years ago) link
big fan of this kind of thing in general, local newspapers printing "[DROP IN QUOTE FROM THIS BORING BASTARD]" or something
― a moment on the streets, a lifetime in the sheets (DJ Mencap), Friday, 27 November 2015 08:34 (eight years ago) link
years and years ago I wrote copy for an award ceremony brochure (I think) and put [CHECK THIS!] next to some assertion or other which ended up getting printed, it looked like I was being my own hypeman
― a moment on the streets, a lifetime in the sheets (DJ Mencap), Friday, 27 November 2015 08:35 (eight years ago) link
[DELETE ONE OF THESE ENDINGS TO THE SENTENCE AND KEEP THE OTHER BASED ON FACTS]
― lex pretend, Friday, 27 November 2015 11:45 (eight years ago) link
idgi is this guy leaving messages in square brackets to himself, to check before he submits, or does he actually expect sub-editor to do all this work for him?
― I don't have the time or energy to make a counterargument (stevie), Friday, 27 November 2015 12:02 (eight years ago) link
I dunno, one the one hand it's embarrassing, but not too terribly damning for the writer. As j says, at least it reveals responsible (if p basic) fact-checking stuff, not something like [remember to actually listen to album, find out who this mysterious "Rihanna" is, etc]. In other words, let s/he who has never riddled a draft with "notes to self" cast the first stone. Now, actually publishing it like that, well that, that I cannot defend.
Of course, I can see how it happened: writer accidentally sent an earlier (I hope MUCH earlier) draft, editor didn't bother to read it, voila. I'd be mortified.
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Friday, 27 November 2015 12:13 (eight years ago) link
So wait this was a real fuckup? Not a sarcastic commentary on the state of music journalism?
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Friday, 27 November 2015 12:47 (eight years ago) link
not sure that's really Yahoo News' stock in trade
― a moment on the streets, a lifetime in the sheets (DJ Mencap), Friday, 27 November 2015 13:20 (eight years ago) link
Amazing
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 27 November 2015 17:23 (eight years ago) link
great review
― welltris (crüt), Friday, 27 November 2015 17:43 (eight years ago) link
NAME RELEVANT SONG FROM ANTI THAT MATCHES DESCRIPTION
'pushes the edge'
it's like an sql query
― j., Friday, 27 November 2015 17:54 (eight years ago) link
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Friday, November 27, 2015 7:13 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Nah, disagree. Its not the half-finished state, its that there's already a hack-judgment on the music of the album, unheard, just waiting for relevant fill-in-the-blank quotes to validate the already existing narrative.
Also that it pretty clearly shows that articles aren't about covering new info but assembling enough keywords to be first-past-the-post in googlejuice when people are searching for the thing the article _links_ to.
― big WHOIS aka the nameserver (s.clover), Friday, 27 November 2015 19:12 (eight years ago) link
"service journalism"
its that there's already a hack-judgment on the music of the album, unheard, just waiting for relevant fill-in-the-blank quotes to validate the already existing narrative.
yeah but what's the probability the album won't fit the narrative? they may rewrite if the album comes out and it's less edgy and free than Unapologetic, and are just betting that the content will reflect the promo materials
― flopson, Friday, 27 November 2015 19:29 (eight years ago) link
like if i wrote the draft of a financial report before getting official results but with some prior expectation of record setting growth, i may write
This was a record year for the company. Earnings before depreciation and taxes grew by [PERCENTAGE], making this quarter our best since [YEAR].
― flopson, Friday, 27 November 2015 19:31 (eight years ago) link
true lol
i guess the "shock" of reading this draft is seeing that music writing is just as perfunctory as any other kind of writing?
didn't everyone already know this
― flopson, Friday, 27 November 2015 19:33 (eight years ago) link
not to blow your mind but most reviews aren't written before the reviewer has heard the album
― I don't have the time or energy to make a counterargument (stevie), Friday, 27 November 2015 19:46 (eight years ago) link
and if they are, well, they generally deserve to be included within the annals of this thread
― I don't have the time or energy to make a counterargument (stevie), Friday, 27 November 2015 19:47 (eight years ago) link
oh it's an actual album review? i thought it was just a little news blurb on some aggregator site for when the album drops
― flopson, Friday, 27 November 2015 19:54 (eight years ago) link
no, hang on, you're right - it's nominally a news piece, though again, the writer doesn't seem to know the album well enough to express the shards of opinion without leaving the note to find a song that supports his suppositions later.
― I don't have the time or energy to make a counterargument (stevie), Friday, 27 November 2015 20:00 (eight years ago) link
I guess this is a common risk with web writing though - did you save the rough first take of a piece on the CMS as a draft as you meant to, or did you actually go through with publishing the thing?
― I don't have the time or energy to make a counterargument (stevie), Friday, 27 November 2015 20:01 (eight years ago) link
rest in peace, mac mccormick...
"In great measure Lightnin' and his songs reflect the mistreatment which has been and, in lesser degree, is the condition of Negro life. But while reflecting it, Lightnin' is not in any real sense subject to it in the way his neighbors are. Pursued by women of two races, earning upwards of $15,000 a year, and free to exercise all but a fraction of the rights of first class citizenship, his position is hardly comparable to those who stand in a condition of fear and elemental want."
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/12274467_10154362120527137_7640918093203148569_n.jpg?oh=2e695b80d119bed0cc77a68e6e17d523&oe=56ADC6B3
― scott seward, Saturday, 28 November 2015 00:32 (eight years ago) link