as far as I can tell his argument is "we need to solve income inequality so the plebes can stop calling me a big fat meanie. also, ISIS?"
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Thursday, 19 November 2015 23:07 (eight years ago) link
also this -- "I won’t say I’m powerless against the online terrorists. I’ve learned you can conquer them. By attacking them individually. By hitting them where they live. Criticizing their little lives, getting personal. They don’t like the light shined upon them. If you make it about them, as opposed to the content, they freak." -- comes perilously close to endorsing doxxing of, idk, taylor swift fans
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Thursday, 19 November 2015 23:09 (eight years ago) link
perilously close to endorsing doxxing of, idk, taylor swift fans
i think that goes beyond "perilously close." i think it's literally what he's suggesting.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 20 November 2015 01:33 (eight years ago) link
yeah like I try very hard to be non-bombastic (no, really), but I defy anyone to produce a reading of this that is not completely horrifying
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 20 November 2015 01:36 (eight years ago) link
Brett Leve. A twentysomething who accosted me at Coachella and told me his organization was buying a ski area. Little did he know downhill sliding was my passion. So, when they invited me to go to their digs in Eden, Utah, to partake of the snow at their newly-purchased Powder Mountain, I went.
And was stunned at the caliber of person.
― denies the existence of dark matter (difficult listening hour), Friday, 20 November 2015 02:12 (eight years ago) link
that guy seems like a dick.
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 November 2015 02:51 (eight years ago) link
A twentysomething who accosted me at Coachella and told me his organization was buying a ski area.
^^^ late woody allen character description btw
― denies the existence of dark matter (difficult listening hour), Friday, 20 November 2015 03:03 (eight years ago) link
Dude is frothing mad at Adele. Holy shit.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 20 November 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link
Even car companies are hipper than you, they’re leaving CD drives out of their vehicles. My new computer has no disk drive, even though I bought it a year ago and it’s state of the art.
― denies the existence of dark matter (difficult listening hour), Friday, 20 November 2015 16:30 (eight years ago) link
There’s plenty of money if you get mindshare. But you want to give up mindshare?
― tylerw, Friday, 20 November 2015 16:50 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQJ7QVDsi9Q
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 November 2015 16:56 (eight years ago) link
http://www.legalleadersblog.com/files/2013/04/minds_sharing_ideas_1600_clr_8481-v2.png
― tylerw, Friday, 20 November 2015 16:59 (eight years ago) link
http://www.startrek.com/legacy_media/images/200303/tos-039-the-mirror-spock-does/320x240.jpg
― denies the existence of dark matter (difficult listening hour), Friday, 20 November 2015 17:02 (eight years ago) link
Oh wow, that Adele piece is seriously fucking ignorant. How dare one of the biggest selling artists of the decade, one of the last major performers whose fans are actually willing en masse to invest in a CD, LP or full album download, maker of one of the handful of genuine "Event Albums" of the year, elect to not go to a streaming platform right away!
― Boz Scaggs was Adele back in 1976 (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 November 2015 19:03 (eight years ago) link
I was inundated with e-mail about this act Adele. At first listen I loved her, then when I downloaded all the tracks I realized that she was just a bit too jazzy for me. But I applaud where she’s coming from. But although she’s a smash in the U.K., I seriously doubt she can make it big here in America. Because she’s FAT!
feb. 21, 2008
h/t digital music news
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 25 November 2015 15:18 (eight years ago) link
brutal, what a huge piece of shit idiot
― bricc baby hitlo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 15:23 (eight years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Bob_Lefsetz_CMW_2009.jpg
― chimiraquai (how's life), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 15:27 (eight years ago) link
First and foremost, mindshare. It’s nearly impossible to get in today’s cluttered, cacophonous society. Used to be you got on radio and then MTV and you reached everybody. Now, except for Adele herself, no one can do this. Quick, sing a 1D song! You can’t, but they just won big on the AMAs. And you can pooh-pooh that awards show, or you can just admit that music has changed. It’s not that you’re old, it’s just that the biggest acts are niche and if you’re not one of them, god help you in making a living.
― Boz Scaggs was Adele back in 1976 (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 27 November 2015 23:59 (eight years ago) link
haha no just kidding you're old
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 28 November 2015 06:17 (eight years ago) link
So I was wondering what the heck this one was after these past few days of him being rightly trashed.
http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2015/11/25/broken-together/
And...I don't know, it's like a combination of nakedly confessional fucking up in a post-divorce/midlife crisis way that somehow is a big build-up to saying this towards the end:
"That’s the name of the song, “Broken Together.” It’s by Christian rock band Casting Crowns, whose name I knew but whose music I was unfamiliar with."
But seriously, this essay is like Emo Mitch Albom run rampant. Which should say something.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 28 November 2015 14:15 (eight years ago) link
We all want to be touched. Metaphorically and physically.
― I don't have the time or energy to make a counterargument (stevie), Saturday, 28 November 2015 14:20 (eight years ago) link
Seems like he's angling for David Brooks' spot.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 28 November 2015 14:29 (eight years ago) link
I imagine the part about '...your ass falls...' isn't part of the Casting Crowns song, and that makes me sad.
― Boz Scaggs was Adele back in 1976 (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 28 November 2015 15:06 (eight years ago) link
haha tooting my own horn here but my fake lefsetz adele post on ned's facebook wasn't too far off:
This isn't the old days, stars don't last the way they used to. There's no more Jackson Brownes, no more Bruce Hornsbys...nowadays it's keep moving -- or die. If you're not the Next Big Thing, you're yesterday's news. Adele better wake up, because the new world of streaming music is a fast lane that -- in the words of Don Henley -- will "surely make you lose your mind."
Sure, there are still a few senior citizens that will log on to iTunes to pay for music -- or worse yet, go to Target and buy a CD. But they are dying - and dying fast. Today's listeners need it now and they need it for nothing. This is a generation that's too busy Snapchatting and sexting to even notice that you've released an album. In fact, most of todays music consumers have literally never seen a television. It's not about selling music, it's about selling a lifestyle that they want and you have. If you don't get it, you're just another loser hawking antique teakettles from a park bench in Pittsburgh.
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 28 November 2015 15:12 (eight years ago) link
But seriously, this essay is like Emo Mitch Albom run rampant.
tuesdays with mopey
― Why because she True and Interesting (President Keyes), Saturday, 28 November 2015 15:43 (eight years ago) link
well done UMS. pitch perfect.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Saturday, 28 November 2015 17:12 (eight years ago) link
People gravitate to one winner. Hear anybody championing their Samsung Galaxy recently? Everybody’s on an iPhone, with iMessage. And if you’re about to send me hate mail telling me I’m wrong, I hope you like your low income no friends lifestyle, because all the winners are on the Apple platform, and you keep saying you want to win…
― (please no long guns of any kind) (Eazy), Wednesday, 23 December 2015 17:36 (eight years ago) link
what a fuckin asshole
Artists are two-faced. Taylor Swift can refuse to be on Spotify but is all over YouTube, what’s up with that? Have the courage of your convictions Tay Tay.
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 December 2015 17:43 (eight years ago) link
So I’d like to say I watch every episode of “Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee,” but it’s not that funny. Turns out Larry David was the genius. He’s even referenced herein, with the Prez talking about playing golf with Mr. Enthusiasm, who wears enough sunscreen to have it dripping from his ears. How can it be that an irreverent schmuck can play golf with the most powerful man in the world? That’s what happens when you hang it out completely, when you’re unworried about judgment, people cling to you. That was the essence of John Lennon. Could Larry David be the next Lennon? Think about it.
― denies the existence of dark matter (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 05:54 (eight years ago) link
Lefsetz is really operating at a consistently mindblowing pitch right now
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 10:28 (eight years ago) link
Lennon... Larry David... ...Lefsetz?
― Less surprised by the total lack of surprises (stevie), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 11:48 (eight years ago) link
Think about it.
― The Male Gaz Coombes (Neil S), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 11:49 (eight years ago) link
In fact, most of todays music consumers have literally never seen a television. It's not about selling music, it's about selling a lifestyle that they want and you have. If you don't get it, you're just another loser hawking antique teakettles from a park bench in Pittsburgh.
Still laughing at this. Perfection.
― impossible raver (Re-Make/Re-Model), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 12:46 (eight years ago) link
Too many wankers revere the good old days which weren’t so good. Like vinyl. Remember warps and skips and returns? I miss those not a whit.
Blind pig finds acorn.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 13:12 (eight years ago) link
finding nuggets of truth in Lefsetz is a useful self-diagnostic tool - like, if you find yourself agreeing with him, you can choose to either amend where you know you're wrong, or just continue down the path of sounding more and more like Bob Lefsetz
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 13:44 (eight years ago) link
My S.O. has actually bought antique tea kettles in Pittsburgh, so I take this remark personally.
― juggulo for the complete klvtz (bendy), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 14:20 (eight years ago) link
Fortunately, immediately after reading that one, I read his Lemmy obit, and was reassured that the yawning gulf between our worldviews will never close. Seriously, Lemmy's greatest artistic achievement was writing power ballads for Ozzy? OK, dude...
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 14:30 (eight years ago) link
we've all met dudes like Lefsetz though, right? somehow found their way inside the industry and are similarly somehow treated with respect, even though their opinions are deeply suspect.
― Less surprised by the total lack of surprises (stevie), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 14:33 (eight years ago) link
and some days you meet a Lefsetz, and some days you are the Lefsetz
― Less surprised by the total lack of surprises (stevie), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 14:34 (eight years ago) link
clearly lefsetz forgot about how important giant tvs are to people who want to play video games
― maura, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 15:07 (eight years ago) link
yeah idk I don't think television sales are lacking, and the number of bars/restaurants with televisions seems to be at an all-time high
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 15:14 (eight years ago) link
haha guys that's my fake Lefsetz post, I got too method and somehow spiritually merged with the essence of Lef
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 15:35 (eight years ago) link
:)
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 15:35 (eight years ago) link
this is the part where m@tt removes his mask and reveals himself to have been lefsetz all along
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 16:02 (eight years ago) link
http://www.philebrity.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/phantom_scooby_doo_unmask_1_1750.jpg
― sleeve, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 16:03 (eight years ago) link
― tylerw, Wednesday, January 6, 2016 10:02 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
And I wouldn've gotten away with it if it wasn't for Tay Tay and you pesky kids!!!!
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 16:11 (eight years ago) link
my initial Cream purchase was “Disraeli Gears,” way before “Sunshine Of Your Love” got airplay
― (please no long guns of any kind) (Eazy), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 16:29 (eight years ago) link
this is the most brutal truthbomb maybe ever
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 23:18 (eight years ago) link
The Lesfetz Inside Me
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 23:23 (eight years ago) link
http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/concerned-young-woman-looking-mirror-37627129.jpg
― sleeve, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 23:24 (eight years ago) link