the quietus : the new look

:-)

*bows out of thread*

X-post: Thanks very much for the kind words. I try and keep posting on here and Quietus stuff apart for obvious reasons but that's not to say I don't appreciate the comments... we can feel a bit embattled sometimes, for reasons of access, money, age, sanity, trolling, snippiness etc so it's heartening to hear that some people actually like/read us.

A lot of people on ILX contribute to tQ but I won't list them all here as I can't remember which ones post anonymously, save to say we appreciate all of their contributions - much of which is done for little other than a righteous wish to contribute and help out. I'll leave other people to 'out' themselves if they wish.

I will take this op however to say thanks to Dorian of this parish who gave us a great LCD Soundsystem interview, which is part of our half way through 2010 week of content.

And yeah, Ned's piece on Six Organs was fantastic and one of our most read pieces as well...

Really? Nice! Ben really did all the heavy lifting.

cool interview with keith leblanc

http://thequietus.com/articles/04669-keith-leblanc-interview-sugar-hill

so weird to think the drummer on "rapper's delight" produced pretty hate machine

Well it was down to the Adrian Sherwood connection after all...

this guy again

http://thequietus.com/articles/05156-hip-hop-state-of-the-art-report-end-of-play-2010-2

enclosed: j. cole as a breath of fresh air

opinions aside, this is just god awful writing

I can’t figure out why a lot of rap’s defenders actually love it the more clichéd it gets

again, j. cole, as a breath of fresh air

I think Kulkarni has been a very good writer for a long time.

stick to soccer then

I probably should, my knowledge of hip-hop is lacking :(

i mean

Cos hey, why bother talking about what’s good and why it’s good and why certain things are bad when you can snigger about what’s mediocre and pretend it’s all equally godlike? Fuckin hipster cunts fucking it all up for everyone forever: not to piss on your parade pricks, this rag-mag bullshit’s fine if your life is spent giggling about pop, but for those of us who need it to make life worth living it’s simply not good enough.

except im shit at football too.

is yr name a camus reference?

yeah, but dont expect any words of wisdom.

Cos hey, why bother talking about what’s good and why it’s good and why certain things are bad when you can snigger about what’s mediocre and pretend it’s all equally godlike? Fuckin hipster cunts fucking it all up for everyone forever: not to piss on your parade pricks, this rag-mag bullshit’s fine if your life is spent giggling about pop, but for those of us who need it to make life worth living it’s simply not good enough.

― J0rdan S., Monday, October 25, 2010 8:36 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i liked this post a lot better when i didn't realize this was a quote and i thought you had gone off the deep end

http://i51.tinypic.com/2jbmslk.gif

if i ever type the phrase "fucking hipster cunts" i authorize any mod to permaban me

hope you c&p'd that

otherwise RIP

Fuckin hipster cunts fucking it all up for everyone forever: not to piss on your parade pricks, this rag-mag bullshit’s fine if your life is spent giggling about pop, but for those of us who need it to make life worth living it’s simply not good enough.

sadly, too long to use as screen name.

opinions aside, this is just god awful writing

should be the subtitle on every page of the quietus

Complaints complaints.

Eh, there's plenty of good to great stuff in the quietus.

Kulkarni's hip-hop book is in the library and I always stumble across it when doing research and it is just unbelievably bad.

place his name sounds like a town in scotland

kulkarni's the greatest writer in music journalism today, imho

kulkarni has been good for a long time but this piece is not good at all and should have been a guest post on ich luge bullets

Do some catching up on Big Boi's 'Daddy Fat Sacks'
Do some catching up on Big Boi's 'Daddy Fat Sacks'
Do some catching up on Big Boi's 'Daddy Fat Sacks'
Do some catching up on Big Boi's 'Daddy Fat Sacks'

does dom really not have beef w/ this dude yet

http://thequietus.com/articles/04143-twenty-thoughts-about-love-erykah-badu-s-new-amerykah-part-two

like i love this album too but i cant make it thru a paragraph. editors wanted

http://thequietus.com/articles/04143-twenty-thoughts-about-love-erykah-badu-s-new-amerykah-part-two

like i love this album too but i cant make it thru a paragraph. editors wanted

― j. sargent & lil k3v (deej), Tuesday, October 26, 2010 4:02 AM (4 minutes ago

jesus christ what the fuck is he even saying

his writing is labyrinthine

FOUR. So, no new clichés for a while now. Plenty of topicality, linguistic gimmickry, sharpness, fashion. No style, no real talk, no timelessness. Lies, generalities and gossip , but no truth, about love. Too much judgement and smart-arsedness, as if love isn't way too complicated to merely write through, think through, sing yourself better with. Like bereavement it will put potholes in the pavement for your dumbass facade & give you a reason to tumble down. But most pop about love is now about preparation, redemption, making sure you come out on top, paid, self-pity intact, moving on. Makeover music, self-help music, in pop 2010 there's plenty of knowledge of how emotion looks and can be described, and a total lack of any emotion.

lol @ this para basically being "not enough music is REAL"

i mean im assuming thats what hes trying to say

there are so many words there, and none of them go together

i love the idea of some british dude dumbing out to j. cole

he writes like he's out of breath

god that badu article is a pile of elephant crap

i feel like he should embed some real offensive shit like 3/4 of the way thru his articles to test if his editors read his pieces all the way thru, cuz there's no way that they do right?

'editors'?

kulkarni's the greatest writer in music journalism today, imho

― The Boondog Taints II: All Taints Day (stevie), Monday, October 25, 2010 5:59 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Hello there. What seems to be the problem?

the piece about rap is not very good

we dont much care for it

although we agree abt gudda gudda

that much is true

Oh right. Sorry to hear that. If it's any consolation it'll be amongst my last. Although I'd suggest, if you know you don't like my writing, as most of you seemed to have known for a while, can't imagine why you'd put yourself through it. I'd just avoid it if I were you. There is lots of writing out there about hip-hop that I'm sure chimes more with your own thoughts. Why not read that instead? Oh, and I genuinely don't think my badu piece is a 'pile of elephant crap' but cheers, that made me chuckle.