Is the Guardian worse than it used to be?

well, either way. to even say "a banker" as some byword for negativity, as he clearly does.

I don't want to live in a world where we can't just lazily refer to all bankers as cunts.

Might as well have let the Russians win.

fairly dubious what the definition of a banker is imo. plenty of other careers whereby people earn shedloads of cash.

Should have asked him about Leighton Baines for the lolz.

surely Baines doesn't like them, they use synths

file under "fucking student rubbish" in the library of baines

I went past the trans protest earlier. It was pretty small, but then it was freezing.

freezing my nuts off

Hilarious when musicians complain about this...that a piece of music can sound palatable to people who don't share your politics is actually a positive thing.

Unsurprised Yorke doesn't see it.

Don't get "is actually a positive thing."

His quote in any case was "Who cares?"

Funny "bankers are like you and me" talk above too.

Where's the pinefox?

Funny "bankers are like you and me" talk above too.

there was no such talk, don't misinterpret.

and the quote wasn't "who cares" - it was "I can't say I love the idea of a banker liking our music, or David Cameron," the singer told Dazed & Confused. "I can't believe he'd like [2011's] King of Limbs much. But I also equally think, who cares?"

The "who cares" could also mean "who cares?... As long as he doesn't use our music etc etc"

non-story really

What is your opinion of bankers then?

It is a non-story. But there's a pretty obvious difference between "not wanting this person I disagree with liking my music" (pretty childish) and "not wanting my music used in the active promotion of something I disagree with" (pretty reasonable).

What is your opinion of bankers then?

don't know any. don't see why the profession is repeatedly singled out as the root of all evil when there are plenty of bastard power-mongers in many industries that could be singled out in kind. it's not that i'm defending them per se, it's just a lazy short-hand.

and yeah it is a non-story, kind of the point really.

I know a few. Nice individuals: the problem is their group behaviour and the way it affects the rest of us.

that's humanity's problem

Yeah I mean arms dealers and people who run private militias and what have you are almost certainly worse human beings and on that even Thom Yorke would agree but those guys didn't cause a global financial crisis that's impoverished millions of people and for which no one has yet been bought to account. Pretty sure Yorke wasn't crazy about bankers before the crash but, y'know, there are legitimate reasons why people fucking hate them.

there are legitimate reasons to hate them - but the word "bankers" has also just become something people say in anger, rather than use as part of an actual political argument.

only okay to hate them if you are up for armed insurrection imo

"bankers" is pretty much what "fat cats" was a few years back now

and yeah it is a non-story

tbh, my 'non-story really' post was a direct copy and paste of your post re: the Suarez story, but this is a bit of a non-story.

i know it was! that's why i agreed with it.

6. Jesus and Mary Chain – Just Like Honey

A band that have been around since 1983, split in the late 90s but are back together and still touring. Be sure to check out their distortion-laden Upside Down as well.

7. Lush – Sweetness and Light

One of the most prominent shoegaze bands of the early 90s. This song has all the classic hall markings of the genre: ethereal vocals, distortion breakdown and shimmering, layered guitars.

Nrrrgh that shoegaze story was so limply done. The Horrors, ffs.

This song has all the classic hall markings of the genre: ethereal vocals, distortion breakdown, shimmering, layered guitars, dead drummer

ouch.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2013/jan/27/users-guide-international-art-english

I Hate Thought, #1253 in a series

transversal, so hot right now? wahoo i'm gonna get rich.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/feb/09/relationship-economist-william-nicolson

'Relationship Economist' worst pick up artist nickname yet imo

“When I first tried testing this theory, I approached a girl in a club, only to leave her mid-conversation to return to my friends. I thought I had played it perfectly, but I found her later chatting up someone else.“

No. Shit.

This guy in the club, going up to a girl and saying: "Hi, I believe you are essentially worthless, and are valuable only to the extent that I think you are. In short, you are prey to the opinions and demands of the market."

"When I regained consciousness..."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2013/feb/12/state-of-the-union-reading-level

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3970
http://motivatedgrammar.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/congress-may-be-getting-dumber-but-grade-levels-dont-prove-it/

Eugh, even if it wasn't shit it'd still be moronic. The time invested in a five-year relationship might be a sunk cost, yes, but it (hopefully) created an "asset" which is (again hopefully) worth retaining. You have goodwill, shared IP, all the goodies of a going concern oh god I hate this whole concept too much to keep typing. Bin this guy along with The Game-ers.

I think this is the death knell of the guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/feb/21/oscar-week-diary-michael-haneke

rip that is awful everyone involved should be ashamed

he's pretty funny on Twitter, that's a hard read though.

it's pretty easy not-read.

^a

When approaching a band's debut album, one should of course bear in mind the sage advice of George Michael and Listen Without Prejudice.

lol he is not funny on twitter

I will unfollow forthwith, thx for correcting me.

The Guardian and the Observer lost £44.2m last year as investment in digital publishing – including iPad, Facebook and Android apps – contributed to a deepening of losses at the national newspapers that could not be offset by double-digit growth in digital revenues.

aftr i landid i went 4 dinnr with harvey winesteen who is a film produser and also he sed he is a self tort film editor 2!!1! 1stly he gayve me 1000 austrian dollrs 2 tell every1 that he actualy prodused my film amour. such a niys gestchur!!1!

Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of the titles, said the newspapers would aim to save £7m from editorial expenditure in order to help reduce the deficit, while the publisher will seek between 70 and 100 journalist redundancies from a workforce of about 650 via a reopened voluntary programme.

deer diary, 2dai i had 2 meet with lotsof designrs who wantd 2 dres me 4 the Oscars!!1! i felt like i was in an episode of austrias nxt top model but i didnt evn hav 2 go on a diet of cabage and bein sick. yaaay.

In a briefing for staff, Rusbridger said the Guardian and Observer – collectively Guardian News & Media (GNM) – "will be smaller" and that the newspapers "will do less, less of what's called commodity journalism, so that we can do more on our core purpose and the type of journalism that we're here to do".

fvonfischer

21 February 2013 10:13pm

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if you've come here and don't know about haneke's as highbrow as it gets reputation, and hollywood's dumber end, you won't get it. excellent on twitter.

^quintessential guardian comment