who is Bob Lefsetz?

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There's almost no point parsing that shit, but he calls Motley Crue the Kiss of the '80s right after citing 1983's "Lick It Up" as his favorite Kiss song.

Also, he cites "Lick It Up" as his favorite.

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 20 December 2013 14:35 (ten years ago) link

the irony of a man so fond of using caps-lock failing to capitalize all four letters of AIDS, it's beautiful

|$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Friday, 20 December 2013 15:06 (ten years ago) link

Before the baby boomers, life was boring.

you are kind, I am (waterface), Friday, 20 December 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link

"And inside the inner sanctum…it’s all jokes and references and life in a lane so fast only the strong survive." = ILM?

the tune was space, Friday, 20 December 2013 15:27 (ten years ago) link

Hall & Oates are so good.

Woah, better dumb it down a bit there, poindexter.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 20 December 2013 15:28 (ten years ago) link

And if you didn’t play “Tea For The Tillerman” incessantly, you weren’t alive.
And if you didn’t play “Tea For The Tillerman” incessantly, you weren’t alive.
And if you didn’t play “Tea For The Tillerman” incessantly, you weren’t alive.
And if you didn’t play “Tea For The Tillerman” incessantly, you weren’t alive.

My Chief Keef Keef (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 20 December 2013 15:36 (ten years ago) link

i wonder what it's like to feel this bad about the end of the monoculture

call all destroyer, Friday, 20 December 2013 15:42 (ten years ago) link

drive your parwnts crazy indeed

But he tries to convince himself that he's hip and with it because he watches stuff on Youtube and because he snears at anyone who thinks Spotify should pay more in royalties

curmudgeon, Friday, 20 December 2013 16:00 (ten years ago) link

it's so hilarious, his one and only observation is the same old "death of the album" stuff you've heard 10 million times in the last decade, but he keeps shouting it like he's the only one who ever had the thought...

My Chief Keef Keef (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 20 December 2013 16:11 (ten years ago) link

There's something so horrifying about his favorite KISS song being Lick it Up

― My Chief Keef Keef (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, December 20, 2013 1:11 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

Mmm yes hello (crüt), Friday, 20 December 2013 16:13 (ten years ago) link

Alienation. It’s the essence of rock and roll. If these people could fit in, play on the football team, date a cheerleader, we’d never have this exquisite greatness

But then in the very next section:

Linda never begged. She snorted cocaine and screwed the desirable people just like the guys. Which is why she was always an insider and the idiots on this committee are not

So wait, then the "idiots on the committee" are closer to the essence of rock and roll?

Josefa, Friday, 20 December 2013 16:19 (ten years ago) link

I want to stage a dramatic reading of that post, it's incredible.

this would be monumental, so there for this

xp LOOOOOOOOOOL

combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 20 December 2013 16:24 (ten years ago) link

When I first skimmed this, I laughed.

As I read excerpts posted here, it's morphed from being funny to being pathetic and mildly terrifying.

SHAUN (DJP), Friday, 20 December 2013 16:43 (ten years ago) link

lol whenever you think the guy can't outdo himself... he delivers!
it is funny though, when nirvana came out were dudes like lefsetz like "oh yeah, here's some real rock n roll!" or were they more likely saying "why can't kids listen to this eric clapton unplugged record"

tylerw, Friday, 20 December 2013 16:45 (ten years ago) link

Come as you are. Please. Don’t dress up. Don’t make a deal with a fashion house. Don’t do endorsements. Keep it punk.

you are kind, I am (waterface), Friday, 20 December 2013 16:53 (ten years ago) link

It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll.

But if you do…we wanna party with you all night and every day.

Wonder if he realizes the first line is from AC DC?

Josefa, Friday, 20 December 2013 16:56 (ten years ago) link

it is so weird to me that ppl read what this guy writes

mitch hedberg and kevin hart (sleepingbag), Friday, 20 December 2013 16:56 (ten years ago) link

basically I read this and then I understand why people watch Duck Dynasty

SHAUN (DJP), Friday, 20 December 2013 17:01 (ten years ago) link

"before the baby boomers, life was boring" is like "no man, no problem": a person suddenly made clear

It was the “Royals” of yesteryear. You only had to hear a few notes.

this is my favorite line right now

combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 20 December 2013 18:30 (ten years ago) link

"As for becoming a Muslim… Story is he committed himself to God after nearly drowning. Near-death experiences will change you. And at least he’s still alive."

am I imagining the tone here

katherine, Friday, 20 December 2013 18:43 (ten years ago) link

i read this on my phone at about 1:30 am last night, pretty sure my neighbors are gonna get me evicted now from going WHAT at the top of my lungs

napgenius (goole), Friday, 20 December 2013 18:48 (ten years ago) link

Let this be a lesson to the industry, that we should focus on individuals as opposed to money and commitments. If so, Kurt Cobain would be alive today.

like, right here, to start

napgenius (goole), Friday, 20 December 2013 18:49 (ten years ago) link

i read this

your first mistake

mitch hedberg and kevin hart (sleepingbag), Friday, 20 December 2013 18:50 (ten years ago) link

Story is he committed himself to God after nearly drowning not playing Tea for the Tillerman incessantly.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 20 December 2013 18:51 (ten years ago) link

i heard it was wonderful. and it was true.

napgenius (goole), Friday, 20 December 2013 18:52 (ten years ago) link

lmao

maura, Friday, 20 December 2013 21:19 (ten years ago) link

#keepitpunk

the whirlwind labeouf, i inhale it (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 21 December 2013 01:37 (ten years ago) link

daryl's house looks freezing cold, imo.

brimstead, Saturday, 21 December 2013 03:12 (ten years ago) link

So it looks like ol' Bob has realized something and is aggrieved.

http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2013/12/21/dealing-with-hate/

Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 December 2013 02:42 (ten years ago) link

thx bob for Amplifying the Hate and introducing me to FakeBobLefsetz

my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Monday, 23 December 2013 03:13 (ten years ago) link

a 1,000-word response to the haters, explaining why it's important to never respond to the haters

some dude, Monday, 23 December 2013 03:20 (ten years ago) link

"The hate might be clever, but clever never lasts"

Clever never lasts... Stupid though? Stupid lasts a lifetime.

the whirlwind labeouf, i inhale it (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 23 December 2013 03:51 (ten years ago) link

dunno, I feel like when I hate someone I actively avoid being in conversations with them

katherine, Monday, 23 December 2013 08:54 (ten years ago) link

Lol at the fan logic. If I am so terrible, then why do so many follow me?

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 23 December 2013 13:43 (ten years ago) link

this makes me so happy, you have no idea

maura, Monday, 23 December 2013 20:19 (ten years ago) link

a subliminal trip to nowhere

tylerw, Monday, 23 December 2013 20:31 (ten years ago) link

would it be tactless to make this into a poll

Mmm yes hello (crüt), Monday, 23 December 2013 20:32 (ten years ago) link

I want to gently put my hand on his shoulder and say, "Bob, who are you trying to convince? Me? Or you?" and wait for him to weep copiously.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 23 December 2013 20:33 (ten years ago) link

an optimistic pussy who is afraid of their shadow

I don't think I understand this bit, but it's a very striking phrase

ferret is followed! (soref), Monday, 23 December 2013 20:36 (ten years ago) link

I want to gently put my hand on his shoulder and say, "Bob, who are you trying to convince? Me? Or you?" and wait for him to weep copiously.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, December 23, 2013 2:33 PM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

...and then when he does, you go full drill sergeant, "Linda Ronstadt never weeped! She never begged! She snorted cocaine and screwed the desirable people just like the guys! She didn't sit there weep like a little...fucking...girl!"

Maintenance Engineer of Foolhardiness (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 23 December 2013 21:05 (ten years ago) link

one month passes...

bob throws in for the revolution! http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2014/02/14/roger-goodells-pay/

But whatever power I have pales in comparison to that of musical artists. They’re the most powerful people in the world. They have bigger followings than the President!

But they refuse to step up. Neither in words nor actions.

meanwhile

Flappy Bird is more addictive than anything on Bowie’s new record.

And isn’t it funny that the biggest hits of the year were by guys in helmets from France and a barely adolescent girl/woman from New Zealand? Oh, forget about “Blurred Lines,” it was a remake of a Marvin Gaye track.

This is like Paul being dead.

girl/woman

*plop* son (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 15 February 2014 22:58 (ten years ago) link

Did you get the memo on Flappy Bird? Did you know to download it?

I certainly didn’t. Then again, I’m not into mobile video games. But rather than appeal to me, the developer ignored those who did not care. He just uploaded it to the app store and it took off!

Maybe there’s more, how the hell would I know.

soul-deadening xenophobic hatemail is truly the future of music

katherine, Sunday, 16 February 2014 06:01 (ten years ago) link

misunderstood that and was like man that's a lil harsh on bob's Letters


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