who is Bob Lefsetz?

[Ezra] Klein has a new perspective on the news. That it’s being covered like a sport, with daily winners and losers, and if you’re not paying attention, you’re left out. Klein says he’s into stories that live on the web, that have life after their initial posting, kind of like the page on the secret menu at In-N-Out, which got little traction at first, but over the years has gotten tons.

(Hey, there’s a music analogy there! Your record may be number one for a week, but have the shelf life of milk, listen to Beyonce’s super-duper video album recently?) So Klein’s new site has explanatory stories, for those who don’t follow the news with a passion, like the above one on Iraq. I recommend scanning at least the headlines, because you’ll finally understand what’s happening.

I recommend scanning at least the headlines, because you’ll finally understand what’s happening.

listen to Beyonce’s super-duper video album recently?

I am literally listening to it right now while using my printer.

the future of music is "what is a solange"

Tarfumes, get with the times! All the cool hip young ppl are listening to Journey in Spotify and scanning Ezra Klein headlines

lol

This all so tragically pathetic and then you still have to factor in the fact that Lefsetz pops the collars on his Polo shirts

The guys were not only topless, but bottomless. You could see their wee-wees only inches away. And being a guy, I’m icked out by the visuals, but I’m always comparing and contrasting, wondering how I measure up. And I must say, for all the limp dicks, I did see some tiny units, that would make Howard Stern feel like a man, and unlike George on “Seinfeld,” on this hot nearly-summer day they couldn’t claim shrinkage.

And then came the women. Like I said, at first I thought it was a gay thing, men letting their freak flags fly.

And the first women weren’t topless. They had halter tops.

And then I saw breasts.

Tiny perky ones. Lumpy ones. Huge ones on skinny girls. It was a cornucopia of tits.

And being the red-blooded male I am, I surf my share of porn, I’ve seen pictures, it’s not like the sixties and seventies, the days of stag films and adult book shops. All you’ve got to do is Google.

But this was different. Because these were living, breathing women. Real people. Who chose to let it all hang out.

And I’m getting the sense that Felice wants to move on. But I can’t really let this opportunity pass. It’s like keeping a kid from candy. I wasn’t gonna cry if pulled away, but I was going to be disappointed.

omg

someone get lefsetz a doctor

love that he got a it's-not-like-the-sixties in there.

YOU COULD SEE THEIR WEE WEES

the nipples were different then

And as the parade wound on, there were more and more women, it turned out the men were leading. And they had their coochie-coos on their bike seats. Didn’t this hurt?

Then again, on the ride home, Felice kept saying that the men’s penises must have made for an uncomfortable ride. I said this was not the case, that it was no worse than usual, that our balls…sat on the saddle. But didn’t women’s, er, vaginas, wasn’t that painful?

Felice said nope.

it took him a second to remember the word for vagina

better than saying coochie-coo to felice

worked on mrs robinson

ur-vaginas

that was so thoroughly embarrassing that I actually feel bad mocking this guy

I do like his bold assertion that there is a qualitative difference between seeing nudity in person v. on the internet

he really succeeds in communicating to his audience that it's his first time seeing boobs in real life

lefsetz is what happens when you give every 50-60 year old man who writes 400-word diatribes in the comments of every major newspaper article a website and a newsletter

Poor James Taylor, done in by tech at first, but now maybe he has a shot

Late last night doing my back exercises I decided to compare streaming services. Spotify is my default, I recreated a playlist in Beats Music and then I did the same thing in WIMP, and I was wowed.

Now let's be clear, getting lossless music from Norway ain't that easy, there are streaming interruptions, which is why I decided to sync/download the tracks, and they were a REVELATION!

I'm a big believer we get the music we deserve, that the reason compressed beat-driven music dominates is it's the only thing that sounds good on the listening devices we're employing. In other words, you're not gonna get a new James Taylor if you've got to listen to compressed music on your phone via earbuds. But if you improved the quality of the sound would that not only make people take more care in the creation of sounds, but also branch out and put an effort into that which today is so often a second-class citizen?

Now I'm not talking 256kbps, never mind 320. Lossless is equivalent to CD.

Whenever I see this thread title I think of:

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Lefsets saw Five Seconds of Summer and One Direction at the Rose Bowl:

The opening act was Five Seconds Of Summer, and I kept listening for the hard drives, but there were none. Yes, the popsters faking it should be very afraid, because 5SOS could actually play! And sing! And harmonize! I was nearly flabbergasted. This is not how it's supposed to be!

But they're Australian. The Aussie acts have always been superior players. Because down under you earn your stripes gig by gig, if you don't deliver live, you've got no chance.

bwa-ha-ha-ha! I admit though, I haven't been to a big rock show in years upon years. Is this "listening for the hard drives" anywhere close to a real thing?

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You left out the best part

"And that was who were there. Students. Girls. Wanna get laid? Go to a 1D show. You won't see odds this good at the prison of "Orange Is The New Black." An endless sea of barely pubescent girls, screaming their heads off."

Lmao

OMFG.

barfs, calls police.

...

D:

like holy shit how could you actually write that

It IS Lefsetz.

*checks* Good GOD, folks, what about this bit:

"Let me tell you, despite being one of the lone males in a sea of tens of thousands of females, what stunned me is nobody was radiating any sexuality, nobody was dressed like a slut, nobody was making eyes trying to get ahead. This was more like puppy love, even if dirty old men would say some of these girls were fully grown."

But 5SOS were not the Beatles. That’s the problem with both the youngsters and the oldsters, there’s nothing new. That’s why there’s hysteria for the iPhone 6 and shrugs for so much music. So you can replicate what’s been done before…once upon a time music was about pushing the envelope! There was no Jethro Tull before Jethro Tull, never mind the Ramones!

Lefsetz going to start reviewing Chuck E Cheeses soon

holy shit @ that ned

what the fuck is this shit

iirc the post he wrote about his first electric daisy carnival was pretty bad too but this is a new level of gross

I love this weird combination of things:

And sure, Harry Styles is an international icon…

But what did impress me about Harry was how nonchalant he was. Just before he went on he was offering us cupcakes. Isn’t he supposed to be in his dressing room, angsting away?

Cynics might say it’s because he doesn’t play an instrument.

But that’s part of the act’s success. That it’s kind of a lark. And they and the audience are all in it together.

And the production was spectacular. And the girls knew every word and sang them. And if you’re somebody who lives in Ferrari/gated community culture you’d be completely flummoxed. As you would be if you’re into retro vinyl, if you haunt club gigs, if you listen to people with bad voices sing their plaintive songs and then bitch that they can’t make any money.

looooooool "i was the only old man in the crowd" ... "the creepy old men in the crowd would call them women grown" this guy is so gross

man what a dick

*checks* Good GOD, folks, what about this bit:

"Let me tell you, despite being one of the lone males in a sea of tens of thousands of females, what stunned me is nobody was radiating any sexuality, nobody was dressed like a slut, nobody was making eyes trying to get ahead. This was more like puppy love, even if dirty old men would say some of these girls were fully grown."

― Ned Raggett, Monday, September 15, 2014 9:26 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

holy shit

no Jethro Tull before Jethro Tull

Sounds better in the original Arabic.

no Jethro Tull before Jethro Tull

title of next guided by voices single.

^^ haha

Let me tell you, despite being one of the lone males in a sea of tens of thousands of females, what stunned me is nobody was radiating any sexuality, nobody was dressed like a slut, nobody was making eyes trying to get ahead.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Itisamystery.gif

Holy shit at all of this.

it's not like the sixties. nobody was radiating any sexuality.

who would they be making eyes at? Lefsetz?

And in the late eighties, fresh-faced Def Leppard was at the peak, they were the apotheosis, the biggest rock band in the world, and they partook of all the warm and moist goodness.