hehe
― mh, Friday, 17 April 2015 14:18 (nine years ago) link
omg
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 17 April 2015 14:20 (nine years ago) link
"Crap, there's another pecan lover in the house! I just saw it run behind the fridge!"
"Should we get another trap? Or bake it some cookies?"
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 17 April 2015 14:20 (nine years ago) link
i can't remember whether i was reading videogum several years ago or told a hilarious bit from videogum several years ago but i think it should obvious why i remembered this hilarious bit of info from several years ago
― da croupier, Friday, 17 April 2015 14:42 (nine years ago) link
See that the biggest venue in America is the smartphone. And its stars are Snapchat and Facebook
This is possibly the most Drunk Uncle he's ever been.
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Sunday, 19 April 2015 19:09 (nine years ago) link
Move to lock this thread and have ppl email Robert directly if they have any issues
― piqued (wins), Sunday, 19 April 2015 19:23 (nine years ago) link
BaltimoreThe PIGS, that’s what we called them back when I was growing up.
The PIGS, that’s what we called them back when I was growing up.
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 30 April 2015 16:48 (nine years ago) link
I take the elevator up to the top where Toni escorts me into Steve Barnett’s office where he and Ambrosia are listening to a record, not a word being said, Steve staring rapturously at the wall.This obviously wasn’t done for me, I caught them in a moment. And what was playing over the speakers was…SPECTACULAR!So I go from caring not a whit about the music business to being totally riveted, feeling that I’m back to where I once belonged.And when the track finishes Steve tells me it’s the album of the year, which sounds reasonable to me, since this is the guy who built Sam Smith in the U.S., and he’s going to do his best to deliver this 67 year old another hit.Huh?Now I’m completely confused. So I ask “Who is this?”DON HENLEY!
This obviously wasn’t done for me, I caught them in a moment. And what was playing over the speakers was…SPECTACULAR!
So I go from caring not a whit about the music business to being totally riveted, feeling that I’m back to where I once belonged.
And when the track finishes Steve tells me it’s the album of the year, which sounds reasonable to me, since this is the guy who built Sam Smith in the U.S., and he’s going to do his best to deliver this 67 year old another hit.
Huh?
Now I’m completely confused. So I ask “Who is this?”
DON HENLEY!
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 14 May 2015 17:48 (nine years ago) link
well, yeah
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 May 2015 17:51 (nine years ago) link
haha i'm morbidly excited about this
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 14 May 2015 18:23 (nine years ago) link
though i srsly doubt big lef can't identify don henley's voice upon hearing it
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 14 May 2015 18:24 (nine years ago) link
Music, when done right, scales.Stop listening to the old fogeys. Stop learning how it used to be done. Know that in order to succeed you’ve got to turn the world on its head.Let’s make it simple… How about finding ugly people who write their own songs? That’s changing everything everyone in power believes in.How about putting music in BuzzFeed movies?
Stop listening to the old fogeys. Stop learning how it used to be done. Know that in order to succeed you’ve got to turn the world on its head.
Let’s make it simple… How about finding ugly people who write their own songs? That’s changing everything everyone in power believes in.
How about putting music in BuzzFeed movies?
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 14 May 2015 18:46 (nine years ago) link
Haha he gets more drunk uncle by the day
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 14 May 2015 19:03 (nine years ago) link
HOW ABOUT PUTTING DON HENLEY IN BUZZFEED MOVIES
― tylerw, Thursday, 14 May 2015 19:06 (nine years ago) link
P.S. All you Eagles and Henley haters can hold your breath, put your fingertips away, because the truth is in the modern world hate is irrelevant, it’s all about love. No one cares that you pooh-pooh this or that, all we care is that someone loves something. And if enough people do, you have success.
Something something not enough love in the world
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 14 May 2015 21:00 (nine years ago) link
Something something pooh pooh
― turlte party (how's life), Thursday, 14 May 2015 21:10 (nine years ago) link
lefsetz drawing inspiration from my immortal I see
― katherine, Thursday, 14 May 2015 21:52 (nine years ago) link
Oy veh. He takes data and loses all the nuances, plus he throws in his stereotypes as well. He also neglects to mention that some are challenging the cited country data
That's right, it's the country artists who have tattoos and wear jeans, who reflect the America we live in. There's more honesty in the average country record than there is in the deepest inner city hip-hop track. But those in the media don't like the narrative. They even get sidetracked into this non-story about women being kept down.
Women run this world, you should never forget it. It's they who want to rock down hard. And if you wanna get laid...you know where to go, what station to play.
P.S. Don't read the reports, go straight to the source, read Keith Hill's comments in "Country Aircheck" by going to: https://www.countryaircheck.com and clicking on "Click here to download" on the left-hand side, under "Country Aircheck Weekly (5/26)". Keith Hill is a blowhard who takes his business way too seriously, but give the guy credit for saying what no one else will and sticking to his guns, and for having an opinion. Isn't it strange that those with sharp edges rule in this world, every tech titan is prickly, but in entertainment we think it's B2B and we put on a suit and go all nice as if not offending anybody is the key to success. Wanna know the truth? If you're not offending people, you're not saying anything worthwhile. Maybe country radio isn't for soft female music, maybe country radio isn't for you, but country radio is America's number one radio format, it's where the bucks are, and when money's involved risk is reduced. Which means you can combat those who playit safe by risking, but you've got to be great, you just can't be a crybaby, and if you're making music it had better be ROCK!
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 31 May 2015 13:01 (eight years ago) link
"the deepest inner city hop-hop track"
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 31 May 2015 15:13 (eight years ago) link
probably Das EFX
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Sunday, 31 May 2015 16:02 (eight years ago) link
Maybe country radio isn't for soft female music, maybe country radio isn't for you, but country radio is America's number one radio format, it's where the bucks are, and when money's involved risk is reduced. Which means you can combat those who playit safe by risking, but you've got to be great, you just can't be a crybaby, and if you're making music it had better be ROCK!
*looks into drink*
*pouts*
....CARIBBEAN QUEEN!
― da croupier, Sunday, 31 May 2015 16:07 (eight years ago) link
Thought the thread would be bumped for this bundle of lols: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2015/05/you-dont-know-lefsetz.html
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Sunday, 31 May 2015 17:17 (eight years ago) link
"Oh, so you're a writer? Are you familiar with the critical works of Amazon Reviewer #killallwhitewalkers?"
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Sunday, 31 May 2015 18:19 (eight years ago) link
I haven't been inspired to change my display name for years. Thanks, Bob Lefsetz!
― something totally new, it’s the AOR of the twenty first century (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 31 May 2015 18:32 (eight years ago) link
ha
― curmudgeon, Monday, 1 June 2015 14:55 (eight years ago) link
classic lefsetz
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 1 June 2015 15:06 (eight years ago) link
album oriented lefsetz
― some dude, Monday, 1 June 2015 17:16 (eight years ago) link
If you want to know exactly why the music business is how it is, Lefsetz seems like a good guide! If you want to know what current reality looks like or the future, not really.
― ultimate american sock (mh), Monday, 1 June 2015 23:15 (eight years ago) link
i mean you can learn something about the industry as a critical reader of Lefsetz, not so much as a credulous reader like Godin seems to be
― some dude, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 00:19 (eight years ago) link
It seems like Lefsetz is going broader culturally now in the most recent posts, since getting the boost from Godin.
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 00:39 (eight years ago) link
Nah, same as he ever was
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 13:10 (eight years ago) link
That's Godin in a nutshell - a man who's shocked when a musician doesn't read Lefsetz.
― Continue your brooding monologue (Re-Make/Re-Model), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 13:44 (eight years ago) link
And if you wanna get laid...you know where to go, what station to play.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 14:23 (eight years ago) link
WBALLS
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 14:44 (eight years ago) link
Just realized I'd like an audiobook of Marc Maron reading Lefsetz.
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 14:56 (eight years ago) link
who do you end up having sex with if you follow lefsetz's musical path?
― ultimate american sock (mh), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 15:16 (eight years ago) link
glenn frey
― tylerw, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 15:19 (eight years ago) link
well, yeah.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 16:09 (eight years ago) link
Not Steph, apparently.
http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2015/05/29/rhinofy-yer-album/
― something totally new, it’s the AOR of the twenty first century (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 16:14 (eight years ago) link
We live online. Our power is online. That's where you spread the story, that's where you break the bands.And what resonates online is truth, justice and the American Way.And we haven't had that spirit here since 1969.
And what resonates online is truth, justice and the American Way.
And we haven't had that spirit here since 1969.
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 4 June 2015 03:54 (eight years ago) link
Well, yeah.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 4 June 2015 04:54 (eight years ago) link
So I ordered an Apple Watch because I'm sick of living in the sixties.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 6 June 2015 13:00 (eight years ago) link
That's why I ordered a Pepsi Free.
― da croupier, Saturday, 6 June 2015 18:36 (eight years ago) link
I'm thinking about returning it.1. IT'S A LOUSY WATCHI'm addicted to time, I want to know what it is, and the Apple Watch performs this function very poorly. In that its face is not always on.But I could live with that if it came up when it was supposed to, every time I flipped my wrist. But it doesn't, especially when I'm lying on the floor doing my back exercises, it can't cope with that.Even worse, I can do no timing. Because the damn thing shuts off almost instantly, or at best stays alive for twenty seconds, and most of my back exercises are thirty seconds. So, how can I study the watch when I can't see it? And oftentimes can't touch it, because my hands are holding my knees! And when I'm in the bathroom, I can't time how long to clean my contact lenses, nor can I prop it up while I'm in the shower to see how much time I have left before I've got to leave. All things I can do with my Rolex. Or even the cheap Timex I wear to third world locations.
1. IT'S A LOUSY WATCH
I'm addicted to time, I want to know what it is, and the Apple Watch performs this function very poorly. In that its face is not always on.
But I could live with that if it came up when it was supposed to, every time I flipped my wrist. But it doesn't, especially when I'm lying on the floor doing my back exercises, it can't cope with that.
Even worse, I can do no timing. Because the damn thing shuts off almost instantly, or at best stays alive for twenty seconds, and most of my back exercises are thirty seconds. So, how can I study the watch when I can't see it? And oftentimes can't touch it, because my hands are holding my knees! And when I'm in the bathroom, I can't time how long to clean my contact lenses, nor can I prop it up while I'm in the shower to see how much time I have left before I've got to leave. All things I can do with my Rolex. Or even the cheap Timex I wear to third world locations.
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 7 June 2015 05:59 (eight years ago) link
Ha, that's funny
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 7 June 2015 16:58 (eight years ago) link
he's not wrong!
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Monday, 8 June 2015 05:13 (eight years ago) link
it's Lefsetz vs. the Apple Watch, i'm incapable of picking a side to be on tbh
― trap steen (some dude), Monday, 8 June 2015 06:59 (eight years ago) link
I’m going to print Musk’s explanation of the Hyperloop below, because although it seems like science fiction on the surface, once you get into the details it seems…possible. Then again, I’m just an arts guy and don’t know much about science. But I remember the sixties, when John Glenn orbited the Earth and we were all enthralled and inspired by science.
i don't know much about science, but i remember the sixties.
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 8 June 2015 08:51 (eight years ago) link
I don't know much about science but I'm aware it exists and it can do some pretty cool shit like in that movie The Right Stuff.
― Continue your brooding monologue (Re-Make/Re-Model), Monday, 8 June 2015 10:31 (eight years ago) link
Lefsetz otm
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 11 June 2015 00:11 (eight years ago) link