who is Bob Lefsetz?

also this -- "I won’t say I’m powerless against the online terrorists. I’ve learned you can conquer them. By attacking them individually. By hitting them where they live. Criticizing their little lives, getting personal. They don’t like the light shined upon them. If you make it about them, as opposed to the content, they freak." -- comes perilously close to endorsing doxxing of, idk, taylor swift fans

perilously close to endorsing doxxing of, idk, taylor swift fans

i think that goes beyond "perilously close." i think it's literally what he's suggesting.

yeah like I try very hard to be non-bombastic (no, really), but I defy anyone to produce a reading of this that is not completely horrifying

Brett Leve. A twentysomething who accosted me at Coachella and told me his organization was buying a ski area. Little did he know downhill sliding was my passion. So, when they invited me to go to their digs in Eden, Utah, to partake of the snow at their newly-purchased Powder Mountain, I went.

And was stunned at the caliber of person.

that guy seems like a dick.

A twentysomething who accosted me at Coachella and told me his organization was buying a ski area.

^^^ late woody allen character description btw

Dude is frothing mad at Adele. Holy shit.

Even car companies are hipper than you, they’re leaving CD drives out of their vehicles. My new computer has no disk drive, even though I bought it a year ago and it’s state of the art.

There’s plenty of money if you get mindshare. But you want to give up mindshare?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQJ7QVDsi9Q

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Oh wow, that Adele piece is seriously fucking ignorant. How dare one of the biggest selling artists of the decade, one of the last major performers whose fans are actually willing en masse to invest in a CD, LP or full album download, maker of one of the handful of genuine "Event Albums" of the year, elect to not go to a streaming platform right away!

I was inundated with e-mail about this act Adele. At first listen I loved her, then when I downloaded all the tracks I realized that she was just a bit too jazzy for me. But I applaud where she’s coming from. But although she’s a smash in the U.K., I seriously doubt she can make it big here in America. Because she’s FAT!

feb. 21, 2008

h/t digital music news

brutal, what a huge piece of shit idiot

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First and foremost, mindshare. It’s nearly impossible to get in today’s cluttered, cacophonous society. Used to be you got on radio and then MTV and you reached everybody. Now, except for Adele herself, no one can do this. Quick, sing a 1D song! You can’t, but they just won big on the AMAs. And you can pooh-pooh that awards show, or you can just admit that music has changed. It’s not that you’re old, it’s just that the biggest acts are niche and if you’re not one of them, god help you in making a living.

haha no just kidding you're old

So I was wondering what the heck this one was after these past few days of him being rightly trashed.

http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2015/11/25/broken-together/

And...I don't know, it's like a combination of nakedly confessional fucking up in a post-divorce/midlife crisis way that somehow is a big build-up to saying this towards the end:

"That’s the name of the song, “Broken Together.” It’s by Christian rock band Casting Crowns, whose name I knew but whose music I was unfamiliar with."

But seriously, this essay is like Emo Mitch Albom run rampant. Which should say something.

We all want to be touched. Metaphorically and physically.

Seems like he's angling for David Brooks' spot.

I imagine the part about '...your ass falls...' isn't part of the Casting Crowns song, and that makes me sad.

haha tooting my own horn here but my fake lefsetz adele post on ned's facebook wasn't too far off:

This isn't the old days, stars don't last the way they used to. There's no more Jackson Brownes, no more Bruce Hornsbys...nowadays it's keep moving -- or die. If you're not the Next Big Thing, you're yesterday's news. Adele better wake up, because the new world of streaming music is a fast lane that -- in the words of Don Henley -- will "surely make you lose your mind."

Sure, there are still a few senior citizens that will log on to iTunes to pay for music -- or worse yet, go to Target and buy a CD. But they are dying - and dying fast. Today's listeners need it now and they need it for nothing. This is a generation that's too busy Snapchatting and sexting to even notice that you've released an album. In fact, most of todays music consumers have literally never seen a television. It's not about selling music, it's about selling a lifestyle that they want and you have. If you don't get it, you're just another loser hawking antique teakettles from a park bench in Pittsburgh.

But seriously, this essay is like Emo Mitch Albom run rampant.

tuesdays with mopey

well done UMS. pitch perfect.

People gravitate to one winner. Hear anybody championing their Samsung Galaxy recently? Everybody’s on an iPhone, with iMessage. And if you’re about to send me hate mail telling me I’m wrong, I hope you like your low income no friends lifestyle, because all the winners are on the Apple platform, and you keep saying you want to win…

what a fuckin asshole

Artists are two-faced. Taylor Swift can refuse to be on Spotify but is all over YouTube, what’s up with that? Have the courage of your convictions Tay Tay.

So I’d like to say I watch every episode of “Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee,” but it’s not that funny. Turns out Larry David was the genius. He’s even referenced herein, with the Prez talking about playing golf with Mr. Enthusiasm, who wears enough sunscreen to have it dripping from his ears. How can it be that an irreverent schmuck can play golf with the most powerful man in the world? That’s what happens when you hang it out completely, when you’re unworried about judgment, people cling to you. That was the essence of John Lennon. Could Larry David be the next Lennon? Think about it.

Lefsetz is really operating at a consistently mindblowing pitch right now

Lennon... Larry David... ...Lefsetz?

Think about it.

In fact, most of todays music consumers have literally never seen a television. It's not about selling music, it's about selling a lifestyle that they want and you have. If you don't get it, you're just another loser hawking antique teakettles from a park bench in Pittsburgh.

Still laughing at this. Perfection.

Too many wankers revere the good old days which weren’t so good. Like vinyl. Remember warps and skips and returns? I miss those not a whit.

Blind pig finds acorn.

finding nuggets of truth in Lefsetz is a useful self-diagnostic tool - like, if you find yourself agreeing with him, you can choose to either amend where you know you're wrong, or just continue down the path of sounding more and more like Bob Lefsetz

My S.O. has actually bought antique tea kettles in Pittsburgh, so I take this remark personally.

finding nuggets of truth in Lefsetz is a useful self-diagnostic tool - like, if you find yourself agreeing with him, you can choose to either amend where you know you're wrong, or just continue down the path of sounding more and more like Bob Lefsetz

Fortunately, immediately after reading that one, I read his Lemmy obit, and was reassured that the yawning gulf between our worldviews will never close. Seriously, Lemmy's greatest artistic achievement was writing power ballads for Ozzy? OK, dude...

we've all met dudes like Lefsetz though, right? somehow found their way inside the industry and are similarly somehow treated with respect, even though their opinions are deeply suspect.

and some days you meet a Lefsetz, and some days you are the Lefsetz

clearly lefsetz forgot about how important giant tvs are to people who want to play video games

yeah idk I don't think television sales are lacking, and the number of bars/restaurants with televisions seems to be at an all-time high

haha guys that's my fake Lefsetz post, I got too method and somehow spiritually merged with the essence of Lef

:)

this is the part where m@tt removes his mask and reveals himself to have been lefsetz all along

http://www.philebrity.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/phantom_scooby_doo_unmask_1_1750.jpg

this is the part where m@tt removes his mask and reveals himself to have been lefsetz all along

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And I wouldn've gotten away with it if it wasn't for Tay Tay and you pesky kids!!!!

my initial Cream purchase was “Disraeli Gears,” way before “Sunshine Of Your Love” got airplay

and some days you meet a Lefsetz, and some days you are the Lefsetz

this is the most brutal truthbomb maybe ever

The Lesfetz Inside Me

http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/concerned-young-woman-looking-mirror-37627129.jpg

It's cleansing to fit "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969" into conversation once a week or so.