dennis cooper rocks though so now i'm thinking about interrogating this suspicion
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 19:06 (three years ago) link
recently read Chelsea Girls and it's great. can't speak for her poetry.
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 19:11 (three years ago) link
It's funny to police this thread over the lack of an objective standard for "overrated" rather than the embarrassing smugness of the premise. The micro-scale of Brad's example is slightly more interesting, I think, than those posters above the skip bravely naming Marx, Freud, "All of Krautrock," etc
― dip to dup (rob), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 19:18 (three years ago) link
Neil Gaiman. But not Amanda Palmer because, afaict, nobody rates her.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 19:36 (three years ago) link
Amanda Palmer has 15,674 patrons on Patreon, so apparently some people rate her.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 20:50 (three years ago) link
This thread title describes my feelings on The Frogs. Brought this up on their thread, but seeing this reminded me again...
― Evan, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 21:03 (three years ago) link
(xp) She might be a genius, all I know is that everyone ILX seems to hate her.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 21:46 (three years ago) link
Some people's talents lie in making transcendent music for a niche audience. Some people bring art to the masses. Amanda's talent is in shameless grifting. Who are we to judge which is better?
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 21:50 (three years ago) link
I just listened to 45 seconds of 'Drowning in the Sound' and it immediately silenced the part of me that wants to give every musician a fair shake. The album it's culled from reportedly last 78 minutes.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 21:52 (three years ago) link
"Amanda Palmer has 15,674 patrons on Patreon"
I calculate that I had probably had that at least that many dumps by the age of 36 if I had a dump average of 1.2 a day.
― calzino, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 21:56 (three years ago) link
her lowest tier is $1 and her highest is $250, if her average supporter is giving $5 then that's $78,370 per month, for Patreon alone, no I am not obsessed by this
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 22:10 (three years ago) link
imagine getting paid $250 a dump, but only once every 6400 dumpsshow your math
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 00:17 (three years ago) link
If I get backpaid calzino’s $3.2milli now, I bet I can make it last until the next big dump drop. Even if I lash out with that bounty and eat meat twice a week, it shouldn’t bring my average down to 1.2/day.
― Bleeqwot (sic), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 00:42 (three years ago) link
it's the .2 that really gets ya
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 01:12 (three years ago) link
Eileen Myles is awesome
Every time I've housesit for a homo friend I always see some Dennis Cooper novel on the shelf called Scum or Tripe or Bum or something and I crack it open thinking "ok maybe this is the one that everybody says I simply must read" and I suffer for twenty-odd pages of utter illegible nonsense before giving up and thinking that maybe JT Leroy wasn't so bad after all
― it’s been one week since you pissed on me (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 02:42 (three years ago) link
I did pause when one of the members of my book club asked whether or not I would want to know Dennis Cooper personally
― Dan S, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 02:53 (three years ago) link