wait, so like a bunch of people are actually paying attention to this guy?
― sarahel, Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
...
― http://tinyurl.com/tittyblam (SFW) (s1ocki), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
http://eclecticboogaloo.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/whatever.jpg
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
lol @ que
― sarahel, Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
he's definitely gained some degree of notice in an obscenely cloistered, tiny section of the American indie music crit world
― markers, Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/128298508615001250urtheoryhasme.jpg
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
:-D
― markers, Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:48 (thirteen years ago) link
y'all know I love ILX until the end of time, but as far as cloisters go, this board is one that's unusually good at being unimpressed with stuff, so the "wait, people actually read this?" reaction is mildly humorous
I am 100% down with that opinionated skepticism, it is awesome, but occasionally it approaches a point of seeming really baffled by things that are not all that incredibly baffling
― oɔsıqɐu (nabisco), Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
baffled vs horrified incredulity
― (e_3) (Edward III), Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:21 (thirteen years ago) link
this board is one that's unusually good at being unimpressed with stuff, so the "wait, people actually read this?" reaction is mildly humorous
yeah, i posted that for that reason
― sarahel, Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
the only reason we're even discussing prr kid at all is that he's leeched himself onto an established brand and begun to branch out into other publications--he's found a way to game the system, through accident or design, at a time when it's very hard to do so.
OTM + high five + 3 gold stars. What he's done is very clever, in the same way that, say Danger Mouse was able to leverage his album mashup into a regular production gig. This is How Things Work now.
― Veðrafjǫrðr heimamaður (ecuador_with_a_c), Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I really glad this thread exists, if only for tim f's vulcanization of rubber style invention of a new posting technique
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah that danger mouse thing is p otm
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
the only reason we're even discussing prr kid at all is that he's leeched himself onto an established brand and begun to branch out into other publications--he's found a way to game the system, through accident or design, at a time when it's very hard to do so.OTM + high five + 3 gold stars. What he's done is very clever, in the same way that, say Danger Mouse was able to leverage his album mashup into a regular production gig. This is How Things Work now.― Veðrafjǫrðr heimamaður (ecuador_with_a_c), Thursday, September 30, 2010 1:26 PM (1 minute ago)
― Veðrafjǫrðr heimamaður (ecuador_with_a_c), Thursday, September 30, 2010 1:26 PM (1 minute ago)
New York Times Reviews Reviews
― markers, Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
this
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
ditto, only remove "incredulity"; I don't find it surprising that ppl would be into this guy, just super irritating because that means it's like 3 years away from infecting every media source I frequent
RIP my frequented media sources ;_;
― THE CHOMPING DUCK GETS HIS FATTY OUT FOR VADAR (HI DERE), Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
i just can't read stuff like that, i find it irritating and completely tedious. can't really get into HRO for the same reason.
― ('_') (omar little), Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
his shitty writing style and the fact that people read and enjoy it is baffling. like i said yesterday, i think sometimes with the internet you can throw up any piece of shit writing to the wall and if it's got enough name dropping, people will jizz all over it.
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
i think PRR and HRO are hateable for opposite reasons
― the parking garage has more facebook followers than my band (Jordan), Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Daft Punk writes new song except it sux & is nothing 2 get excited abt (28 comments)
― markers, Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
i would agree w/that too xpost
― ('_') (omar little), Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:48 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.pitchforkreviewsreviews.com/post/1215918248/haiku-cycle-about-the-new-york-yankees-pitchfork
― markers, Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
this. except i like PRR and fucking loathe HRO with a passion
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
man, that "haiku cycle" makes me wanna take back every nice thing i've ever said
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
about anyone or anything anywhere ever
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
this. except i like PRR and fucking loathe HRO with a passion― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Thursday, September 30, 2010 6:55 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Thursday, September 30, 2010 6:55 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
you basically have the opposite of taste
― l'avventura: pet detective (history mayne), Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
rimshot
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
PRR's writing reads like my 9 year old talking
― (e_3) (Edward III), Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
At least HRO keeps his posts short.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link
although on evidence of those fucking haikus, maybe history mayne has a point
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link
are yall on #teamprrbro or #teamcarles?
― l'avventura: pet detective (history mayne), Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
i dunno, i read that haiku and it's like a whole new world, like seeing what matsuo bashō was doing when he was 20.
― ('_') (omar little), Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR U
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
suckered by chauncey gardiner
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:05 (thirteen years ago) link
if you traded animal collective and lil wayne for bionicles and mighty beanz the affinity is strong
― (e_3) (Edward III), Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:05 (thirteen years ago) link
just for the record i think HRO is as equally reprehensible as PRR
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I prefer HBO and PBR to HRO and PRR
― sarahel, Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
kind of surprised carles hasn't reviewed prr yet
― l'avventura: pet detective (history mayne), Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
idk nabisco...that haiku cycle pretty much distills everything about his blog that makes me want to scream: do you really think that THAT merits a readership? do you really think that there's some intrinsic value to his writing that makes him well known (among certain circles), instead of his attention-grabbing stunts (again, the initial meta conceit of the blog, but also his suspect story about meeting President Obama)? Is it really that surprising that some folks would find that obnoxious? (multiple xposts)
― we don't have to suffer; we're the best batch yet (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
(sry about the awkward shoehorning of parenthetical asides)
― we don't have to suffer; we're the best batch yet (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
i like both hro and prr but hro is funny and i can usually read almost the entire post instead of just the first couple sentences
― max, Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Fall - Yankees are shitePitchfork rates them nought point noughtBashō turns in grave
― Veðrafjǫrðr heimamaður (ecuador_with_a_c), Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry
I lol'd
― markers, Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
do you really think that THAT merits a readership?
I never said it did, mostly because I don't understand the concept of "meriting" a readership. But basically I am not surprised/horrified/confused by what his readers get out of the blog -- the way it appeals to people doesn't strike me as super-confusing, you know? It seems fairly straightforward, what people are getting out of it. It also seems fairly straightforward that lots of people would find it obnoxious and annoying. The only thing that confuses me is the idea that those things are opposites, or that one or the other of them is bizarre or unimaginable.
― oɔsıqɐu (nabisco), Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
no one understands what nabisco is on about, everyone's obsessed with PRR, we're on the other side of the looking glass ppl
― (e_3) (Edward III), Thursday, 30 September 2010 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
I never said it did, mostly because I don't understand the concept of "meriting" a readership.
and this is so because it must be so.
― we don't have to suffer; we're the best batch yet (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 30 September 2010 19:02 (thirteen years ago) link
he's just a goof with a blog yall
― http://tinyurl.com/tittyblam (SFW) (s1ocki), Thursday, 30 September 2010 19:03 (thirteen years ago) link
and so is prr guy for that matter
who's the first he again? I'm lost...
― we don't have to suffer; we're the best batch yet (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 30 September 2010 19:08 (thirteen years ago) link