Why keep current?

don't believe him. it NEVER gets easier. your life is over.

it is fun though. sometimes.

well, it got easier for me. because my kid is better than your kid

i think its easy to find new stuff if you are a big fan of one genere. if you listen to dance music or rap or metal there is something coming out every day and this actually does make things easier cuz there are plenty of places to go to download mixes or hear new stuff. if you are just a general music fan who likes a little of this and a little of that, its gonna be harder to find stuff you like. genre fans are less discriminating too. easier to please.

my kids bug the hell out of me, but i kinda can't get enough of them.

genre that is.

yeah that's my experience. not being a genre partisan myself sometimes I drop into the various genre threads to whet my appetite and um, have kind of a hard time.

xp

but i've said it before and i'll say it again, if you are old and sad and you want to be re-energized by new music than just open a used record store and start a montly column in a metal magazine devoted to new experimental music. did wonders for me!

I was 10 or so when my parents explained to me that Santa Claus was just a metaphor for the unselfish, gift-giving spirit that lies within us all. it's funny that I was mature enough to grasp that idea but not enough of an independent thinker to suss it out on my own. I did think it was a little lame when my parents labelled all of my gifts that year as "To: Unregistered; From: the spirit of Santa Claus".

oh, uh, wrong thread

HAHAHA

eeyore is such a throwing muses fan too. that's why i love that username.

i think its easy to find new stuff if you are a big fan of one genere. if you listen to dance music or rap or metal there is something coming out every day and this actually does make things easier cuz there are plenty of places to go to download mixes or hear new stuff. if you are just a general music fan who likes a little of this and a little of that, its gonna be harder to find stuff you like. genre fans are less discriminating too. easier to please.

This is kind of what I wanted to add. One reason I cast a wide net genre-wise is that's usually the only way I can find even a handful of new things I like. I'm basically pretty fussy, and I tend to grow out of genre enthusiasms, or at least become a lot more demanding about them over time.

I'm getting current right now listening to Pitchfork's Top 100 playlist I searched out on Grooveshark. I think I'm gonna enjoy listening to Top 2010 lists from other publications better but Grooveshark is the way to go apparently

okay. there is something very wrong with 2010. this year is more 80s than any other year of the past decade. now, I'm not going to insult Robyn or Ariel's Pink Grafiti because this stuff is straight up 80's

but damn, all the other shit infusing electronica (porno groove; funk; and mellow) into hiphop/r'n'b/rock/pop is just sickening

hopefully it's just pitchfork/indie cuz this is super gay

there had to be a gay moon out when they made the list
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/playlist/Pitchfork+com+s+Top+100+Songs+Of+2010/41034547

i dont care for the list but i sb'd you for being captain lorax & for calling something 'gay'

interesting discussion itt. It's relevant to me but I can't really add anything, or can't go off on one of my quasi-derail thoughts on this atm but keep going guys

I'm fine with you sbing me for calling something gay but it is entirely impossible to listen to this top 20 without picturing a gay club at some point

^ true of most good things tho