this is basically it. it's really dark:
http://jezebel.com/member-of-queer-punk-band-pwr-bttm-accused-of-sexual-as-1795132781
xp
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 13:47 (six years ago) link
Pitchfork is probably just relieved that this news broke out before they had a chance to publish a review of the album.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 14:30 (six years ago) link
jfc pitchfork enough with the Master of None bullshit
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 17:22 (six years ago) link
otm i fucking hate that show
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link
ugh that looks like one of those Slate branded content things about "How TV show X creates a soundtrack for NOW"
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 17:34 (six years ago) link
the swift elimination came about because the allegations against one of the members was completely antithetical to the message and conceit of their band.
it didn't help that their initial response was a straight up lie, that this was the first time they heard of the rape allegations, when in reality various band members and colleagues knew of it for months and had been keeping quiet for the good of their careers.
fuck all these enabling assholes i hope they choke on their glitter
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 00:03 (six years ago) link
yeah that was insane, how do you not just jump off a bridge if this happens to you
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 00:29 (six years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/news/70878-arrested-development-season-5-on-netflix-announced/
this was posted 7 hours ago and no one has complained about it not being music-related on this thread yet, are you guys ok
― na (NA), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:55 (six years ago) link
i like this piece http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1517-queer-kids-deserve-better-than-pwr-bttm
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:02 (six years ago) link
Didn't they know about the allegations against Hopkins for like three months? Sat on the story hoping it would go away. Read that somewhere, no idea if it's true. if it is though...
― Handsome Bookor, Thursday, 18 May 2017 00:28 (six years ago) link
great input, thanks
― Jay Elettronica Viva (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 18 May 2017 01:07 (six years ago) link
1,518 Choosy Moms Agree
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 18 May 2017 02:45 (six years ago) link
is this Singles sdtk review a fucking joke
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 16:51 (six years ago) link
lol they should've gotten Cameron Crowe to write it
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
just bizarre to position it as a pivotal moment/artifact of grunge culture when it was a late-arriving cash-in w shitty songs and is also an actively terrible movie
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 17:07 (six years ago) link
I remember being absolutely crushed/crestfallen by how bad those Westerberg songs were
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 17:08 (six years ago) link
Drown was and still is v good fuiud imho
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 17:09 (six years ago) link
truly a pivotal song from the Seattle grunge scene
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 17:16 (six years ago) link
lmao also true
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 17:18 (six years ago) link
lol yeah Drown is the obvious standout on the soundtrack but the movie always struck me as extremely corny and not representative of grunge or Seattle at all. it came out a full year after Nevermind, too - not surprised it was seen as a cash-in / opportunistic. I wonder when he started writing/shooting it though - had to have been before the grunge phenomenon really took off.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
well of course, movies take years to make. but that doesn't change the overall cultural context or its reception. nobody took this movie seriously, it was garbage.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
"In a particularly great anecdote from Our Town, Truly guitarist Robert Roth recalls watching Nirvana debut 'Teen Spirit' live at Seattle’s OK Hotel while 'across the street, there was a private thing where they were filming Alice in Chains for Singles.'"
― maura, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
the singles soundtrack has at least three classic tracks (im not counting "chloe dancer/crown of thorns" bc it debuted elsewhere)
― maura, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 17:32 (six years ago) link
As reporting and criticism, the Singles piece is superb – and I don't care much for that album or that cultural moment.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 17:32 (six years ago) link
probably more like six tbh
xxxxp I realize that, I was just speculating about Crowe's intention in making it.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 17:32 (six years ago) link
'singles' got some decent reviews, i don't remember it being regarded as a cash-in or exploitative at the time of its release. maybe in seattle, idk. i guess when i think opportunistic cash-ins from the '90s i think 'reality bites', which was much worse as a film and as a soundtrack. nothing in 'singles' is as hilarious as Ethan Hawke screaming a PG-13 version of "Add It Up" at Winona Ryder.
― nomar, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 17:33 (six years ago) link
like it wasn't Jon Bon Jovi going into his manager's office in 1993 and demanding "Make me look like Nirvana."
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 17:34 (six years ago) link
i have watched both in the last year and SINGLES holds up much better
― maura, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 17:38 (six years ago) link
Singles at least feels written and played naturally where Reality Bites is the Trump ethos on celluloid.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 17:40 (six years ago) link
Funny, I watched "Reality Bites" on election day last year...
― geoffreyess, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
oh so it's you I blame
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
the studio sat on singles for two years, right?
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:28 (six years ago) link
therefore imo it's not a cash-in
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
reality bites is pure insane nonsense
I didn't know what I was doing, I swear!
― geoffreyess, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:30 (six years ago) link
anyway eric's writeup of the singles soundtrack is great imo, more of a grunge exegesis than a review
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
"state of love and trust" is also the best pearl jam song
I was nodding happily along with the Singles trashing until I realized I was confusing it with Reality Bites. I don't think I've ever actually seen Singles.
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:37 (six years ago) link
I hope we can all agree that "Dyslexic Heart" is a bad song, though
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
both Westerberg songs suck
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:48 (six years ago) link
i like both westerberg songs
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:49 (six years ago) link
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:37 (thirty-nine minutes ago) Permalink
I confuse those two movies, both of which I've seen, CONSTANTLY in my mind.
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 21:21 (six years ago) link
What were those damn Westerberg songs doing there anyway?
― how's life, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 21:23 (six years ago) link
Singles has nothing so offensive as the Steve Zahn character in Reality Bites sitting around being gay and ill-used until I remembered the garage door opener gag
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
"within your reach" was on the say anything soundtrack, crowe must've been a fan xp
― tylerw, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 21:25 (six years ago) link
any one of you defend Elizabethtown, starring Ornaldo BOOMS' bangs?
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 21:28 (six years ago) link
"Within Your Reach" is the only Replacements song I like (I discovered it through the Say Anything soundtrack)
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 22:15 (six years ago) link
I've never seen Say Anything, but when I got into the Replacements and first heard "Within your Reach" I had a feeling that it just had to have been on some 80's movie soundtrack.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 23:43 (six years ago) link
i kinda like how goofy and dumb dyslexic heart is
― JLinsanity (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 23:46 (six years ago) link