like used bookstores xp
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 4 August 2011 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
there's no question in my mind that his whole rant was about independent stores. it's interesting that he goes right from that straight to talking about how awesome "free" music is. no mention of itunes or buying direct from labels online. definitely an ill thought rant and he deserves any blow-back he gets.
― rockapads, Thursday, 4 August 2011 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
that said, i voted for the ringtone rant as his most tedious.
― rockapads, Thursday, 4 August 2011 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't read this thread but I will
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 4 August 2011 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
maus has been giving interviews like this for years btw
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 4 August 2011 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
he's a philosophy adjunct professor at some university iirc
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 4 August 2011 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
kind of wish maus was british so we could get some better whiney posts in here
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 4 August 2011 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
ok I read a couple posts in this thread now
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 4 August 2011 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
I believe he's actually a TA or tutor, rather than a professor. I'm pretty sure that he hasn't got his PhD, he's still a graduate student. For instance, I don't think he's published or anything. I only bring this up since it's something that gets continually mentioned in his bio or on blogs, but there seems to be some confusion.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 4 August 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
he is a professor in my heart then
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 4 August 2011 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
A response via Marathonpacks:
http://marathonpacks.tumblr.com/post/8475820060/a-defense-of-john-maus-and-bratty-artists
This is superb.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Thursday, 4 August 2011 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
the most offensive thing about this whole interview is that i just listened to some of his music and it is awful
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Thursday, 4 August 2011 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
no, it's the misremembered nostalgia of childhood past, a memory fog of our shared times of wonder and innocence... IDIOT
― james blood ulver (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 4 August 2011 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
bmichael liked thisperpetua liked this
― buzza, Thursday, 4 August 2011 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
his music reminds me of Andrew Eldritch singing lullabies
― sarahel, Thursday, 4 August 2011 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
you heard of Andrew W K?well, this is Andrew single-U K.
― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Thursday, 4 August 2011 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
more like buffalo bill freestyling over cut rate tangerine dream maybe. xpost
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Thursday, 4 August 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
buffalo bill freestyling over cut rate tangerine dream
Accurate and complimentary.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Thursday, 4 August 2011 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Thursday, August 4, 2011 10:10 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark
<3333333
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 4 August 2011 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
^
― shastakrautpasta (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 4 August 2011 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
hello this is john maus, please listen to my new album on spotify
― markers, Thursday, 4 August 2011 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
those are some weird ass descriptions for what just sounds like some fairly decent synthpop
― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Thursday, 4 August 2011 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
That rat's cute.
― john. a resident of chicago., Thursday, 4 August 2011 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, what a cute rat!
― ogmor, Thursday, 4 August 2011 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
he's a mouse!
― james blood ulver (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 4 August 2011 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
John Mousehttp://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_570xN.128560368.jpg
Mouse John:http://www.4tnz.com/files/mouse_toilet.jpg
― james blood ulver (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 4 August 2011 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.hotncurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/john_malkovich.jpg
― sarahel, Friday, 5 August 2011 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
Pomplamaus
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 5 August 2011 00:16 (twelve years ago) link
Maus Rat
― online pinata store (Nicole), Friday, 5 August 2011 01:02 (twelve years ago) link
the real issue everyone is dancing around here is that John Maus makes better music than Odd Future
― blapplebees (crüt), Friday, 5 August 2011 02:29 (twelve years ago) link
^^I'll withhold judgement until I've heard more of Maus' music (oddly, this whole discussion has not put me in the mood to sample it), but his appraisal of Odd Future, of all things, probably says more about what a phony he is than all of his Marxist jibber jabber.
― jer.fairall, Friday, 5 August 2011 02:36 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't called anyone a phony in 15 years and this dude is a great reason to pull that one out, hahaha
― james blood ulver (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 5 August 2011 02:49 (twelve years ago) link
jer.fairall otm
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 5 August 2011 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
I don't understand all this lynching. I'm poor and as a kid I used to spend 90% of my money as a kid on overpriced CDs until the Internet came along. Fuck record stores. Have to admit that I'm not really that much into his music but I have read a couple of interviews and he seems earnest a bit manic (?) confused but passionate all of which I find interesting and can totally relate to unless this is another elaborate joke, in which case well I don't know what to say other than he's very good at it. The guest list was fun to read, too bad he had to back off because of this ridiculous hysteria. Hated the Odd Future comment.
― wolves lacan, Friday, 5 August 2011 03:07 (twelve years ago) link
yeah the odd future comment is the worst thing about this
― blapplebees (crüt), Friday, 5 August 2011 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
Odd Future comment redeemed by the Brotha Lynch Hung ref.
I haven't read the interview btw
― shastakrautpasta (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 5 August 2011 03:30 (twelve years ago) link
...So I don't exactly know what the Brotha Lynch Hung of video games actually is
― shastakrautpasta (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 5 August 2011 03:31 (twelve years ago) link
farmville
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:07 (twelve years ago) link
― markers, Friday, 5 August 2011 04:14 (twelve years ago) link
Xp ha! That IS stupid!
― lacanthrope (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:23 (twelve years ago) link
Despite this, you’d be hard pressed to find another pop musician as socially awkward as Maus. I ask if he’s autistic.
http://www.thestoolpigeon.co.uk/features/john-maus-interview.html
― froster the poophole (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:27 (twelve years ago) link
^^^
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:30 (twelve years ago) link
hell no dogg this is totally my shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B22EVG7wsMQ
but then, of course it would be
― blapplebees (crüt), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:35 (twelve years ago) link
“The main reason why I’m here is for a good kick in the ass to go and finish the next album. I went back to Minnesota last October [from Hawaii] and got this little house in the country. The plan was to work on the next album but the months rolled by and it kind of seemed impossible to do.”
man first owl city now this
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:38 (twelve years ago) link
the song crut just posted is alright
― markers, Friday, 5 August 2011 04:41 (twelve years ago) link
ok i am willing to be open let me listen to that then
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:41 (twelve years ago) link
where are my fellow fans of ariel pink and third-rate clan of xymox shit to back me up on this
― blapplebees (crüt), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:42 (twelve years ago) link
ok
i actually like that song.
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:44 (twelve years ago) link
Imo getting mad at this dude is like when ppl get mad at some artist for being rockist, it's like, "man, imagine if he was an ilx poster!!" And he does seem like an overly academic cornball. But everyone here listens to artists who espouse considerably worse worldviews on a regular basis. This guy is just an "lol first world problems" type easy target
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:48 (twelve years ago) link
john maus makes ok music. there are a couple of ariel pink albums i have yet to fully absorb so i am kind of shocked that people have already moved on to this leach
― gardener by day, gatekeeper by night (blank), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:48 (twelve years ago) link