I think it's mostly "know your audience." Some of the best speakers/conversationalists I know are great at packing in information by giving a quick summary of salient points to the point where even if you're familiar, it's not annoying to hear again.
If you're immediately referencing a philosophical concept I may or may not know and are attempting to engage with me about an album on that standpoint, it's kind of a failure of communication, or you're a dick for implying I need to know these concepts to enjoy music.
― unwarranted display names of ilx (mh), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
ahh well no, you seem quite understanding xxp
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
thing is I picked up the Actress album less as a result of nakh's thread (although it was interesting), or anything else I read, but on the merch table after seeing him play live
which was just one unsmiley dude w/ his hood up doing raw semi-generative on-the-fly techno on a small table of kit - the more I think about that the more bringing crit theory on board seems like abject madness
― Amazing pic of the universe! - VERY NSFW (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
this is where I reiterate for the 50th time that I want kodwo eshun to write more on music
― unwarranted display names of ilx (mh), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
Am I wrong in thinking that it misses the entire thrust and point of critical theory to employ it in the service of explaining *why* one enjoys a piece of art?
― Clarke B., Wednesday, 31 August 2011 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
haha yeah, it seems like you are more explaining why you like critical theory than why you like music
― beemer douchebag (DJP), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
― Clarke B., Wednesday, 31 August 2011 16:46 (1 minute ago)
sure
actress is just particularly amenable to that post-grime theory blog tendency
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
'wack'
― am/sand (Lamp), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
this rustie clip is pretty exciting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8C1RmVJ1xE
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 17:09 (twelve years ago) link