DA CAPO BEST MUSIC WRITING 2013

Nice ironical thread title btw

http://flavorwire.com/283266/a-selection-of-the-most-genuinely-terrifying-people-in-hip-hop

i would read that but no way i'm giving that shit 10 clickthrus

tho i did notice the r. kelly tag, which makes a lot of sense, seeing as he's a rapper who often threatens violence

It’s a reminder of the fact that when hip hop abandons its tiresome obsession with idiot materialism and posturing, it can still sound vital and relevant.

ffs

the combination thread title + first post is the funniest thing ive seen on ilx in ages. cheers Whiney http://i.imgur.com/5YkiA.gif

Listicle idea: Fat black women that Ric Delgado would fuck, but Tom Hawking is scared of

$40, which is almost worse than not even being paid at all

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, April 25, 2012 11:16 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OTM

it is semi-disappointing that "listicle" is a portmanteau of "list" and "article" when most examples end up coming across as a portmanteau of "list" and "testicle"

portmanteau of Liszt and icicle

Aw DJP you should have replaced the second 'list' with 'lick'

the writer of the BROward piece is, a cursory facebook search reveals, not actually 14 or even 20 but THIRTY-ONE :O

I really shouldn't wish death or violence on anyone, but...

Anyone that’s known me for any period of time has probably had a chance to read The Whispers. If you haven’t… well, maybe you should question the closeness of our friendship (which I’m guessing must be close since you’re reading this blog).

I started writing The Whispers in 2000, after one of many over-dramatic crush on girl friend situation. Let me tell you, there is no better inspiration than getting rejected by a crush (especially a crush that had been cultivated for years) and listening to Henry Rollins’ Hard Volume.

The Whispers came out of me faster than anything else I’d written at the time, which by that point entailed research papers and bad poetry. Then for the next twelve years I’ve been revising and rewriting it.

I lost count when the revisions reached twenty, and that was probably a couple of years ago. I’ve worked and molded this story, never feeling quite comfortable with it, especially when I got negative feedback from friends and other writers.

I would put the story down periodically, let it breathe, then pick it up years later. Then, this past year, I picked it up again. In the last two or three years I have been writing every single day. And this time things were different. Normally, when I would work on the 4,300 word short story, I would find myself lost at times. I would lose track of the point I was making, where it fit in the context of the story, and even agonizing about single word changes.

This time I totally kicked it’s ass.

the typo kicked your ass

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/crossfade/2011/09/five_very_masturbatory_music_videos_1980s_1990s.php

I started writing The Whispers in 2000, after one of many over-dramatic crush on girl friend situation.

ARRRGH

the combination thread title + first post is the funniest thing ive seen on ilx in ages

lol yes

The Whispers came out of me faster than anything else

this is total BS but

Sarcasm doesn't always come across in writing, and it certainly didn't in this post. I get why commenters below called this "the most insulting thing on the Internet," and that's why it has been removed. New Times regrets the offense we've caused and hopes you'll stick with us in our next attempt at sarcasm. -- Eric Barton

hahaha wait, their retraction basically states "sorry for offending you but that was sarcastic; we'd never sleep with these fat women"????????????

New Times regrets the offense we've caused

Isn't offense their whole business model?

three cheers to commenter "very good article"

(that was me)

nice work

i'm not sure which is worse: the editor implying that no male at the broward new time would dare fuck a fat woman or that he thinks we can't take 3 minutes and look at ric delgado's archive to find a host of other, non-"sarcastic" posts

unless ric cordero never actually beat it to "rump shaker", but i don't think that's possible

er, ric delgado

also commented on on The Bieber Bowl: The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards Live Blog last year

sort of disappointed it isn't up anymore. good ammo. not even cached.

yeah, taking it down is pretty cowardly

Someone somewhere surely archived it.

It's available here: http://ohnotheywrittnt.tumblr.com/

Ric Delgado's publishing a novel, guys.

Another ebook sensation.

ha on twitter he pulls out the "BUT THEN WE'D HAVE NO RICHARD PRYOR!!" line

http://ohnotheywrittnt.tumblr.com/post/21796381149/sarcasm-doesnt-always-come-across-in-writing-and

what was the whole Whispers thing from?

His novel!

oh he has a website!

(oh shit)

I realized a year ago that I didn’t want to be a stuffy writer, blogger, or journalist, asking questions like:

“What has Miami done for your writing? What do you think of Vice City?”

5 Questions with JJ Colagrande, REVMiami.com, March 31, 2010

How boring is that? Now, new and improved Ric Delgado writer, asks questions like:

“I’m required to ask you questions about Miami, so have you ever done cocaine off a stripper’s thigh, then had to hide a dead body in the Everglades?”

Nikki Glaser Jokes About A Lot of Messed Up Stuff at Miami Science Museum, Miami New Times, April 12, 2012

Bam! Now that’s a question.

RicDelgadoRocks After today's twitter beatdown, I unwind by listening to a girl blowing smoke rings out of her vagina on the Howard Stern Show.

To further my writing career, I knew I had to interject a lot more of my personality into my writing. And I think I’ve been doing that pretty damn well.

But, as a writer, particularly for a local Miami blog, there is a gigantic flaw in my plan to become rich and famous: NOBODY READS IN THIS CITY!

Yes, it is the sad and pathetic truth, but Miami dun’t reed too goods.

RicDelgadoRocks After today's twitter beatdown, I unwind by listening to a girl blowing smoke rings out of her vagina on the Howard Stern Show.

that really seems like a trick that loses a lot without the visual component

i emailed the editor he emailed he back. his response:

Jordan,

Sorry you feel that way. I wonder what kind of apology you'd suggest instead.

Best,

he really seems like a dick who loses a lot without the visual component

xp How about one that doesn't shift blame to the reader for not getting the intended "sarcasm" and one that includes the bit about how Ric Delgado's submissions will no longer be welcome by any outlet of the New Times corp?

And if thou gaze long into a dick, the dick will also gaze into thee

wait dicks have eyes...?

xp How about one that doesn't shift blame to the reader for not getting the intended "sarcasm" and one that includes the bit about how Ric Delgado's submissions will no longer be welcome by any outlet of the New Times corp?

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, April 25, 2012 5:58 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

yeah, i responded w/ this (in so many words) so we'll see if he gets back to me

RicDelgadoRocks

so many things wrong in that article that the answer to the question doesn't end up seeming particularly important or interesting.

Still no announcement, huh?

I'm sure I won't make it anyway, should stop caring

Oh, come on!

?????

RIP BMW?

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2012 Best Music Writing board members: Adam Curley, Jewly Hight, Miles Marshal Lewis, Bongani Madondo, Michaelangelo Matos, Anupa Mistry, Ann Powers, Mark Richardson, Alex Ross and Victoria Segal.

Daphne Carr and Tobias Carroll

aka Feedback Press

aka pubishers of the Best Music Writing series (and more)

No news in ages. Where did the Kickstarter money go?

http://gigaom.com/2013/08/22/kickstarter-kept-the-best-american-music-writing-alive-but-17k-later-wheres-the-book/

so shoddy

there's a bit more on this thread:

Best Music Writing 2012

this is the actual story:

http://noisey.vice.com/en_au/blog/what-ever-happened-to-the-best-music-writing-series

seriously does NO ONE know her irl? surely one of the many contacts of an established NYC-based editor/publisher does? is there NO crossover between the occupy crew she runs with now and people who want to know where the $17k went?

apparently not.

she's like where's waldo on facebook. she's everywhere. all kinds of occupy places. i feel bad about this. i like daphne.

Is it weird that I'm still at the point where I don't even care where my money went, i just want this to happen?

If she can't be bothered to say anything beyond "no comment" then I doubt there's much anyone else can do. maybe the threat of legal action would focus her mind.

its a little late for it to happen. how many publishers would want to retroactively put out a book that was timed to be released the way those books were.

i like daphne.

do you know her irl!

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I figured. Hopefully anther publisher picks up the series at some point, but that's probably unlikely to happen either after all this.

*another

there are literally a billion better ways to defend your peer from accusations of fraud than "but she's cool and you have a shitty job", lol @ Whiney

i only see her at the EMP conferences. she's always so nice. she's really smart. sometimes things happen. i don't claim to understand.

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curious what proportion of donors to the kickstarter were music writers or involved in the music journalism industry in some way

well this escalated slowly
http://noisey.vice.com/blog/update-best-music-writing-2012-has-officially-been-canceled

and yet faster than you realize

Best Music Writing 2012

that's multiple threads for you