the fader on this wagon
http://www.thefader.com/2012/10/01/staff-selects-playlist-teen-moms-farrah-abraham-and-auto-tune-run-afoul/
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 09:29 (8 months ago) Permalink
not very well but still
their masthead should say "listening to the right things for the wrong reasons since 1998"
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 11:08 (8 months ago) Permalink
Even with all the other things wrong with it the most smh is misidentifying the Ali Lohan Christmas song as "Lindsay and her mother."
― cr4bdbgs, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 12:40 (8 months ago) Permalink
It's good in that "so this is what music sounds like to people with some kind of mental disorder that prevents them from hearing music normally" kind of way
― has important things to say about gangnam style (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 16:00 (8 months ago) Permalink
Ok, this record is amazing. It's like something from a parallel universe secret museum of mankind where early 20th century bedouins have autotune.
― has important things to say about gangnam style (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:19 (8 months ago) Permalink
I'm telling you, she's some kind of genius outsider artist. I want to review this album for The Wire.― 誤訳侮辱, Sunday, August 19, 2012 2:19 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― 誤訳侮辱, Sunday, August 19, 2012 2:19 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
And there it is in this month's issue. Review is by noz though - did he get there first?
― fish frosch (seandalai), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 15:36 (8 months ago) Permalink
afaik 誤訳侮辱 hasn't written for the wire and was just saying that, not announcing actual intentions. am curious about noz's take though, will have to look out for that.
― some dude, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:15 (8 months ago) Permalink
ditto - wire stuff isn't online is it? didn't imagine it'd be noz doing it!
feel weirdly proud of all this traction :)
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:22 (8 months ago) Permalink
誤訳侮辱 is unperson, right? He has a couple of reviews in this month's issue.
― fish frosch (seandalai), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:24 (8 months ago) Permalink
oh is he? for some reason i thought that was someone else. hard to keep track of display names.
― some dude, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:26 (8 months ago) Permalink
that one almost sounds like xiu xiu xp
otm.
Maybe this is avant garde maybe not but it's definitely (to borrow a phrase from George Harrison) "avant garde a clue". Someone with no talent but lots of publicity producing something. It's 'outsider art' in the sense that it is outside the realm of good taste but this isn't some homeless lady or mentally challenged individual or otherwise obsessive artist type who feel driven to create. This is a shitty vanity project that will get lots of un-needed attention from people that think they are being brilliant in calling it avant garde.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:33 (8 months ago) Permalink
This is a shitty vanity project that will get lots of un-needed attention from people that think they are being brilliant in calling it avant garde.
... like Xiu Xiu?
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:42 (8 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, I reviewed Aluk Todolo and Neurosis in this month's issue.
― 誤訳侮辱, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:44 (8 months ago) Permalink
I don't think anyone who has reviewed it has called it "avant garde," just put the end result in relation to avant garde and experimental stuff (where it belongs) rather than "vanity pop from a reality TV star" (where it also belongs, but not in the way people have put it there, I guess?). AFAIK nobody knows how this thing was actually produced yet, but the possibility that FLA is actually an experimental artist doing an extended performance art piece on "Teen Mom" a la Joaquin Phoenix doesn't really seem likely.
― cr4bdbgs, Thursday, 11 October 2012 03:49 (8 months ago) Permalink
to me this just sounds like a shittier version of crystal castles
and i get that the lyrics are "real" and "raw" and disorienting but there's only so much LOL-cutup-talky-autotune vox that i can take
― monotony, Thursday, 11 October 2012 04:53 (8 months ago) Permalink
man I cannot get ppl who do not think this is good
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 11 October 2012 06:16 (8 months ago) Permalink
if she actually makes an album with Eryn Woods (which I don't think she actually will -- I'm pretty sure the thing about their collaboration is just Eryn trying to get public attention) it definitely won't be good.
― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Thursday, 11 October 2012 06:24 (8 months ago) Permalink
what's surprised me after the initial WTF reaction is that it seems i can't get enough of the vox
― lex pretend, Thursday, 11 October 2012 07:41 (8 months ago) Permalink
tons of 'famous' outsider music records were vanity projects so idk why Adam is making out that they're mutually exclusive
― it's the Suede/Denim secret police/they have come for your 90s niece (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 11 October 2012 07:50 (8 months ago) Permalink
Interesting review in Dummy: http://dummymag.com/features/2012/10/03/comment-why-teen-mom-farrah-abraham-s-dream-is-our-reality/
I don't really agree with framing it as "camp," per se, and pitting this album against mainstream pop just doesn't seem like it makes a lot of sense. Still wondering about production -- I imagine it was made on FL Studio (or something equivalent) but not necessarily by FLA.
― cr4bdbgs, Sunday, 14 October 2012 16:25 (8 months ago) Permalink
this is one of my favorite albums of 2012
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 30 November 2012 18:28 (6 months ago) Permalink
much to my wife's chagrin
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 30 November 2012 18:30 (6 months ago) Permalink
seems relevant to this thread:
― crüt, Friday, 30 November 2012 18:37 (6 months ago) Permalink
why does this go on for 6 minutes
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 30 November 2012 19:00 (6 months ago) Permalink
that's not my only question but that was the first one that came to mind
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 30 November 2012 19:03 (6 months ago) Permalink
this album's been out for several months and still nobody's found out who produced or how it was made or anything? nobody's been able to get an interview with her?
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 30 November 2012 21:50 (6 months ago) Permalink
my attempts have been a dead end so far
― trinidad jokes (some dude), Friday, 30 November 2012 22:14 (6 months ago) Permalink
btw if anyone wants to read the wire review (it's just a few paras) i can email it
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Saturday, 1 December 2012 10:05 (6 months ago) Permalink
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 30 November 2012 18:28 (Yesterday) Permalink
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 30 November 2012 18:30 (Yesterday) Permalink
Yup.
Still no info on production, have thought about trying to get an interview as well, may have a lead on getting contact info but not sure. Meanwhile I submitted a question to her next book (where she answers fan mail, basically) about the album and am eagerly awaiting her non-response.
― cr4bdbgs, Saturday, 1 December 2012 16:21 (6 months ago) Permalink
Was this released on a physical cd?
Maybe there are credits in the booklet?
― U.S. State Department, Office of Rare Psych (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 1 December 2012 16:36 (6 months ago) Permalink
no cd
― trinidad jokes (some dude), Saturday, 1 December 2012 16:57 (6 months ago) Permalink
Late to the party, but here comes Tiny Mix Tapes with their review. Spoiler alert: it's positive.http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/farrah-abraham-my-teenage-dream-ended
― InteractiveBread, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:19 (6 months ago) Permalink
This is one of my AND my wife's favorite albums of 2012
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:22 (6 months ago) Permalink
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, October 10, 2012 3:33 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
intentional fallacy
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:24 (6 months ago) Permalink
As far as I know, The Shaggs weren't homeless or handicapped.
― billstevejim, Friday, 7 December 2012 08:15 (6 months ago) Permalink
holy shit!
― a robotic squirrel named RoboSquirrel (reddening), Thursday, 13 December 2012 14:47 (6 months ago) Permalink
i added "searching for closure" to the eoy spotify playlist and was like "this album, song title, and cover art looks suspiciously earnest for an ilx-championed song, what's the deal?" WOW.
― a robotic squirrel named RoboSquirrel (reddening), Thursday, 13 December 2012 14:50 (6 months ago) Permalink
yeah, it is a battle between that song and "After the Prom" as to which one is my favorite
they're both so effortlessly creepy without using any of the normal "hey this is a creepy song" signifiers
― Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Thursday, 13 December 2012 15:03 (6 months ago) Permalink
just realized who she reminds me of...MySpace supremeo 4Poundz!
― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Friday, 14 December 2012 12:15 (6 months ago) Permalink
The AV Club totally fails to understand the brilliance of this record. Unsurprising, given the clotted, stale turds that made up most of their "best music of 2012."
― 誤訳侮辱, Friday, 14 December 2012 13:23 (6 months ago) Permalink
That Onion A.V. Club feature is always the worst (except for some of the weird categories they come up with, e.g. the Michael Jackson covers thing). They slotted the second t.A.T.u. album in the "least essential" slot a few years ago. Works better as an accidental recommendation feature.
Jukebox was weirdly on board with FLA (middling score, low controversy). Haven't seen the album anywhere but the Guardian year-end so far.
― cr4bdbgs, Friday, 14 December 2012 16:39 (6 months ago) Permalink
So did anyone ever find out who produced/wrote these songs?
― Fetchboy, Sunday, 24 March 2013 20:22 (2 months ago) Permalink
in this "comedy" interview she says she wrote the songs. also sings along v briefly to "on my own" :)
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 24 March 2013 21:06 (2 months ago) Permalink
wtf is happening
― billstevejim, Monday, 25 March 2013 16:27 (2 months ago) Permalink
Farrah Abraham has made a sex video with James Deen. (Link is to TMZ and is SFW.)
― 誤訳侮辱, Monday, 8 April 2013 20:04 (2 months ago) Permalink
uh
― relentless technosexuality (DJP), Monday, 8 April 2013 20:15 (2 months ago) Permalink
well i guess if you are going to make a sex tape with a person then
― attempt to look intentionally nerdy, awkward or (thomp), Monday, 8 April 2013 20:18 (2 months ago) Permalink
for some reason i thought this thread revive was going to be related to the knife's album
― attempt to look intentionally nerdy, awkward or (thomp), Monday, 8 April 2013 20:19 (2 months ago) Permalink
oh my god
― goole, Monday, 8 April 2013 20:19 (2 months ago) Permalink