OK, is this the worst piece of music writing ever?

a profound burrito

of all the things to brag about in new york mexican food is at the bottom of the list

http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/dog-with-glasses-retales-botijero.jpg

look I was in a heavily Mexican part of Bushwick last month

Who are the self-clowning ovens of ILX?

of all the things to brag about in new york mexican food is at the bottom of the list

― rap steve gadd (D-40), Monday, October 7, 2013 8:09 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^ truth bomb.

All The Tacos Love You in New York

yeah jordan's argument is funny as an observation of the narc of sd required to be a hipster who loves rap / wears vaguely hip hop clothing & who really really hates miley cyrus

differences aren't that small here.

a profound burrito

default burrito experience imo

i used to work at 16th and Capp in SF -- got tired of burritos tbrr

burritos w/e, its about tacos

italian food >>>>>> mexican food

yeah jordan's argument is funny as an observation of the narc of sd required to be a hipster who loves rap / wears vaguely hip hop clothing & who really really hates miley cyrus

differences aren't that small here.

― excited about the intentional phallus-y (sarahell), Monday, October 7, 2013 11:25 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think we disagree

how does loving rap and hating miley cyrus equal a small difference?

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Zach, I love you with a love usually reserved for friends and pop stars.

heavens to you!

Murgatroid, do you like Miss Murgatroid?

I'm not here for no Q&As. Back to awful music writing please.

how does loving rap and hating miley cyrus equal a small difference?

― excited about the intentional phallus-y (sarahell), Monday, October 7, 2013 11:51 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

im talking about instagram selfies of folks in beanies who love rap music talking all down on miley for basically appreciating rap on the same level they do

i thought it was because they hated her music?

the two go hand in hand, we're plowing our way into strawman territory here and for the record i realize i'm about to argue with sarahell about hipsters so i'm gonna close the computer and go to sleep buuuuut ime there are people in brooklyn and elsewhere that would like miley's music if it was in a context that wasn't "a person that looks like me but who i perceive to be worse at interacting with the culture of rap music than me"

there is a broad range of aesthetics in rap music -- you'd need to be more specific to be convincing -- are you talking about stuff that sounds like Miley but the singer happens to be black? Otherwise, you're saying the equivalent of "ppl who like darkthrone and gorguts are fronting if they say that guns n roses suck balls"

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or let's put it this way: I know more than one person making fun of miley for appropriation who makes awful jokes about twerking where the punchline is "look, I said 'twerking,' what a wacky and ironic man am I"

let's just agree that people are awful

ok katherine, you know more than one person, you win the argument!

fyi the raison d'être for music critics is shades of whiteness

at least their etre has a raison

it's almost funny but needs twerk.

put a twerk on it

did somebody do a twerking for the weeknd joke yet?

here's another

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Interesting piece in last night's Evening Standard: http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/amol-rajan-its-high-time-london-got-its-reggae-mojo-back-8866456.html

lol that's amazing

Wow

Long experience has taught me that you have to be fabulously stoned to enjoy dub step in its purest form, it being a genre of music designed to void reggae of its main virtues: beat, lyrics, soul.

First, what a shame reggae has been near hijacked by the cult of Rastafarianism.

so bitter that Gospel has been hijacked by the cult of Christianity

Going through my reggae collection, removing anything tainted by Rastafarianism. Left with Uptown Top Ranking.

"Dreadlock Holiday" probly doesn't count

You need some Yabby You

Amol Rajan is editor of The Independent.

So wait, was this the guy that cut Simon Price loose??

No, SP worked for the Indy on Sunday - different editors.

Is he not 28 or something?

oh okay, thanks DL xp

He's very young. Just realised what his column reminds me of.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXRuWshJH0c

dude i love those Paul Nicholas records

I think it might be possible for a 70s reggae fan to argue the case, in a manner that doesn't make you want to slap them, that the commercial split in the genre between dancehall and 'conscious' reggae has led to the increasing domination of Rastafarian themes - but he's falling quite a long way short here.

so in summary this dude loves Congo Natty's back catalogue but doesn't know what kind of music it is and is completely unfamiliar with its lyrical content. righto

i don't really get any sense of whether he's bemoaning the changes in Reggae's musical form or the absence of club nights playing classics or segregation in the audience or not being able to smoke weed any more tbh

not sure whether "dub step" is meant to be "dubstep" or "dub" either

In the meantime, Jah bless.

I'm sure it said "dub" in the print ed., but I might have misread