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

wtf is this innit shit

i have like eight ac/dc records i think

ok you win. (xpost)

I had one, but I sold it last week.

I like the way he says "I just collect records" as though it were like "collecting" dust -- just kind of happens to him, he can't necessarily be held accountable for their contents, etc.

http://www.chicagoreader.com/imager/the-lipstick-killers-message/b/original/1227467/ae37/LipstickMessageMagnum.jpg

"Why do you have ten copies of Aqua's 'Barbie Girl' single next to an assortment of Boyd Rice albums?"

"I COLLECT RECORDS, OK?"

Remember that dude's art project from the last couple years where he was trying to collect as many copies of The Beatles' White Album as possible? This blog would be kind of funny if she inspected his record collection only to find it was like 1500 copies of one album

ten copies of barbie girl is not enough

http://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/20i1nt/lady_goes_through_her_husbands_records_reviews/

[–]wacka4macca 18 points 1 day ago
Some friends and I saw this tumblr and honestly, while it's great she's discovering new music, we don't like that she's perpetuating the stereotype that "women know nothing about music or records". My husband and I share a vinyl addiction but in record stores, I'm the one who gets asked dumb questions about my music knowledge or have people trying to "educate" me about really basic things. I know it's a guy dominated hobby, but there are women out there who are just as into it. Plus, she calls his record collection "stupid". :/

I just think it's weird that she supposedly has had no exposure to "her husband's records" until now, or like, she never accompanied him to a show by any of the artists or similar sounding bands? Is this common in relationships, because it was never the case with mine?

If I had to hazard a guess I'd say that they probably have attended shows together but the majority of records covered so far are by non-touring acts or bands that predate their shared cultural experiences

re the white album guy, i fuckin' loved this
https://soundcloud.com/dustandgrooves/white-album-side-1-x-100
worth listening through to at least glass onion where the deviances start to stack and break down to pure noise

listening to the Beatles was so 4 yrs ago, forks

Even he doesn't even seem to know why he owns AC/DC records for instance, it was merely his duty to acquire them.

xxp

dunno if you knew this sara, but they're played, like, everywhere

sorry for frontin' forks, it's true, beatles records are delivered to my front steps weekly along with the door tags for local pizza places. you should see my collection of beatles records

are you trying out a bit or what

i don't begrudge him for his ACDC comment. if you do collect records then you probably spend some time in dusty "friends of the library sales" and thrift stores and dollar bins and pick up TONS of shit that you just file in the "huh, may be interesting to hear at least once" shelf. the "deal with it" comment was kind of dumb but i think you people are overreacting.

I feel where Maura is coming from on this, but at the same time, having a big dumb record collection is a thing that skews so heavily male and is treated by record-collecting men as some kind of mysterious male talisman, and I feel like there's an aspect of this of demystification that I like. The sort of stereotypical "female" perspective whether you want to call it naive or faux-naive seems like a good tool for that job. I get that any amateur could just review records in an uninformed and amateurish way, but the fact that she is tackling "The Collection" seems like part of the point.

― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Monday, March 17, 2014 3:27 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

also this is otm

i don't begrudge him for his ACDC comment. if you do collect records then you probably spend some time in dusty "friends of the library sales" and thrift stores and dollar bins and pick up TONS of shit that you just file in the "huh, may be interesting to hear at least once" shelf. the "deal with it" comment was kind of dumb but i think you people are overreacting.

― marcos, Monday, March 17, 2014 9:44 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

totally. not back in black tho

are you trying out a bit or what

― waterbabies (waterface), Monday, March 17, 2014 2:44 PM (3 minutes ago)

we are referring to a thread that happened before you started posting here

vinyl sorta put me through college but collecting it seriously in 2014 seems like a really bad idea

This is where I kinda wanna stick my fingers in my ears and sing "la la la, I'm a man, I'm a man, I'm a maaaaaan la la la I'm a man" since my Record Collection is such a stereotypically male talismanic thing! Can I get the societal privilege and the extra 30% in my paycheque to go with my talismanic collection, please? And an end to all the gender dysphoria I feel when conversations take this tone?

But it's like we can't ever just dismantle or indeed just abandon the idea of this construction of masculinity, instead we gotta dissect some girl because her "tone" is "naif" or not.

""tone""

by abiding by and reinforcing conventional views of gender roles, hierarchy and taste, this blog has in fact caused us to question our very notions of selfness and society. this was clearly the plan all along do you see.

we are referring to a thread that happened before you started posting here

― sarahell, Monday, March 17, 2014 4:49 PM (28 minutes ago)

heh

Maybe it would be worse if it were fake -- in terms of perpetuating stereotypes and oppositions (record nerd dude, musically naive woman) -- whereas I think (based on numerous conversations with women who have male partners who are record nerds) those are detrimental and only so "true"

When I pulled this album off the shelf I said, “oh, it’s an open-y!” And Alex was all, “alright, do you want to know the technical term for that?” And I was all like, “shut up I’m looking at this,” because he was sounding condescending, but now, I’m over it and want to know. It’s called a “gatefold.”

I want to read the blog where the noize-rock bf repeats librarian gf's tales of octavo and quarto, and hey there's a dedication on the t.p. verso, and check out the hand-marbled endpaper on this one

that's going to be a viral blockbuster for sure

(actually maybe it is, the librarian blog network is kind of nuts)

everything!

Sorry to butt in but... Seriously - who doesn't shout, 'OH YEAH! OH, IT’S SICK!' when they hear the synths on Afrique's Kissing My Love?

And her take on it is probably the wisest thing that's ever been said about it: 'Honestly, you should just play this entire album at your backyard bbq. Everyone would be really happy about it guaranteed.'

NAILED IT. And some folk are now going to be having BBQs this summer listening to House Of Rising Funk. Good on her and her husband's stupid record collection.

So the blog can't be all bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7mtJ7qZVf4

I wish it was a bit funnier but then it's just a hobby blog and it wasn't written for me was it? Or anyone else on this board for that matter.

These types of discussions are so full of landmines even for people who agree with your point of view that it's not worth pursuing. Suffice it to say one of my best friends is a music nerd and she doesn't seem to worry what other people think about her nerddom. Then again I doubt she's challenged on her credentials very often and I understand that would be irksome.

everyone i knew sharing this on facebook were fans of albert ayler and/or arab on radar, and it was more of a "some random person is writing about music i like a lot that doesn't get that much written about it" than a "oh i am a self-congratulatory obscurantist"

Alex Says: I really thought this was going to be the one where Sarah said “I have nothing good to say about this album. It’s garbage.” This review is a testament to how open minded she is being about this project. This album just screams (literally) “I AM FOR DUDES.”

that's gotta be some kind of gatefold technology i don't know about

what album?

sorry, anthrax - among the living

oh, it's an open-y!

srsly don't know how anyone can read that & not be like, yeah, he is sounding condescending, but you are sounding like ralph wiggum

deliberately

posted without comment from another listserv

Showed this thread to my wife, who likes pop radio, NPR, and most consumer stuff...
"How precious."
She then reignited her blowtorch and proceeded to melt copper, silver, and other fine metals into a jewelry form she carved over the weekend.
What's problematic here? Them or us?

what's precious here? the blog or the metals?

hey here's Kate Moss reviewing George Michael's new album

http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2014/03/17/kate-moss-george-michael-album-review-symphonica

don't worry, she asks her husband's opinion too

everything this story touches becomes noxious

George turns up to her house to give her the album.

Does she like it?

What you reckon?

who the hell only checks out AC/DC because Will Oldham covered them? I mean

http://whatshouldbetchescallme.tumblr.com/post/40501338427/when-a-girl-wont-stop-talking-about-herself

http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/the-31-most-iconic-eye-rolls-of-all-time?sub=2060494_1099613

I mean... the "oh they lead such a boring precious life" stuff is the least offensive part of this, what sort of life should they instead be leaving ("the sort of life where they don't write a blog" is acceptable but kinda misses the point)

(wow, unfortunate typo there)

I would probably say "it's an open-y" irl

*opens thread*

"oooh it's a close-y."