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

i like that guy. he's nice. and he ilxors, no? i forgive him his youthful indiscretions. even though i despise animal collective.

i also don't think that video guy is that terrible. he's got his thing. he's working it. he can talk coherently. he could be a LOT worse.

I apologize for bringing that up. Just these days, psychedelic pseudo talk is insanely grating to me.

nah, it's cool. it's public music writing on a music site. i've read other stuff of his that i've enjoyed is all. he's hardly the worst of anything.

That AC one is cuet IMO.

I mean, it's kind of bloggy and personal but I think if it were a different band this kind of writing would get an easier pass.

nah, it's cool. it's public music writing on a music site. i've read other stuff of his that i've enjoyed is all. he's hardly the worst of anything.

― scott seward, Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:03 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a marked contrast to your reaction to the feeble woman writing about her husband's record collection

this is no better i wonder why you're cool with it

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

does this have nearly the high profile the record collector blog did? is npr pimping this dude's writing? is there a dearth of male critics writing about music professionally and then you have maybe one of the more influential and powerful media networks in america promoting this garbage instead? does it play into existing sitcom worthy stereotypes? is it a concept blog? what npr shows does dude work on? which npr affiliate does he work for? is it in new york?

can't believe scott has the audacity to give someone a pass because he likes their other stuff

someONE or someMANGUYMALENOTLADYone?

some DUDE obv

"I mean, it's kind of bloggy and personal"

he has his own column. i think he can write whatever he wants. his tastes are hardly my tastes. but i think he's a decent writer. i mean he writes about one of my favorite groups here but then sadly he has to bring up vampire weekend which almost kinda ruined it for me but it's still a decent enough thing:

http://pitchfork.com/features/secondhands/9251-in-the-land-of-the-sophisticated-savages/

and the record collection thing really was worse than most things to me. it just made me cringe a lot. is she still working her way through the stacks?

yup

the feeble woman

― lex pretend, Thursday, April 10, 2014 7:25 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Nice. She should really rename her blog that.

The author of that AnCo article is the best critic writing whose tastes rarely intersect with mine.

Mike Powell is a great writer imo.

See his essay-interview last year with Ariel R.

The author of that AnCo article is the best critic writing whose tastes rarely intersect with mine.

otm. powell's piece about new age at pfork was really great as well

This AP review of Outkast at Coachella was written based on the livestream, which he admits:

http://www.the-review.com/ap%20entertainment/2014/04/12/outkast-reunite-headline-coachella-festival

Basically the lows:

*The Grammy winners performed two dozen tracks -- seen via its livestream on YouTube -- as they celebrated 20 years in music since the release of their 1994 debut, "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik."

*They crowd seemed energetic -- especially across social media -- but that was hard to hear at times through the livestream.

You think?

this is the same dude who called nin's "hurt" a Johnny Cash cover. he's one of the absolute worst working right now.

(And his editors are just as culpable.)

i like the _concept_ of reviewing livestreams. i mean its much more likely that i'll watch one than drag my ass to some overcrowded mess of an arena or encampment or whatever to watch some people from a great distance.

I wouldn't confuse watching with reviewing a livestream. Especially if in the latter case you're actually going to claim that the crowd seemed into it, but it was hard to tell, because you weren't, you know, there.

It was really hot in Austin today, or at least that's what the weather channel said.

It was super-crowded at the club, or so my friend told me.

The sound was muffled and terrible, or at least so it seemed on the amateur recording of the show I just downloaded.

at least half of event coverage on the internet is based on crappy livestreams, which I know isn't the same thing as a live review but undoubtedly does affect things

i mean it is far more useful to me to suggest if i would enjoy watching a livestream than going to this festival, since there is a possibility i'll watch the livestream, and zero possibility i'd go to that festival

Eh, I hear the crowds on the livestreams suck.

nb: a large reason i wouldn't go to a festival is precisely the crowd, so

Man, this seems to be a theme:

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/6050402/coachella-2014-the-replacements-soldier-through-problematic

So it says only a few hundred watched the band, and then half wandered off, and many were unenthusiastic. Saw somewhere a mention of other low turnouts for "heritage" acts like Bryan Ferry or Neko Case (?). I want to see a piece about what acts people actually were excited to see, unless that is too hard to discern from the stream.

coachella is one of those fests that sells out before the lineup is announced, so for people to not be into the bands isn't too surprising. festivals of its ilk have "music" maybe eighth or ninth on its list of priorities, just under sunscreen vendors and ahead of mist tents

Is this officially the beginning of the Coachella backlash?

"the beginning"

God let's hope so

Ban festivals

God let's hope so
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, April 13, 2014 9:33 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Guess who's not being asked back to the ESPN U College FolkZone Sponsored by Mountain Dew Code Red?

I want to see a piece about what acts people actually were excited to see, unless that is too hard to discern from the stream.

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, April 12, 2014 6:18 PM (

During the Replacements set it appears folks preferred Girl Talk and the dance music tent

from the Billboard article Josh linked

As the set wore on, more crowd members wandered away from the stage, perhaps to catch Girl Talk on the main stage or get ready for Zedd's massively packed performance in the Sahara Tent.

girl talk is one of those acts that are massive among the festivalgoer demographic, to everyone (or maybe just me)'s continual surprise

you may be too young for the replacements, but you are never too old for fun.

i am surprised girl talk is still popular

dancing is still popular

(although dancing to the replacements is fun too, i bet most of the crowd wouldn't be quite as buoyant as at the girl talk tent. )

i can't believe someone who's modus operandi is literally toying with the most popular songs at the moment is still popular, why won't these kids do the right thing and watch a 54-year-old man ironically cover kiss?

? They haven't covered Kiss in years, idiot

They haven't done anything in years

nice comeback!

They haven't done anything in years

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, April 14, 2014 11:09 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

they reunited. reuniting is a thing right

The important thing to remember here is that The Replacements have always been super boring.

I've not heard them but ppl call them "the mats" right? That's lame

http://www.salon.com/2013/10/17/keep_the_replacements_out_of_the_rock_hall/

the mats is short for the placemats.

you put food on placemats.

thats not lame