"secretly more popular" is such a crucial phenomenon
― goole, Tuesday, November 24, 2015 11:26 AM (59 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
forgot O'Gara's too!
but yeah I remember walking to my car after playing a Maps of Norway show at The Kitty Cat Club and walking by that fake Irish bar in Dinkytown that used to be BW3s and the windows were open and like 150 kids were jumping up and down while some band of dudes covered "Beverly Hills" by Weezer
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 18:28 (eight years ago) link
Ironically when it was still a Buffalo Wild Wings, I somehow saw a show by the legendary chiptune/Game Boy weirdo Fuckstorm who made horrible noises while a video of Mr. Quintron played on a projection screen.
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 18:29 (eight years ago) link
http://www.inc.com/john-brandon/10-best-albums-of-2015-to-play-in-the-office.html
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 19:06 (eight years ago) link
it's like Talking Heads' "Don't Worry About the Government" in prose form.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 19:22 (eight years ago) link
oh god listen Carnage the Executioner is a god live performer but sometimes I wish he never would have beatboxed into a loop pedal
its the hand gestures white indie artists adopt when beat-boxing that I can't stand
― I don't have the time or energy to make a counterargument (stevie), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 09:45 (eight years ago) link
like, "oh, it seems i have discovered a sole funky limb, let me show it to you"
Lol
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 12:39 (eight years ago) link
hack journo, how the sausage is made
http://news.yahoo.com/rihanna-anti-album-complete-lyrics-191135829.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory&soc_trk=tw
screensnaps in case they fix it:
http://imgur.com/a/vLyY5
― big WHOIS aka the nameserver (s.clover), Friday, 27 November 2015 01:34 (eight years ago) link
The album's release comes just a few days after the "Bitch Better Have My Money" singer announced her Anti 2016 world tour with fellow artists Travis Scott, Big Sean and The Weeknd. Anti is [DELETE ONE OF THESE ENDINGS TO THE SENTENCE AND KEEP THE OTHER BASED ON FACTS: streaming exclusively on Tidal before it makes its way over to iTunes and other streaming services OR streaming on Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal and can be purchased on iTunes].The 27-year-old performer's latest album has [NUMBER OF TRACKS] and its lyrics [HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS] continue the "BBHMM" storyline of an even edgier, freer Rihanna than fans were introduced to in her last album three years ago, Unapologetic. Rihanna especially pushes the edge in [NAME RELEVANT SONG FROM ANTI THAT MATCHES DESCRIPTION], where she sings: [ LYRICS ]
The 27-year-old performer's latest album has [NUMBER OF TRACKS] and its lyrics [HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS] continue the "BBHMM" storyline of an even edgier, freer Rihanna than fans were introduced to in her last album three years ago, Unapologetic. Rihanna especially pushes the edge in [NAME RELEVANT SONG FROM ANTI THAT MATCHES DESCRIPTION], where she sings:
[ LYRICS ]
― big WHOIS aka the nameserver (s.clover), Friday, 27 November 2015 01:35 (eight years ago) link
Ha, was just coming to post that.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 27 November 2015 01:37 (eight years ago) link
it is a shame square brackets cannot be put in display names
― avant-garde, sissy bounce, zombie rave, aquacrunk, warlock, oceangrunge, (imago), Friday, 27 November 2015 01:37 (eight years ago) link
lmfaooooooooo
― dyl, Friday, 27 November 2015 03:53 (eight years ago) link
Damn, seems to be down. Eight hours ws a p good run tho
― albvivertine, Friday, 27 November 2015 04:11 (eight years ago) link
at least they were planning on basing it on facts
― j., Friday, 27 November 2015 04:13 (eight years ago) link
Dude who wrote it works at Mic, where it was originally posted, as well as freelances at a couple of other spots. Still hasn't mentioned it at all on FB/Twitter, yet.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 November 2015 05:29 (eight years ago) link
agreed, and yet
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 27 November 2015 05:43 (eight years ago) link
omg
― Number None, Friday, 27 November 2015 07:39 (eight years ago) link
big fan of this kind of thing in general, local newspapers printing "[DROP IN QUOTE FROM THIS BORING BASTARD]" or something
― a moment on the streets, a lifetime in the sheets (DJ Mencap), Friday, 27 November 2015 08:34 (eight years ago) link
years and years ago I wrote copy for an award ceremony brochure (I think) and put [CHECK THIS!] next to some assertion or other which ended up getting printed, it looked like I was being my own hypeman
― a moment on the streets, a lifetime in the sheets (DJ Mencap), Friday, 27 November 2015 08:35 (eight years ago) link
[DELETE ONE OF THESE ENDINGS TO THE SENTENCE AND KEEP THE OTHER BASED ON FACTS]
― lex pretend, Friday, 27 November 2015 11:45 (eight years ago) link
idgi is this guy leaving messages in square brackets to himself, to check before he submits, or does he actually expect sub-editor to do all this work for him?
― I don't have the time or energy to make a counterargument (stevie), Friday, 27 November 2015 12:02 (eight years ago) link
I dunno, one the one hand it's embarrassing, but not too terribly damning for the writer. As j says, at least it reveals responsible (if p basic) fact-checking stuff, not something like [remember to actually listen to album, find out who this mysterious "Rihanna" is, etc]. In other words, let s/he who has never riddled a draft with "notes to self" cast the first stone. Now, actually publishing it like that, well that, that I cannot defend.
Of course, I can see how it happened: writer accidentally sent an earlier (I hope MUCH earlier) draft, editor didn't bother to read it, voila. I'd be mortified.
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Friday, 27 November 2015 12:13 (eight years ago) link
So wait this was a real fuckup? Not a sarcastic commentary on the state of music journalism?
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Friday, 27 November 2015 12:47 (eight years ago) link
not sure that's really Yahoo News' stock in trade
― a moment on the streets, a lifetime in the sheets (DJ Mencap), Friday, 27 November 2015 13:20 (eight years ago) link
Amazing
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 27 November 2015 17:23 (eight years ago) link
great review
― welltris (crüt), Friday, 27 November 2015 17:43 (eight years ago) link
NAME RELEVANT SONG FROM ANTI THAT MATCHES DESCRIPTION
'pushes the edge'
it's like an sql query
― j., Friday, 27 November 2015 17:54 (eight years ago) link
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Friday, November 27, 2015 7:13 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Nah, disagree. Its not the half-finished state, its that there's already a hack-judgment on the music of the album, unheard, just waiting for relevant fill-in-the-blank quotes to validate the already existing narrative.
Also that it pretty clearly shows that articles aren't about covering new info but assembling enough keywords to be first-past-the-post in googlejuice when people are searching for the thing the article _links_ to.
― big WHOIS aka the nameserver (s.clover), Friday, 27 November 2015 19:12 (eight years ago) link
"service journalism"
its that there's already a hack-judgment on the music of the album, unheard, just waiting for relevant fill-in-the-blank quotes to validate the already existing narrative.
yeah but what's the probability the album won't fit the narrative? they may rewrite if the album comes out and it's less edgy and free than Unapologetic, and are just betting that the content will reflect the promo materials
― flopson, Friday, 27 November 2015 19:29 (eight years ago) link
like if i wrote the draft of a financial report before getting official results but with some prior expectation of record setting growth, i may write
This was a record year for the company. Earnings before depreciation and taxes grew by [PERCENTAGE], making this quarter our best since [YEAR].
― flopson, Friday, 27 November 2015 19:31 (eight years ago) link
true lol
i guess the "shock" of reading this draft is seeing that music writing is just as perfunctory as any other kind of writing?
didn't everyone already know this
― flopson, Friday, 27 November 2015 19:33 (eight years ago) link
not to blow your mind but most reviews aren't written before the reviewer has heard the album
― I don't have the time or energy to make a counterargument (stevie), Friday, 27 November 2015 19:46 (eight years ago) link
and if they are, well, they generally deserve to be included within the annals of this thread
― I don't have the time or energy to make a counterargument (stevie), Friday, 27 November 2015 19:47 (eight years ago) link
oh it's an actual album review? i thought it was just a little news blurb on some aggregator site for when the album drops
― flopson, Friday, 27 November 2015 19:54 (eight years ago) link
no, hang on, you're right - it's nominally a news piece, though again, the writer doesn't seem to know the album well enough to express the shards of opinion without leaving the note to find a song that supports his suppositions later.
― I don't have the time or energy to make a counterargument (stevie), Friday, 27 November 2015 20:00 (eight years ago) link
I guess this is a common risk with web writing though - did you save the rough first take of a piece on the CMS as a draft as you meant to, or did you actually go through with publishing the thing?
― I don't have the time or energy to make a counterargument (stevie), Friday, 27 November 2015 20:01 (eight years ago) link
rest in peace, mac mccormick...
"In great measure Lightnin' and his songs reflect the mistreatment which has been and, in lesser degree, is the condition of Negro life. But while reflecting it, Lightnin' is not in any real sense subject to it in the way his neighbors are. Pursued by women of two races, earning upwards of $15,000 a year, and free to exercise all but a fraction of the rights of first class citizenship, his position is hardly comparable to those who stand in a condition of fear and elemental want."
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/12274467_10154362120527137_7640918093203148569_n.jpg?oh=2e695b80d119bed0cc77a68e6e17d523&oe=56ADC6B3
― scott seward, Saturday, 28 November 2015 00:32 (eight years ago) link
wow, is that in the liners?
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 November 2015 05:57 (eight years ago) link
yeah. and it gets worse after that.
― scott seward, Saturday, 28 November 2015 06:08 (eight years ago) link
"As this tribute illustrates, the one single thing which Lightnin' can give is music. Otherwise he has nothing to offer."
― scott seward, Saturday, 28 November 2015 06:09 (eight years ago) link
"Not to be confused with the great bluesmen who expressed a deeper, universal sorrow..."
he compares him to a clown. and then just rakes him over the coals forever. describes at length the ways in which Lightnin' wouldn't help various family members who needed money. it's brutal.
― scott seward, Saturday, 28 November 2015 06:10 (eight years ago) link
What a charmer
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 November 2015 06:30 (eight years ago) link
wow
hopkins was a notoriously layabout and womanizer and was widely considered to lack elementary loyalty, but... jeez.
mccormick sounds a bit like that stephen calt guy. who is also dead. coincidence?
― wizzz! (amateurist), Saturday, 28 November 2015 08:48 (eight years ago) link
Calt's a bastard but at least he writes in a way that suggests an education beyond the fifth grade
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Saturday, 28 November 2015 15:26 (eight years ago) link
This is decent from a grammatical/syntactical perspective, but it rivals the Goddess In The Doorway album review for the title of "Most Rolling Stone Article Ever."
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 28 November 2015 15:36 (eight years ago) link
i like how immediately after gioia went off on music people really wanting to be in the movie business he referred to what 'jack black' was doing with third man records
― maura, Saturday, 28 November 2015 18:17 (eight years ago) link
research!
― maura, Saturday, 28 November 2015 18:18 (eight years ago) link