that sort of thing ain't my bag
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Monday, 30 November 2015 18:03 (eight years ago) link
used to be just 2 people sitting at a piano. now its a rapper and a producer sitting at a keyboard. TOTALLY different.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 30 November 2015 18:05 (eight years ago) link
gimme a C, a bouncy C!
http://www.abbatimeline.com/media/img/RNfWQH_53305407d910a.jpg
― scott seward, Monday, 30 November 2015 18:09 (eight years ago) link
wake me up when robots are writing our songs please!
― scott seward, Monday, 30 November 2015 18:11 (eight years ago) link
here gohttp://francoispachet.fr/http://francoispachet.fr/markovconstraints/audio/boulez_blues.mp3
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Monday, 30 November 2015 18:42 (eight years ago) link
It's not really about music. It's barely writing. But.http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/does-jermaine-jackson-have-a-jacket-potato-in-his-trousers-or-something-more-sinister
― I don't have the time or energy to make a counterargument (stevie), Friday, 11 December 2015 13:13 (eight years ago) link
Still, makes you think, doesn't it?
― niels, Friday, 11 December 2015 13:43 (eight years ago) link
wtf
― you're breaking the NAP (DJP), Friday, 11 December 2015 14:28 (eight years ago) link
Haha. Poor NME.
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 11 December 2015 14:36 (eight years ago) link
how the fuck can you have jermaine jackson and an alleged potato in the same article and yet not ask the question, can you peel it?
― ghosted monk: new gaz in the 'combs (NickB), Friday, 11 December 2015 14:54 (eight years ago) link
― ghosted monk: new gaz in the 'combs (NickB), Friday, 11 December 2015 14:55 (eight years ago) link
peel potato and see
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Friday, 11 December 2015 14:57 (eight years ago) link
not know potato
― I don't have the time or energy to make a counterargument (stevie), Friday, 11 December 2015 15:41 (eight years ago) link
lol stevie
― you're breaking the NAP (DJP), Friday, 11 December 2015 15:44 (eight years ago) link
"jacket potato"?
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 11 December 2015 16:30 (eight years ago) link
I mean first off it's clearly a trouser potato
― you're breaking the NAP (DJP), Friday, 11 December 2015 16:35 (eight years ago) link
tell me i'm not dreaming (of an era where pageviews mean nothing)
― maura, Friday, 11 December 2015 16:55 (eight years ago) link
take off your pants and jacket potato
― poorzingis (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 11 December 2015 22:14 (eight years ago) link
this is the last one like this forever. promise!
https://www.vice.com/read/hw-the-definitive-guide-to-hipster-music-genres-hipster-week
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 14:30 (eight years ago) link
i don't actually think its the worst or whatever. just a whatever nevermind kinda thing.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 14:31 (eight years ago) link
i mean it's almost 2016...
http://www.villagevoice.com/music/the-decade-in-music-genre-hype-6393275
― poorzingis (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:36 (eight years ago) link
our own lil' trailblazer. god bless.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 16:15 (eight years ago) link
but also yeah that's what i'm talking about. and also you should get a lawyer! jeez.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 16:17 (eight years ago) link
you put dubstep in the microtrend graveyard. who knew?
"Ghettotech, microhouse, folktronica, New Weird America, schaffel, crunk, trap-rap, post-metal, screw, baile, Baltimore club, snap, nu-balearic, moan-wave, grindie, deathcore, nu-rave, juke, wonky, skweee, dubstep, kuduro, jerk, hypnagogic pop, crabcore."
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 16:19 (eight years ago) link
microhouse still HUGE at my house by the way. i just never stopped listening. now i want some baile funk crabcore to listen to.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 16:20 (eight years ago) link
even mentioning psych horseshit in that vice thing is grounds for a lawsuit. who mentions them in 2015?
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 16:21 (eight years ago) link
― scott seward, Tuesday, December 15, 2015 11:19 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Also trap-rap!
― poorzingis (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 16:27 (eight years ago) link
I'm not clicking on Vice unless it's by accident; has anyone linked Whiney's piece in the comments yet?
― you're breaking the NAP (DJP), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 16:28 (eight years ago) link
okay i just did.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 16:51 (eight years ago) link
I knew I'd read that one before...
― niels, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 22:02 (eight years ago) link
i actually liked that Vice piece.
― Gaz Khan (sarahell), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 22:06 (eight years ago) link
i feel like they weren't even trying, instead of talking about actual 'hipster' genres they just put 'acceptable' (or some other euphemism for 'hipster') in front of the name of some super broad genre that's existed for decades.
― Shkreli, Martin & Wu (some dude), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 00:03 (eight years ago) link
it's more accurate
― Gaz Khan (sarahell), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 00:13 (eight years ago) link
it is! but in a way that undermines the point/structure of the piece
― Shkreli, Martin & Wu (some dude), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 01:01 (eight years ago) link
which is?
― Gaz Khan (sarahell), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 01:11 (eight years ago) link
ok, you got me!
― Shkreli, Martin & Wu (some dude), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 01:17 (eight years ago) link
http://www.independent.co.uk/student/istudents/grime-isn-t-just-music-it-s-about-working-class-struggle-and-its-new-middle-class-fans-need-to-a6777256.html
new contender here
― beatgeneration, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 13:36 (eight years ago) link
She seems to be a student and has deleted her Twitter account after getting a lot of stick online. You'd have to be under 19 to think that there's anything new in middle-class ppl getting into grime. It kind of looks like another throw-the-intern-to-the-wolves thing.
― On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Tuesday, 22 December 2015 13:44 (eight years ago) link
Yeah after posting I've just gone on and read all that and realised - feel a bit bad now.
― beatgeneration, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 13:50 (eight years ago) link
fuckwit doesn't mention JME or Lady Leshurr
― roughest.contoured.silks (imago), Tuesday, 22 December 2015 13:53 (eight years ago) link
SV otm, the editorial ppl who keep waving this stuff through when they know it's bad and going to result in fullscale monstering are fucking trash and deserve to be kept awake every night with gnawing self-hatred
― a moment on the streets, a lifetime in the sheets (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 22 December 2015 15:19 (eight years ago) link
If you're not working for a small, specialist publication, can you get people to read/discuss abut music without going down the intern -> wolves route? Not saying it's right, just not all that surprising.
― Position Position, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 15:36 (eight years ago) link
hard to believe the Independent are super invested in getting ppl to read/discuss music articles tbh. if they were perhaps I would remember anything in that section they've published in idk the last few years for any reason other than it being shit
― a moment on the streets, a lifetime in the sheets (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 22 December 2015 15:54 (eight years ago) link
but yeah, not surprising per se but it has no meaningful net benefits that I can figure out and I wd like more editorial types to reach this conclusion also
― a moment on the streets, a lifetime in the sheets (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 22 December 2015 15:57 (eight years ago) link
My reaction to the Indy piece was exactly that: irritation with the piece > realisation that the writer is young and unedited > anger at the editors who know that pieces like this will inspire a backlash and don't care enough about their writers to do anything about it.
― impossible raver (Re-Make/Re-Model), Tuesday, 22 December 2015 16:06 (eight years ago) link
it has no meaningful net benefits that I can figure out
Clicks generated by people reading/discussing on social media and forums like this one are meaningful benefits to the publication, no?
― Position Position, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 16:37 (eight years ago) link
'net' being the operative word there. feel like I'm arguing a minority position with this one but the apparently widespread belief that 'being talked about' is all that matters w/ web content like this is fallacious and dense imo. daresay this'll be p much forgotten about in a minute but the gradual accumulation of scorn seems to outweigh the short term benefits of this pish
― a moment on the streets, a lifetime in the sheets (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 22 December 2015 17:16 (eight years ago) link
hey i'm sure the Indie wants nothing more than a slice of that sweet Buzzfeed cred
― where are the rock bands? (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 22 December 2015 17:18 (eight years ago) link
the gradual accumulation of scorn seems to outweigh the short term benefits
Yeah, maybe, but is that measurable in any way? Or are there many examples of sites/pubs that went too far with this shit and are now out of business?
― Position Position, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 17:24 (eight years ago) link