The job titles of people who write music reviews
― Foster Twelvetrees (Ward Fowler), Friday, 21 October 2016 13:55 (nine years ago)
sometimes i detest artspeak. i understand the need for an artist to be able to speak in the culture of the art world and present themselves in that context, and especially in the context of art history, but artist statements on the whole tend to be vague platitudes and empty/trend-hoppy branding. like if you got an MBA you would be going on about Leadership and Entrepreneurship in much the same way as What It Means to Be Human. in the end you are just selling yourself as an authority on these topics.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 21 October 2016 14:06 (nine years ago)
Some of them say it like they really mean it though.
"What it means to be human" just sounds so all-encompassing to me, so most things described that way end up seeming underwhelming and too narrow a slice of human experience and possibility.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 21 October 2016 14:21 (nine years ago)
My next installation will explore what it means to be marmoset.
― wingless yurp (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 21 October 2016 14:48 (nine years ago)
i already know what it means to be a human. boring. more art about what it means to be a cat, a rock, a cloud, etc.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 21 October 2016 14:50 (nine years ago)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0c/I_Am_A_Rock_45.jpg/220px-I_Am_A_Rock_45.jpg
― Patti Labelle is in here with her high but mediocre singing voice. (Tom D.), Friday, 21 October 2016 14:55 (nine years ago)
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― Wig Wag Wanderer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 21 October 2016 14:56 (nine years ago)
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― Wig Wag Wanderer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 21 October 2016 14:58 (nine years ago)
I was thinking about Nagel. Impressed so many people have a firm grip on their own experience of humanity
― nom de grrrrr (Noodle Vague), Friday, 21 October 2016 15:43 (nine years ago)
Stranger Things
― Hadrian VIII, Saturday, 22 October 2016 20:27 (nine years ago)
Nostalgia for style
― Hadrian VIII, Saturday, 22 October 2016 20:28 (nine years ago)
Heathrow expansion, or not.
― Millions of species Faye Dunaway (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 17:57 (nine years ago)
How people behave when they're stoned
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 25 October 2016 18:03 (nine years ago)
Westworld, Luke Cage, Black Mirror, new Star Wars movie
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 25 October 2016 18:05 (nine years ago)
Cosines all round
― nom de grrrrr (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 18:14 (nine years ago)
steve bartmanany of this cubs lore bullshit
― brimstead, Tuesday, 25 October 2016 21:02 (nine years ago)
baseball
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 21:04 (nine years ago)
the fact that Stig Abell used to edit the Sun but now posts liberal bromides on twitter, and the extent to which this makes him a hypocrite
― soref, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 18:58 (nine years ago)
seriously, sometimes it feels like half of my twitter feed is screenshots of Stig Abell tweets counterpointed by pictures of old Sun front pages
― soref, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 19:00 (nine years ago)
England v Scotland
― nashwan, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 20:56 (nine years ago)
two bald men fighting over a comb
― harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 21:05 (nine years ago)
One considerably balder than the other.
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 21:13 (nine years ago)
just checking listings there and on the basic cable package i have san marino v germany is being shown, with england v scotland on a channel you have to pay extra for lol. so now i really, really don't care.
― harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 21:15 (nine years ago)
When someone cannot believe you haven't seen a movie. How much media can one consume?
― Ross, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 21:29 (nine years ago)
pears
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 23:10 (nine years ago)
otm
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 23:16 (nine years ago)
I can't remember the last time I had a good apple but good pears are easier to find.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 23:18 (nine years ago)
Isn't there an Eddie Izzard bit about that?
― Oklahoma Nighttoad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 23:20 (nine years ago)
pears > bananas
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 23:22 (nine years ago)
good pear vs good apple isn't rly even close tbh but it is hard to get good pears
― the kids are alt right (darraghmac), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 23:27 (nine years ago)
pears are bullshit
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 23:30 (nine years ago)
even a "good " pear makes me think "baby food"
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 23:31 (nine years ago)
don't really care for raw bananas either
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 23:32 (nine years ago)
im not gonna talk down to anyone here because i love u all and bathe in your grace etc but cmere how can we be sure and i mean really sure that you know what a 'good' pear is if you dont like pears im only just askin now
― the kids are alt right (darraghmac), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 23:35 (nine years ago)
anything > bananas
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Tuesday, 8 November 2016 23:57 (nine years ago)
Bananas are great, pears are great, eat some fruit!
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Wednesday, 9 November 2016 00:30 (nine years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDVKtWddvBw
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 9 November 2016 00:57 (nine years ago)
bcz pear livers are always "oh u have to taste this amazing pear" and i am always tasting cloying soft nonsense
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 November 2016 01:39 (nine years ago)
lovers
crunchy pears > soft pears
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Wednesday, 9 November 2016 01:43 (nine years ago)
Beyonce+Jay Z, Angelina+Brad and so on
― JacobSanders, Wednesday, 9 November 2016 01:45 (nine years ago)
Cooking with pears can be nice
― JacobSanders, Wednesday, 9 November 2016 01:46 (nine years ago)
christ what the hell. literally every fruit is amazing.
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Wednesday, 9 November 2016 02:22 (nine years ago)
us elections
― donut, Wednesday, 9 November 2016 05:48 (nine years ago)
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― brimstead, Wednesday, 9 November 2016 05:56 (nine years ago)
edgelord
― clouds, Wednesday, 9 November 2016 05:56 (nine years ago)
John Lewis Christmas adverts. And anybody who does.
― "Stop researching my life" (Ste), Thursday, 10 November 2016 16:00 (nine years ago)
Apparently, Leonard Cohen. Not in a "please stop talking about this thing that bores/angers me" way, but I realize he's was a huge blind spot in my musical knowledge for whatever reason. I knew Everybody Knows and Hallelujah but as covers; when I hear his name I get "Pennyroyal Tea" stuck in my head more than anything actually related to him.
― joygoat, Friday, 11 November 2016 17:17 (nine years ago)
his stuff was great. you should listen to it. start with the old stuff. Songs of Leonard Cohen. Songs From A Room. Songs Of Love And Hate. New Skin For The Old Ceremony.
― scott seward, Friday, 11 November 2016 17:23 (nine years ago)
if u like Nirvana u will love Cohen
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 11 November 2016 17:32 (nine years ago)