I remember when men could speak in long polysyllabic sentences.
― Blue Fucks Like Ben Nelson (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 January 2010 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
but the glam trannies seemed like they really wanted to have sex with you, whoever you were, is maybe his real point.
― hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 January 2010 18:02 (fourteen years ago) link
ozzy did not sound like he wanted to have sex with you
― da croupier, Friday, 29 January 2010 18:04 (fourteen years ago) link
ugh artists defending their work, especially to anonymous people on the internet, is always completely embarassing
― max ipad (k3vin k.), Friday, 29 January 2010 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link
if ezra koenig doesn't stick up for vampire weekend, who will
― da croupier, Friday, 29 January 2010 18:09 (fourteen years ago) link
@ErinGaetz it's a daily struggle for the righteous man in babylon
― Dr. Goon Medicine Woman (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 29 January 2010 18:09 (fourteen years ago) link
lol it's like when lily allen tweeted "i'm like gazza, the judges hate me but the people dem love me" but not as good
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 29 January 2010 18:13 (fourteen years ago) link
well he sounded like he wanted to have sex with something. a gargoyle maybe.
― hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 January 2010 18:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't know why she had to bring israel into the discussion
― iatee, Friday, 29 January 2010 18:31 (fourteen years ago) link
"i'm like gazza, the judges hate me but the people dem love me" rofl is this a direct quote?
― zvookster, Friday, 29 January 2010 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
@arzE your band makes great music, regardless of your background, thats all that matters... the new album is great
@arzE Please explain to this guy that you don't write songs hoping all of the blogs understand the lyrics.
@arzE Totally understand, just know that you have a TON of fans who really do appreciate your work. You guys are a truly talented band and
@arzE I always look forward to your live shows/records/development- dont let the criticism get you down, keep doing your thing!
BearSchwartz
One of my favorite musicians just tweeted me...start to a very good friday!
― velko, Friday, 29 January 2010 18:36 (fourteen years ago) link
that's cute
― ksh, Friday, 29 January 2010 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
allen quote in http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6725247.ece
xps
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 29 January 2010 18:44 (fourteen years ago) link
ozzy sounds like he wants to smoke you
― Thus Sang Freud, Friday, 29 January 2010 18:49 (fourteen years ago) link
I understand why artists that get tons of good reviews tend to pay attention to and respond to critics more, but it still amazes me when someone who gets an 80% avg on Metacritic gets all crybaby about the small minority that doesn't give them rave reviews.
― some dude, Friday, 29 January 2010 18:50 (fourteen years ago) link
http://twitter.com/hotdogsladies/status/6011062923
― ksh, Friday, 29 January 2010 18:52 (fourteen years ago) link
can't imagine what he was like when he got an A- at columbia
― iatee, Friday, 29 January 2010 18:53 (fourteen years ago) link
don't think Ezra's being a "crybaby." the other guy was being a dick, and Ezra reacted. he should've just ignored the dude tho
― ksh, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:00 (fourteen years ago) link
i dunno, a writer friend of mine says it takes about 20 positive comments to balance one negative one in his mind. i think it's just sort of a natural response. you put something out there, you want people to like it. i'm sure some people are better than others at shrugging off the haters, but i understand people taking it all personally. otoh it is sort of part of the deal. to be fair to ezra, his defensiveness is reasonable-sounding and not especially embarrassing.
― hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 January 2010 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm speaking more generally of his defensive tone in stuff like the Guardian interview (xpost)
― some dude, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:05 (fourteen years ago) link
if every article about me referred to me as a wasp when i was jewish i'd get pretty fucking sick of that
― call all destroyer, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
otm
― max, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, seriously. a different topic for a different thread, but most Jews I know have a very ambiguous relationship to their own whiteness, let alone to this structure of WASPness.
― Mordy, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:27 (fourteen years ago) link
huh - these guys play up the WASP-signifiers nonstop. just cause they aren't *technically* WASPs doesn't mean that that word has no place in a discussion of them.
― iatee, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:34 (fourteen years ago) link
thats uhhhh not the point
― max, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:38 (fourteen years ago) link
what's uhhhh the point then
― iatee, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
i doubt dude is mad because WASP-ness is "in a discussion."
i get the sense that he is a little bit annoyed that they are described, frequently, as some kind of WASP bad.
― max, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:42 (fourteen years ago) link
see the distinction?
they've done everything in their power to come off as a WASP band, so if they're annoyed that people call them a WASP band, well, maybe they should stop wearing polo shirts and singing about cape cod.
― iatee, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:45 (fourteen years ago) link
He keeps patting himself on the back for using upper-class signifiers that people use to leap to conclusions about them or their music, so that's the price of the game he's playing tbh. (xpost)
― some dude, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:45 (fourteen years ago) link
they've done everything in their power to come off as a WASP band,
Jews don't wear Izod?
― Blue Fucks Like Ben Nelson (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 January 2010 19:46 (fourteen years ago) link
anyway I came up with this fascinating google search result when researching this:
http://www.strmfrnt.org/forum/showthread.php?p=7726207
MOD NOTE: linking to this site is an incredibly stupid idea that is likely to get you tempbanned. Stop it.
― iatee, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:46 (fourteen years ago) link
oh jesus fucking christ
― call all destroyer, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hwE0slNd3Y
― da croupier, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
hey dudes wasn't there always a rule about googleproofing st0rmfr0nt because you don't want them to see track backs and no one wanted an invasion of those dudes?
― Dr. Goon Medicine Woman (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 29 January 2010 19:50 (fourteen years ago) link
um if there was a mod can feel free to googleproof that
― iatee, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
lol honestly was not sure if it's an innocent mistake or an attempted thread-nuke
― da croupier, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:52 (fourteen years ago) link
frankly I think their views would be v. interesting in this thread
+ maybe the top 50 of 2009 thread, where race will play an imp. factor in the arguments over who was right
― iatee, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:54 (fourteen years ago) link
no
― Dr. Goon Medicine Woman (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 29 January 2010 19:54 (fourteen years ago) link
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― some dude, Friday, January 29, 2010 2:45 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark
anyways, back to the discussion--i think the issue with this is that WASPness is barely even a living culture these days and critics are kinda ignorant about how they throw it around w/r/t this band. so when some reviewer is like "hey wow look at these white WASP kids who went to Columbia" i don't see what is wrong w/ezra gently correcting peoples dumb preconceived notions.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
iatee quit while you're behind
^^^ referring to me being jewish I suppose
― iatee, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:57 (fourteen years ago) link
when I think columbia I think rich jewish kids, so yeah I guess WASP=columbia is a lazy and wrong association but that might not have anything to do with vampire weekend
― iatee, Friday, 29 January 2010 19:58 (fourteen years ago) link
wtf is the "balaclava" thing a reference to?
― ben bernankles (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 29 January 2010 20:44 (fourteen years ago) link
it's what ezra calls his penis
― that sex version of "blue thunder." (Mr. Que), Friday, 29 January 2010 20:45 (fourteen years ago) link
― ben bernankles (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, January 29, 2010 2:44 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
lol @ u
― Goon's Anatomy (J0rdan S.), Friday, 29 January 2010 20:45 (fourteen years ago) link
its a reference to search engine "google"
― max, Friday, 29 January 2010 20:46 (fourteen years ago) link
haha i've been wanting to ask that the whole time but was too embarrassed cuz everyone seemed to know what it was...basically a fancy ski mask, so google sez i guess. or a city in the ukraine
― Dr. Goon Medicine Woman (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 29 January 2010 21:18 (fourteen years ago) link
balaclava horchata not even the most wtf lyric on the record:
when I was 17/I had wrists like steel
― I think ur a probotector (cozen), Friday, 29 January 2010 21:20 (fourteen years ago) link
ew ezra
― I think ur a probotector (cozen), Friday, 29 January 2010 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link