Twitter was developed in RAINBO by guerrilla unicorns so
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 28 May 2010 17:51 (fourteen years ago) link
O_O u r rite
― ksh, Friday, 28 May 2010 17:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Google and Facebook were developed by the CIA, and when you’re on there, you have to know that.
Chuck D level quality trolling here
― in my day we had to walk 10 miles in the snow for VU bootleg (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 May 2010 18:03 (fourteen years ago) link
otm
― henceforth we eat truffle fries (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Friday, 28 May 2010 18:11 (fourteen years ago) link
We need to call Harry Allen, Media Assassin, ASAP!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 28 May 2010 18:11 (fourteen years ago) link
first is was the AIDS, now its the Google
― in my day we had to walk 10 miles in the snow for VU bootleg (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 May 2010 18:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Twitter is the Black CNN
― dmr, Friday, 28 May 2010 18:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Twitter is the Iranian Yo! MTV Raps
― in my day we had to walk 10 miles in the snow for VU bootleg (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 May 2010 18:56 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost to Matt DC ... What kind of gazillionaire can afford to deep fry in goose fat? It'd be £20 for a portion of chips ...
― ithappens, Friday, 28 May 2010 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link
This place supposedly has amazing Duck Fat Fries. I'm definitely checking it out next time I'm in Chicago.
― Moodles, Friday, 28 May 2010 19:09 (fourteen years ago) link
idk man, if you had an northern irish singer saying 'give war a chance' i doubt they'd get a free ride.
When Toby Keith releases a song about pummeling N. Korea I just want to see the same "lol pop stars be talkin' politics so what" defense.
― Cunga, Friday, 28 May 2010 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
I used to work a shit job at a "high-end" burger place. Occasional free truffle fries were definitely the highlight.
― Simon H., Friday, 28 May 2010 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
"lol pop stars be talkin' politics so what" defense.
this is not really what anyone is arguing...? Toby Keith and MIA political statements are probably both equally insightful - that is to say, they aren't really very insightful or nuanced at all - and whether or not a listener agrees with those politics is totally beside the point. What IS beside the point is pointing and lol'ing at Toby for the lack of depth in his political observations. Because pop songs are not a medium that facilitates nuanced and thoughtful political discourse.
― in my day we had to walk 10 miles in the snow for VU bootleg (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 May 2010 19:17 (fourteen years ago) link
IS ALSO
blah
― in my day we had to walk 10 miles in the snow for VU bootleg (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 May 2010 19:20 (fourteen years ago) link
like taking issue with Keith's stated position/lyrics in a given song okay fine, that's part of critical response to the work and all well and good - criticizing that position as being hypocritical or dishonest or overly simplified or something he shouldn't even be discussing at all, that's suspect.
― in my day we had to walk 10 miles in the snow for VU bootleg (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 May 2010 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
I see what you're saying.
― Cunga, Friday, 28 May 2010 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
so far she's failed to get to the nuance in three formats- twitter, popsong, and short feature. if she's gonna lay it on us, she probly needs something between long format and treatise.
― establishment man cloggin up ur spills (Hunt3r), Friday, 28 May 2010 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I disagree with you; she's got it in "popsong" but whatev.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 28 May 2010 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
I think the whole "OMG MIA's RICH" thread in the NYT article is valuable because she is advocating war and as we all know the biggest advocates of war are the rich, the people that don't have to fight, who can afford to live across the world in a gated community. I think in this context it's a good point to bring up. In an American politics context it puts her in the same class of rich congressmen who pressed going into Iraq knowing neither they nor their family would ever have to fight.
― Adam Bruneau, Friday, 28 May 2010 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
really? I think she does a good job of incorporating the intense emotions and polarized positions and contradictions of her politics into her songs, but nuance...? eh I'm not really seein it. her stuff is not really jampacked with details and measured analysis, afaict
xp
― in my day we had to walk 10 miles in the snow for VU bootleg (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 May 2010 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
incorporating the intense emotions and polarized positions and contradictions of her politics into her songs = nuance
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 28 May 2010 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
he people that don't have to fight, who can afford to live across the world in a gated community.
this may characterize her NOW, but it certainly doesn't characterize her pre-stardom life - not really a fair comparison imho
― in my day we had to walk 10 miles in the snow for VU bootleg (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 May 2010 20:19 (fourteen years ago) link
like, her family DID have to fight (and flee). Compared to Dick Cheney's family, not one of whom ever served in the military.
― in my day we had to walk 10 miles in the snow for VU bootleg (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 May 2010 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah cause people around here were completely up in arms about "Beer for My Horses" and "Have You Forgotten," right
― henceforth we eat truffle fries (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Friday, 28 May 2010 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I guess... But that's a different kind of nuance from what people in this thread (and Hirschberg) seem to expect of her (like, clearly delineating what her father's role was with respect to the Tamil Tigers)
― in my day we had to walk 10 miles in the snow for VU bootleg (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 May 2010 20:22 (fourteen years ago) link
well, no, Dick Cheney fled the wilds of Wyoming for the air-conditioned nightmare of the Ford White House.
xpost.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 28 May 2010 20:22 (fourteen years ago) link
incorporating the intense emotions and polarized positions and contradictions of her politics into her songs = complexity.
articulating the "mechanics" of the interplay of the above = nuance
― establishment man cloggin up ur spills (Hunt3r), Friday, 28 May 2010 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
intense discussion of french fries and truffles before happy hour = hungry.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 28 May 2010 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
staying on topic, would like to co-sign the recommendation for Cooks Illustrated oven fries
― tylerw, Friday, 28 May 2010 20:32 (fourteen years ago) link
was lookin at that recipe looks good. is there an optimal potato type for that? i dont know much about potatoes :(
― establishment man cloggin up ur spills (Hunt3r), Friday, 28 May 2010 20:35 (fourteen years ago) link
fingerling I would think
― in my day we had to walk 10 miles in the snow for VU bootleg (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 May 2010 20:37 (fourteen years ago) link
i usually use russet potatoes i think
― tylerw, Friday, 28 May 2010 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
title should have been
/\ D /\/\ /\ Y /\
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 28 May 2010 22:32 (fourteen years ago) link
also: this thread
the cover is so awesome, the way her web junk + self portrait think has come up to date the /\/\ /\ y /\ button is pretty great
― plax (ico), Friday, 28 May 2010 22:36 (fourteen years ago) link
ADMAYA?
― NUDE. MAYNE. (s1ocki), Friday, 28 May 2010 22:54 (fourteen years ago) link
You know what would be fun? If everyone here stated their opinion on the (now concluded?) Sri Lankan civil war. Pro Tamil or pro Sri Lankan government. Just for kicks/info.
― textbook blows on the head (dowd), Saturday, 29 May 2010 01:01 (fourteen years ago) link
x-post Just good ol' Idaho potatoes, not fingerling. Delicious. And Moodles, if you want to hit Hot Doug's for duck fat fries, you have to hit it on the weekend, which means waiting in line for an hour. Fast line, and great food, and Doug is awesome, but their regular fries are awesome any ol' day.
I think dozens upon dozens of countries have experienced some major point of violent political upheaval, if not outright civil war. But in the end, someone always has to win, and they're only "the good guys" if you're on the winning side. And not always that. But intentionally targeting civilians is never excusable.
To be honest, it's not MIA's wealth or fame that bugs me or anything when she blabbers. It's that someone so aware of the world and its problems can be so blatantly not self-aware, esp. as pertains to violence/terrorism. She can not care and be all punk rock about it, but then, like, do something punk rock. Do something radical. Do something that's not just about publicity or personal gain. It's just annoying, because the implication is that she herself is somehow above the argument even while she wallows right smack dab in the middle of it. Or, as I suggested above, maybe she's even more cynical than I thought.
Madonna was smart to pretend the world was never about anything other than herself. But clearly MIA is still searching for her place/identity, and right now that identity is recent college grad, arrogant but oddly insecure, who doesn't have the balls to put her money where her mouth is. Because money/fame = security/"independence", and the world is a scary place without those things.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 29 May 2010 01:15 (fourteen years ago) link
opened the times magazine today ready for a inflammatory read but IMO the article was repetitious and ultimately boring - couldn't finish it.
― you're either part of the problem or part of the solution (m coleman), Sunday, 30 May 2010 17:05 (fourteen years ago) link
though I wondered if there was an element of parody at work, you know, sending up all those fatuous r0lling $tone profiles:"there's a civil war raging outside while Maya thoughtfully plucks a truffled fry from the steaming platter..."
― you're either part of the problem or part of the solution (m coleman), Sunday, 30 May 2010 17:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Thought it nailed her, or at least my idea of her, perfectly. The key bit is her bullying the fashion designers into agreeing with her - I've met hundreds of entitled middle-class ladies like that, I find them impossible to deal with.
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 30 May 2010 17:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyone point out that the "UNEDITED INTERVIEW!!!111!!1!" is now up? http://neetrecordings.com/blog/homeBy which she meant two recordings from the interview. Not sure the significance of the second, but the first, hilarious, is DIRECTLY CONCERNED WITH THE TRUFFLE KERFUFFLE.
― sean gramophone, Sunday, 30 May 2010 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link
oh and lol just noticed the headline:HERE'S THE TRUFF
― sean gramophone, Sunday, 30 May 2010 18:58 (fourteen years ago) link
can I get a fact check please: did the CIA really develop facebook and google?
― cozen, Sunday, 30 May 2010 19:52 (fourteen years ago) link
http://tinyurl.com/2d97m3x
― forksclovetofu, Sunday, 30 May 2010 20:05 (fourteen years ago) link
I believe they're also behind CONTROVERSIAL MODERATOR EDIT
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 30 May 2010 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
they're dumb enough to be.
― scott seward, Sunday, 30 May 2010 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
guys
TRUFFLE KERFUFFLE
― in my day we had to walk 10 miles in the snow for VU bootleg (Shakey Mo Collier), Sunday, 30 May 2010 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
get whatever you want cause the New York Times is paying
― Blancminaj (Spinspin Sugah), Sunday, 30 May 2010 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
ohmyfuckinggod
at this terrible song
― history mayne, Sunday, 30 May 2010 22:36 (fourteen years ago) link