can't tell you how many good blog reviews I got in college using that trick...also how many times I got laid
Yes, because a former Pfork writer with a steady job and a wife really needs good blog reviews these days. And to get laid, of course.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 13:15 (thirteen years ago) link
hey ilxor... whats your address. i wanted this to be a surprise but...
― dayo, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 13:37 (thirteen years ago) link
O_O
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 13:46 (thirteen years ago) link
oh sure; it's like updike never checked out
not sure that resembling updike is criteria for much besides updike himself
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
but i'm a sucker for the cute & sentimental, so...
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.wallpaperbase.com/wallpapers/movie/thenotebook/the_notebook_1.jpg
― ('_') (omar little), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
i would be more willing to give dude the benefit of the doubt if he didn't slip out of his faux naif voice and into something more obviously knowing quite so often. you gotta sell your shtick, man.
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
pitchforkreviewsreviewsreviews imo!
― the milagro-beanfield war criminal (s1ocki), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
not feeling it
― goole, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link
dude apparently wrote something for the Awl
http://www.theawl.com/2010/09/yeah-yeah-yeahs-get-the-last-laugh-at-their-10th-anniversary-show
― markers, Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
o ffs learn to punctuate
― no one was protesting when this happened to (history mayne), Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link
i used to like the awl :(
― just sayin, Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:37 (thirteen years ago) link
that first paragraph, i mean, why is it there
― just sayin, Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link
it's awlful
― no one was protesting when this happened to (history mayne), Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link
"the awl - be less stupid"
riiiight
― ('_') (omar little), Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link
l'awl
― atlas ¯\(°_o)/¯ed (am0n), Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
The Awl
― buzza, Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Why is Gawker so popular? The writing?
― kshighway (ksh), Monday, January 11, 2010 11:02 AM
― markers, Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
ksharia lawl
― atlas ¯\(°_o)/¯ed (am0n), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link
― kshighway (ksh), Monday, January 11, 2010 4:02 PM (8 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
no, the pictures
― max, Monday, January 11, 2010 4:03 PM (8 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i think it's the HTML coding actually
― fella, cutie (s1ocki), Monday, January 11, 2010 4:13 PM (8 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha, the Awl, that figures. Good to know that the key to getting into a Todd P show for free = bring along a female friend who will look upset and storm off after the first refusal. Bet Todd is super thrilled this info is out there online.
― Position Position, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
THIS IS AMAZING
Kyp Malone goes crazy for Maps, jumping up and down and shaking his head back and forth, clasping his hands together in front of his face and singing along and then outstretching his arm and putting his open palm up in the air as he yells THEY DON'T LOVE YOU LIKE I LOVE YOU. he puts his hand over his mouth, he claps in doubletime to the beat, he wipes sweat off his brow and pushes his glasses up on his nose and then touches his beard and keeps singing along. Kyp Malone doesn't have to pretend he doesn't like the hit single, he is ecstatic for Maps
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
what a disaster for todd p
― atlas ¯\(°_o)/¯ed (am0n), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/wolfiez88-store_2122_18111222
― ('_') (omar little), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link
NYCers - Help Todd P!
― buzza, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
and then touches his beard and keeps singing along
ew
― "SEX" drought, 2 wisks (zorn_bond.mp3), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
here's a proposition
why don't you noise fux get off your nerdy kvetching little asses and book these shows yourselves, then Joel H wouldn't have to come to me with them all the time and I wouldn;t have to read about your bitching.
love, Todd P
― todd patrick (todd p), Friday, October 21, 2005 3:49 PM
― atlas ¯\(°_o)/¯ed (am0n), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:36 (thirteen years ago) link
ha ha ha
banning me as a put down, oh so funny ha ha
― buzza, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man who in music hasn't posted to ILX
― markers, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
bono
john travolta's hair - wtf?
― atlas ¯\(°_o)/¯ed (am0n), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
omg
― markers, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha wait
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
lol
― "SEX" drought, 2 wisks (zorn_bond.mp3), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't remember todd patrick at all but there are lols to be had from an adult railing mercilessly against "Dan from Fort Awesome"
― ('_') (omar little), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link
NYC show put-er-together looking for intern(s)
― buzza, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Weinegarten, you should know better.
― todd patrick (todd p), Wednesday, October 4, 2006 12:50 PM
― atlas ¯\(°_o)/¯ed (am0n), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Todd n Stencil,
The funny part of the story was supposed to be dude's crazy quote (and the suspenders). My mistake was assuming people would realize it was his fault and not you guys, cuz the quote was so mind-boggling! It was my way of saying "I love Todd P," but in that roundabout way. Sorry if my shitty anecdote-telling abilities made it appear like I wasn't giving credit where credit was due.
― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, October 4, 2006 10:08 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
And Stencil, you rule too.
Everyone. Everyone rules! Go thread!
― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, October 4, 2006 10:09 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark
not in character?
― ('_') (omar little), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link
huggy g. weinhuggin
― atlas ¯\(°_o)/¯ed (am0n), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Whiney G. Cuddlestein
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
That Yeah Yeah Yeahs review is something else. I didn't know that anybody still wrote about their journey to the gig - it reminds me of reviews in mid-90s drum'n'bass fanzines where the opening paragraphs would be about how they missed Grooverider's set because the tube train was delayed. And three paragraphs which begin "they play a few more songs" (this being what bands tend to do) is just wow. I have no idea what to make of this guy.
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Thursday, 23 September 2010 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Encores: Do We Still Need Them?
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Thursday, 23 September 2010 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
nnnnngghhhhh it's just STUPID that this fucking guy is apparently getting actual writing gigs now.
"sent from blackberry" - idk whether this true of all blackberrys, but mine auto-capitalises the first person pronoun. is he seriously going back to decapitalise every "I" in that thing.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd like to know how much he is making his writing deliberately bad to put across the idea that he Tells the Truth and is Not as Other Critics, because everyone knows that capital letters and commas and structure are only used by elitist hacks. I can totally see how this shtick works with some readers.
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
then they play their first song which is called Rich and was written at a time when she had no money and now, ten years and millions of records and tons of festivals and TV appearances and commercial song licenses they actually are rich and i wonder if the band ever discusses that or thinks about giving it a disclaimer on stage, although i don't know how they'd do that, or if the irony is lost on them? probably not. this really is "rich"
Karen O is pretty much the archetypal trust fund kid. The idea this was written "at a time when she had no money" is just laughable.
― Position Position, Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
ehhh it's just a particularly tedious, long-winded iteration of this sadly not uncommon infantilised faux-naïveté designed to mask his deficiencies. my overriding reaction is just to yell, oh GROW UP kid, you're at least a full three years out of your teens now.
xp
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Agree 100%
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
xp and he appears not to have comprehended the lyrics of "rich" at all, or at least not the ones that go "i'm rich" and "i'm stuck up"
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
the fact that people still think this kid isn't playing the audience like a harp with the faux-naif shit is kinda worrisome.
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:20 (thirteen years ago) link
but i understand it, because again the alternative is not pretty.