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.
that makes him sound smarter than he is
xpost
― no one was protesting when this happened to (history mayne), Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
i like reading music writing that isn't disingenuous or creepy or overly chin-stroking or infantile but it feels even rarer than usual
― ('_') (omar little), Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost: i would have thought so, too, if he'd just stuck to the pitchfork review reviews, but the epic little MY LIFE IN NEW YORK WHERE I HAVE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS posts are just too odd and grandiose and pitch-perfect.
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
it is blatantly shtick
but its kind of, congrats guy, you totally nailed the 'guy who can't write' voice. well played.
― no one was protesting when this happened to (history mayne), Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Hadn't read this guy until an hour ago, so playing catch-up. Already profoundly aggravated by his too-pure-for-this-world little-indie-boy-lost act and worried that some people (not here, obv) mistake his statements of the blindingly obvious (indie bands lose their underground cool as they get bigger!) for limpid wisdom. The idea of a Chauncey Gardiner of online criticism makes me nauseous. But yes, he's really nailed that style.
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
people have praised his writing on this thread! i assume that each and every one of them was trolling because, just, NO, c'mon.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
The idea of a Chauncey Gardiner of online criticism makes me nauseous.
I quite like this idea. Criticism is dead anyway, might as well have something completely absurd happen as it all slips into the mire for good.
― Position Position, Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
rip crit
― markers, Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Wish he'd come back here, although I guess one and out is a pretty cool way to go
― i'm gonna be straight with y'all, my name is banaka jones (Z S), Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
it's not a schtick
you guys are sad
― pay to the order of Iron Balls McGinty, $1 and 9 cents (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
― Position Position, Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:15 (52 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
just want to say that I hate posts like this more than pretty much anything else written on ILX
― Heurelho Gomes & The Scene (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
what are you, her fucking bank manager?
I went to Oberlin at the same time as Karen O. The thing everyone knew about her back then was that her parents had given her a Rolls Royce that she crashed and wrote off within the space of a week. Believe me, she's never been short of a few $$$.
― Position Position, Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
she ran over a blind kid
― no one was protesting when this happened to (history mayne), Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
intentionally
― ('_') (omar little), Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link
blind kid was only pretending to be blind
― pay to the order of Iron Balls McGinty, $1 and 9 cents (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
was actually an elaborate ruse to expose the entitlement of the idle rich
there's a fucking bank manager posting here now?
― atlas ¯\(°_o)/¯ed (am0n), Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:26 (thirteen years ago) link
gah!
The thing everyone knew about her back then was that her parents had given her a Rolls Royce that she crashed and wrote off within the space of a week.
for all I know this is true, but it sure the hell sounds like a classic bs rumor
― elephant rob, Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
"the thing everyone knew..."
not doubting she had $$, i mean, sure.
― goole, Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:38 (thirteen years ago) link
waht, i thought Oberlin was a charity school for poors
― elephant rob, Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link
if she wrote off a Roller bought for her after a week I'm not suprised no-one wanted to give her any more money
― Heurelho Gomes & The Scene (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link
― Position Position, Thursday, September 23, 2010 2:15 PM (28 minutes ago)
when was this?
― sarahel, Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link
rip rolls royce
― buzza, Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
so glad that we've moved on to debating whether or not a blogger is a sock puppet to the crucial issue of how rich Karen O is/was
keep on elevatin the discourse guys
― pay to the order of Iron Balls McGinty, $1 and 9 cents (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
to from debating
― pay to the order of Iron Balls McGinty, $1 and 9 cents (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:52 (thirteen years ago) link
xp - dude, i just wanted to know when this chick was at Oberlin because i have friends who went there -
― sarahel, Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
she was class of '63 i think
― no one was protesting when this happened to (history mayne), Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:55 (thirteen years ago) link