Nice ironical thread title btw
― when will Jesus bring the composition chops? (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
http://flavorwire.com/283266/a-selection-of-the-most-genuinely-terrifying-people-in-hip-hop
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
i would read that but no way i'm giving that shit 10 clickthrus
tho i did notice the r. kelly tag, which makes a lot of sense, seeing as he's a rapper who often threatens violence
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
It’s a reminder of the fact that when hip hop abandons its tiresome obsession with idiot materialism and posturing, it can still sound vital and relevant.
ffs
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
the combination thread title + first post is the funniest thing ive seen on ilx in ages. cheers Whiney http://i.imgur.com/5YkiA.gif
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
Listicle idea: Fat black women that Ric Delgado would fuck, but Tom Hawking is scared of
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
$40, which is almost worse than not even being paid at all
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, April 25, 2012 11:16 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
OTM
― til the sound of my voice will haint u (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
it is semi-disappointing that "listicle" is a portmanteau of "list" and "article" when most examples end up coming across as a portmanteau of "list" and "testicle"
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
portmanteau of Liszt and icicle
― til the sound of my voice will haint u (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
Aw DJP you should have replaced the second 'list' with 'lick'
― when will Jesus bring the composition chops? (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
the writer of the BROward piece is, a cursory facebook search reveals, not actually 14 or even 20 but THIRTY-ONE :O
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
I really shouldn't wish death or violence on anyone, but...
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone that’s known me for any period of time has probably had a chance to read The Whispers. If you haven’t… well, maybe you should question the closeness of our friendship (which I’m guessing must be close since you’re reading this blog).
I started writing The Whispers in 2000, after one of many over-dramatic crush on girl friend situation. Let me tell you, there is no better inspiration than getting rejected by a crush (especially a crush that had been cultivated for years) and listening to Henry Rollins’ Hard Volume.
The Whispers came out of me faster than anything else I’d written at the time, which by that point entailed research papers and bad poetry. Then for the next twelve years I’ve been revising and rewriting it.
I lost count when the revisions reached twenty, and that was probably a couple of years ago. I’ve worked and molded this story, never feeling quite comfortable with it, especially when I got negative feedback from friends and other writers.
I would put the story down periodically, let it breathe, then pick it up years later. Then, this past year, I picked it up again. In the last two or three years I have been writing every single day. And this time things were different. Normally, when I would work on the 4,300 word short story, I would find myself lost at times. I would lose track of the point I was making, where it fit in the context of the story, and even agonizing about single word changes.
This time I totally kicked it’s ass.
the typo kicked your ass
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/crossfade/2011/09/five_very_masturbatory_music_videos_1980s_1990s.php
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
I started writing The Whispers in 2000, after one of many over-dramatic crush on girl friend situation.
ARRRGH
― bit.ly sno cone maker (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
the combination thread title + first post is the funniest thing ive seen on ilx in ages
lol yes
― Lamp, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
The Whispers came out of me faster than anything else
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
this is total BS but
Sarcasm doesn't always come across in writing, and it certainly didn't in this post. I get why commenters below called this "the most insulting thing on the Internet," and that's why it has been removed. New Times regrets the offense we've caused and hopes you'll stick with us in our next attempt at sarcasm. -- Eric Barton
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 April 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha wait, their retraction basically states "sorry for offending you but that was sarcastic; we'd never sleep with these fat women"????????????
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
New Times regrets the offense we've caused
Isn't offense their whole business model?
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
three cheers to commenter "very good article"
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
(that was me)
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
nice work
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
i'm not sure which is worse: the editor implying that no male at the broward new time would dare fuck a fat woman or that he thinks we can't take 3 minutes and look at ric delgado's archive to find a host of other, non-"sarcastic" posts
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
unless ric cordero never actually beat it to "rump shaker", but i don't think that's possible
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
er, ric delgado
also commented on on The Bieber Bowl: The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards Live Blog last year
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
sort of disappointed it isn't up anymore. good ammo. not even cached.
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, taking it down is pretty cowardly
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
Someone somewhere surely archived it.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
It's available here: http://ohnotheywrittnt.tumblr.com/
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
Ric Delgado's publishing a novel, guys.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
Another ebook sensation.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
ha on twitter he pulls out the "BUT THEN WE'D HAVE NO RICHARD PRYOR!!" line
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
http://ohnotheywrittnt.tumblr.com/post/21796381149/sarcasm-doesnt-always-come-across-in-writing-and
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
what was the whole Whispers thing from?
― when will Jesus bring the composition chops? (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
His novel!
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
oh he has a website!
― when will Jesus bring the composition chops? (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
(oh shit)
I realized a year ago that I didn’t want to be a stuffy writer, blogger, or journalist, asking questions like:
“What has Miami done for your writing? What do you think of Vice City?”
5 Questions with JJ Colagrande, REVMiami.com, March 31, 2010
How boring is that? Now, new and improved Ric Delgado writer, asks questions like:
“I’m required to ask you questions about Miami, so have you ever done cocaine off a stripper’s thigh, then had to hide a dead body in the Everglades?”
Nikki Glaser Jokes About A Lot of Messed Up Stuff at Miami Science Museum, Miami New Times, April 12, 2012
Bam! Now that’s a question.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
RicDelgadoRocks After today's twitter beatdown, I unwind by listening to a girl blowing smoke rings out of her vagina on the Howard Stern Show.
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
To further my writing career, I knew I had to interject a lot more of my personality into my writing. And I think I’ve been doing that pretty damn well.
But, as a writer, particularly for a local Miami blog, there is a gigantic flaw in my plan to become rich and famous: NOBODY READS IN THIS CITY!
Yes, it is the sad and pathetic truth, but Miami dun’t reed too goods.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
that really seems like a trick that loses a lot without the visual component
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
i emailed the editor he emailed he back. his response:
Jordan,
Sorry you feel that way. I wonder what kind of apology you'd suggest instead.
Best,
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 April 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
he really seems like a dick who loses a lot without the visual component
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
xp How about one that doesn't shift blame to the reader for not getting the intended "sarcasm" and one that includes the bit about how Ric Delgado's submissions will no longer be welcome by any outlet of the New Times corp?
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
And if thou gaze long into a dick, the dick will also gaze into thee
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
wait dicks have eyes...?
― when will Jesus bring the composition chops? (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, April 25, 2012 5:58 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
yeah, i responded w/ this (in so many words) so we'll see if he gets back to me
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 April 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
RicDelgadoRocks
― sleepingbag, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
so many things wrong in that article that the answer to the question doesn't end up seeming particularly important or interesting.
― Tim F, Monday, 12 November 2012 05:05 (eleven years ago) link
Still no announcement, huh?
I'm sure I won't make it anyway, should stop caring
― Raymond Cummings, Sunday, 9 December 2012 01:08 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, come on!
― Raymond Cummings, Thursday, 27 December 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
?????
RIP BMW?
― This is called money bags. (zachlyon), Wednesday, 6 March 2013 06:37 (eleven years ago) link
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― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 March 2013 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
No new tweets since fall 2012 from the musicwriting twitter address
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Daphne Carr and Tobias Carroll
aka Feedback Press
aka pubishers of the Best Music Writing series (and more)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 March 2013 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
No news in ages. Where did the Kickstarter money go?
― Edward Bax, Thursday, 23 May 2013 21:58 (eleven years ago) link
http://gigaom.com/2013/08/22/kickstarter-kept-the-best-american-music-writing-alive-but-17k-later-wheres-the-book/
― YOU FOOLS PAY OVER $2.50 for a comic book (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 22 August 2013 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
so shoddy
there's a bit more on this thread:
Best Music Writing 2012
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
this is the actual story:
http://noisey.vice.com/en_au/blog/what-ever-happened-to-the-best-music-writing-series
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
seriously does NO ONE know her irl? surely one of the many contacts of an established NYC-based editor/publisher does? is there NO crossover between the occupy crew she runs with now and people who want to know where the $17k went?
― lex pretend, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
apparently not.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
she's like where's waldo on facebook. she's everywhere. all kinds of occupy places. i feel bad about this. i like daphne.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
Is it weird that I'm still at the point where I don't even care where my money went, i just want this to happen?
― the vineyards where the grapes of corporate rock are stored (cryptosicko), Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
If she can't be bothered to say anything beyond "no comment" then I doubt there's much anyone else can do. maybe the threat of legal action would focus her mind.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
its a little late for it to happen. how many publishers would want to retroactively put out a book that was timed to be released the way those books were.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
i like daphne.
do you know her irl!
― lex pretend, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
xpost
I figured. Hopefully anther publisher picks up the series at some point, but that's probably unlikely to happen either after all this.
― the vineyards where the grapes of corporate rock are stored (cryptosicko), Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
*another
there are literally a billion better ways to defend your peer from accusations of fraud than "but she's cool and you have a shitty job", lol @ Whiney
― Murgatroid, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
i only see her at the EMP conferences. she's always so nice. she's really smart. sometimes things happen. i don't claim to understand.
x-post
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
curious what proportion of donors to the kickstarter were music writers or involved in the music journalism industry in some way
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
well this escalated slowlyhttp://noisey.vice.com/blog/update-best-music-writing-2012-has-officially-been-canceled
― YOU FOOLS PAY OVER $2.50 for a comic book (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 August 2013 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
and yet faster than you realize
― da croupier, Friday, 23 August 2013 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
that's multiple threads for you
― YOU FOOLS PAY OVER $2.50 for a comic book (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 August 2013 18:24 (eleven years ago) link