but i know nothing about bikes
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 01:22 (thirteen years ago)
i guess i didn't get the 43rd bday thing either since i thought if you've had that many birthdays 1) you don't care as much 2) hopefully it's more likely you can afford to buy a new bike?
― Misc. Carnivora (Matt P), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 01:27 (thirteen years ago)
i enjoyed the article btw because i like his writing but i can see the ways it's also annoying
― Misc. Carnivora (Matt P), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 01:30 (thirteen years ago)
"what's the identifying mark?"
haha thank you for remembering my bike, seeing the tweet, backtracking your steps, and finally tracking it down but I'm going to need a little more from you, because, you know.
― sanskrit, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 02:06 (thirteen years ago)
oh c'mon it's good that he was thorough after he was finally close enough to get a really good look
― some dude, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 10:17 (thirteen years ago)
i love jody but btdthttp://www.whatever-whenever.net/blog/2010/08/justice-in-brooklyn/
― maura, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 12:21 (thirteen years ago)
He is my least favorite Jody Rosen.
― I found him in a Bon Ton ad (Nicole), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 13:04 (thirteen years ago)
i like the part where he sees the bike is parked outside a social services building and gives a kind of knowing sigh as if to say "times are tough pal, but not on my watch."
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 13:33 (thirteen years ago)
quite honestly, all I can think of is a 43-year-old man riding around on a bike that looks like this:
http://2009.feltracing.com/09/images/catalog/xl/8984.png
all of the conservative style neurons in my brain are overloading
― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 13:59 (thirteen years ago)
When I saw the picture on Slate, I thought the lettering on the body read THIEF.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:10 (thirteen years ago)
i don't think he realizes how bad riding the pt cruiser of bikes actually is
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:11 (thirteen years ago)
it looks like a tricycle
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:20 (thirteen years ago)
for babies
how ageist!
i'm 44 and i ride a bike that looks like this. if you have a problem with that, it's yr problem!
http://bikereviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/electra-super-deluxe-3i-2010-city-bike.jpg
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:38 (thirteen years ago)
I guess you didn't make it to the all of the conservative style neurons in my brain are overloading part of that post?
― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:39 (thirteen years ago)
(also, your bike is distinctive-looking without being painfully fugly)
― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:41 (thirteen years ago)
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/2669805-md.jpg
― buzza, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 14:44 (thirteen years ago)
i did read that part of yr post. i'm just trying to settle into grumpy middle aged man who doesn't give a damn mode but not fully convincing myself.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 15:12 (thirteen years ago)
Isn't Rosen riding that bike because he frequently writes about early 20th century music and this bike fits that old-school ethic
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 16:55 (thirteen years ago)
I hope not
― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 16:56 (thirteen years ago)
that is a terrible reason to ride an ugly bike IMO
cheesy retro is his thang
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 16:57 (thirteen years ago)
is there another thread about this? i think the article deserves more discussion. i don't know what type of discussion, but just... more.
― s.clover, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:49 (thirteen years ago)
how much more discussion does it need?
― scott seward, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:56 (thirteen years ago)
"first world tragedies"
― omar little, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:56 (thirteen years ago)
/!\ BREAKING: Unlocked bike stolen from city street in NYC /!\
― queequeg (peter grasswich), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 18:06 (thirteen years ago)
http://makezineblog.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/make_1175.jpg?w=500&h=548
― am0n, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:37 (thirteen years ago)
"PT Cruiser" and "West Coast Customs" describing the same thing is some pretty heavy metaphor-mixing
― mh, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:43 (thirteen years ago)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/20/Ladri3.jpg
― s.clover, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:48 (thirteen years ago)
fuck bikes
― some dude nights (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:48 (thirteen years ago)
fuck bikes were great when they opened for blues control
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:55 (thirteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY2Gk0WuEB4
― am0n, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 21:11 (thirteen years ago)
― some dude nights (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:48 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol. what will u hate next
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 22:32 (thirteen years ago)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― some dude nights (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 22:35 (thirteen years ago)
http://www.emo-corner.com/forums/uploads_gallery/gallery/album_14152/gallery_145323_14152_57262.jpg
― omar little, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 22:36 (thirteen years ago)
RIP the old ilx FAQ that said "the jody rosen that posts on ilx is not the jody rosen that writes for rolling stone"
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 28 June 2012 03:46 (thirteen years ago)
Wait so we have him to thank for Shamir?
― jaymc, Thursday, 18 December 2014 05:20 (eleven years ago)
he certainly has put his name on the Northtown wikipedia page a bunch of times, hasn't he?
― een, Thursday, 18 December 2014 05:33 (eleven years ago)
Heh.
― jaymc, Thursday, 18 December 2014 05:34 (eleven years ago)
the inexorable end game: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hiring-a-music-writer-who-wants-to-work-for-you
― iggwilv azaelea (sanskrit), Tuesday, 30 December 2014 01:08 (eleven years ago)
Anyway
http://www.vulture.com/2017/08/why-is-los-angeles-a-great-place-to-make-pop-music.html
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 16:13 (eight years ago)
Does the endless positivity start to feel fake after a while? Sure. Did I spend my first week here co-writing a terrible song titled “Bone to Bone”? Of course I did.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 16:21 (eight years ago)
just learned he is married to Mina Kimes
― jaymc, Thursday, 24 April 2025 17:43 (one year ago)
His last few essays have been really good (and relevant to my interests)
https://smartdumb.substack.com/p/what-is-the-point-of-an-independent
https://smartdumb.substack.com/p/o-drum-fill-where-art-thou
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 24 April 2025 18:08 (one year ago)
Xpost I’ve known that for a few years and it’s a very weird fact to have rattling around my brain
― circles, Thursday, 24 April 2025 18:11 (one year ago)
(I don't know who that is)
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 24 April 2025 18:21 (one year ago)
She's an ESPN sports reporter/TV personality. I mostly know her through social media tbqh.
― jaymc, Thursday, 24 April 2025 18:29 (one year ago)
Can't believe Mina Kimes is married to a Eurorack nerd
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 24 April 2025 18:35 (one year ago)
he definitely won out over the loser with all the commas upthread.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Thursday, 24 April 2025 19:38 (one year ago)
Huh.
https://nicksylvester.bandcamp.com/album/stereo-music-for-breakbeats-and-samplers
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 June 2025 15:07 (eleven months ago)