someone really should hook her up with Crystal Castles
― set me on fire RAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 28 September 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
i noticed this on twitter:
Farrah Abraham @F1abrahamSubscribe now www.YouTube.com/PAFarrahAbraham for New Videos Weekly!! MY TEENAGE DREAM ENDED with the exclusive soundtrack only at iBookstore bit.ly/RhwunUMiami, FL · http://www.Farrahabraham.meFollowed by Barack Obama.
Followed by Barack Obama.
― Right or wrong, It's the truth! (Merdeyeux), Friday, 28 September 2012 23:11 (eleven years ago) link
hahahahaha amazing
― set me on fire RAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 28 September 2012 23:51 (eleven years ago) link
I feel like people talking about how inept/weak the wobble on "The Phone Call That Changed My Life" is are actually only listening to the wobble and not the totally freaked out verging-on-arhythmic lyrics
― set me on fire RAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 1 October 2012 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
trying to see if my Teen Mom connect can help me land an interview with FA -- haven't promised a piece to an outlet yet so if anyone's interested holla at me
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Monday, 1 October 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
if you do get the chance to interview her, please tell her she's a genius.
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 1 October 2012 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
"Mr. Snrub loves you fyi"
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Monday, 1 October 2012 21:39 (eleven years ago) link
is there anywhere to find this album besides itunes?
― fadanuf4erybody, Monday, 1 October 2012 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
Amazon has it as well.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 October 2012 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
And some dude, I'm definitely interested.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 October 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
cool!
it's on Spotify as well
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Monday, 1 October 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
the fader on this wagon
http://www.thefader.com/2012/10/01/staff-selects-playlist-teen-moms-farrah-abraham-and-auto-tune-run-afoul/
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 09:29 (eleven years ago) link
not very well but still
their masthead should say "listening to the right things for the wrong reasons since 1998"
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 11:08 (eleven years ago) link
Even with all the other things wrong with it the most smh is misidentifying the Ali Lohan Christmas song as "Lindsay and her mother."
― cr4bdbgs, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 12:40 (eleven years ago) link
It's good in that "so this is what music sounds like to people with some kind of mental disorder that prevents them from hearing music normally" kind of way
― has important things to say about gangnam style (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
Ok, this record is amazing. It's like something from a parallel universe secret museum of mankind where early 20th century bedouins have autotune.
― has important things to say about gangnam style (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
I'm telling you, she's some kind of genius outsider artist. I want to review this album for The Wire.― 誤訳侮辱, Sunday, August 19, 2012 2:19 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― 誤訳侮辱, Sunday, August 19, 2012 2:19 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
And there it is in this month's issue. Review is by noz though - did he get there first?
― fish frosch (seandalai), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
afaik 誤訳侮辱 hasn't written for the wire and was just saying that, not announcing actual intentions. am curious about noz's take though, will have to look out for that.
― some dude, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
ditto - wire stuff isn't online is it? didn't imagine it'd be noz doing it!
feel weirdly proud of all this traction :)
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
誤訳侮辱 is unperson, right? He has a couple of reviews in this month's issue.
― fish frosch (seandalai), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
oh is he? for some reason i thought that was someone else. hard to keep track of display names.
― some dude, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
that one almost sounds like xiu xiu xp
otm.
Maybe this is avant garde maybe not but it's definitely (to borrow a phrase from George Harrison) "avant garde a clue". Someone with no talent but lots of publicity producing something. It's 'outsider art' in the sense that it is outside the realm of good taste but this isn't some homeless lady or mentally challenged individual or otherwise obsessive artist type who feel driven to create. This is a shitty vanity project that will get lots of un-needed attention from people that think they are being brilliant in calling it avant garde.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
This is a shitty vanity project that will get lots of un-needed attention from people that think they are being brilliant in calling it avant garde.
... like Xiu Xiu?
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I reviewed Aluk Todolo and Neurosis in this month's issue.
― 誤訳侮辱, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think anyone who has reviewed it has called it "avant garde," just put the end result in relation to avant garde and experimental stuff (where it belongs) rather than "vanity pop from a reality TV star" (where it also belongs, but not in the way people have put it there, I guess?). AFAIK nobody knows how this thing was actually produced yet, but the possibility that FLA is actually an experimental artist doing an extended performance art piece on "Teen Mom" a la Joaquin Phoenix doesn't really seem likely.
― cr4bdbgs, Thursday, 11 October 2012 03:49 (eleven years ago) link
to me this just sounds like a shittier version of crystal castles
and i get that the lyrics are "real" and "raw" and disorienting but there's only so much LOL-cutup-talky-autotune vox that i can take
― monotony, Thursday, 11 October 2012 04:53 (eleven years ago) link
man I cannot get ppl who do not think this is good
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 11 October 2012 06:16 (eleven years ago) link
if she actually makes an album with Eryn Woods (which I don't think she actually will -- I'm pretty sure the thing about their collaboration is just Eryn trying to get public attention) it definitely won't be good.
― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Thursday, 11 October 2012 06:24 (eleven years ago) link
what's surprised me after the initial WTF reaction is that it seems i can't get enough of the vox
― lex pretend, Thursday, 11 October 2012 07:41 (eleven years ago) link
tons of 'famous' outsider music records were vanity projects so idk why Adam is making out that they're mutually exclusive
― it's the Suede/Denim secret police/they have come for your 90s niece (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 11 October 2012 07:50 (eleven years ago) link
Interesting review in Dummy: http://dummymag.com/features/2012/10/03/comment-why-teen-mom-farrah-abraham-s-dream-is-our-reality/
I don't really agree with framing it as "camp," per se, and pitting this album against mainstream pop just doesn't seem like it makes a lot of sense. Still wondering about production -- I imagine it was made on FL Studio (or something equivalent) but not necessarily by FLA.
― cr4bdbgs, Sunday, 14 October 2012 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
this is one of my favorite albums of 2012
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 30 November 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
much to my wife's chagrin
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 30 November 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
seems relevant to this thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOi3CQ3Z4zY
― crüt, Friday, 30 November 2012 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
why does this go on for 6 minutes
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 30 November 2012 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
that's not my only question but that was the first one that came to mind
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 30 November 2012 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
this album's been out for several months and still nobody's found out who produced or how it was made or anything? nobody's been able to get an interview with her?
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 30 November 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
my attempts have been a dead end so far
― trinidad jokes (some dude), Friday, 30 November 2012 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
btw if anyone wants to read the wire review (it's just a few paras) i can email it
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Saturday, 1 December 2012 10:05 (eleven years ago) link
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 30 November 2012 18:28 (Yesterday) Permalink
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 30 November 2012 18:30 (Yesterday) Permalink
Yup.
Still no info on production, have thought about trying to get an interview as well, may have a lead on getting contact info but not sure. Meanwhile I submitted a question to her next book (where she answers fan mail, basically) about the album and am eagerly awaiting her non-response.
― cr4bdbgs, Saturday, 1 December 2012 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
Was this released on a physical cd?
Maybe there are credits in the booklet?
― U.S. State Department, Office of Rare Psych (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 1 December 2012 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
no cd
― trinidad jokes (some dude), Saturday, 1 December 2012 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
Late to the party, but here comes Tiny Mix Tapes with their review. Spoiler alert: it's positive.http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/farrah-abraham-my-teenage-dream-ended
― InteractiveBread, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:19 (eleven years ago) link
This is one of my AND my wife's favorite albums of 2012
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, October 10, 2012 3:33 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
intentional fallacy
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:24 (eleven years ago) link
As far as I know, The Shaggs weren't homeless or handicapped.
― billstevejim, Friday, 7 December 2012 08:15 (eleven years ago) link
holy shit!
― a robotic squirrel named RoboSquirrel (reddening), Thursday, 13 December 2012 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
i added "searching for closure" to the eoy spotify playlist and was like "this album, song title, and cover art looks suspiciously earnest for an ilx-championed song, what's the deal?" WOW.
― a robotic squirrel named RoboSquirrel (reddening), Thursday, 13 December 2012 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, it is a battle between that song and "After the Prom" as to which one is my favorite
they're both so effortlessly creepy without using any of the normal "hey this is a creepy song" signifiers
― Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Thursday, 13 December 2012 15:03 (eleven years ago) link