Daft Punk's Random Access Memories

lol i like that bit grady

i never thought of the pyramid like that but its a funny way to imagine it

yeah daft punk robots being really snooty like that cristal guy was about rappers liking his champagne

o yeah its hilarious but thats also why its a terrible argument

also, re: strawmen:

http://deadgirlfriends.tumblr.com/post/50704593365/vs

what

Margherita vs. pineapple

mashup

I can see why he prefers Kanye - just a regular dude making beats in his garage and rapping 'bout everyday stuff

the guy would be a good ilm poster someone should get him over here

also he kicks it w/ grimes, vampire weekend, buscemi and debbie harry

http://deadgirlfriends.tumblr.com/post/51139936105/i-forgot-i-guess-i-can-probably-post-this-picture

him and grimes are going out iirc

and dora the explorer

xpost

just a man of the people

i'm a lil weirded out that grimes' boyfriend's twitter is called "dead girlfriends"

twitter tumblr

get it right the first time

damn

my condolences

Writhing at the base of DP's pyramid all 'please sirs. May I have a sample' and then all like 'yo it's me and my boys, vampire weekend'

"it bothers me that sometimes “lo-fi” is perceived as an aesthetic choice rather than an economic reality." sir, the only "economic reality" I see is that your tumblr sucks!

hes an interesting guy, the tumblr is pretty great. i liked this thing he wrote about kanye http://deadgirlfriends.tumblr.com/post/41177837609/this-is-a-picture-of-justin-vernon-from-bon-iver

also elite gymnastics rules imo

the long post that's sort of being discussed is a continuation of this thing too http://deadgirlfriends.tumblr.com/post/50440502642/no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-fucking-no-this-is-so

feels kind of like he got trolled by bangalter and then this thread got trolled by him

i asked dude i work with who's way in to making music and recording software and "racking up hours in the studio" if he's listened to RAM yet and he just said "yeah..." in a tone of voice that conveyed he knew how much i loved it and he wanted to let me down easy.

i was like "oh, you're not a fan?" and he replied with: "its OK... it's just so... plain."

dude listens to run of the mill drum & bass, "chillout" EDM and indie/punk most of the time afaik

¯\_(°_o)_/¯

The stupider the criticisms of RAM, the more militant my love for it.

i like the album a lot too

i like the album ok but i refuse to accept that it sounds better than any other album just because they told ppl it does + was expensive

xposts to me he seems like good guy who sounds like a dickweed when he talks about daft punk. the ideas he's putting forth about how art & artists should function don't seem very well thought out. his comment about tone REALLY pisses me off.

Will I listen to this as much as I've listened to Homework or Discovery? No way. Is this still a pretty great album? Mmm-yeah, pretty much.

yeah he just needs to be a more careful writer. I blame tumblr

feels kind of like he got trolled by bangalter and then this thread got trolled by him

― max, Thursday, May 30, 2013 3:19 PM (1 minute ago)

i think i can agree with this

I guess trolls are more earnest than they used to be

which comment about tone

it’s similar to the way i feel when synth dudes or guitar dudes start going on about amps or tone or about how even different synthesizers that are the same model from the same year still have tiny barely perceptible differences. does anyone care about that kind of stuff?

he's totally right about the type of insanity those discussions require imo

the lack of interest most interviewers and writers seem to have in discussing hardware specifications would seem to indicate that people do not, but i could be wrong, i don’t know.

musicians care about that stuff.

I thought that was kind of strawmanny -- those discussions mostly only take place in gear magazines and the like.

like, I'm gonna be real here, and it's like I hope he really is trolling us, you know? But maybe it's also just, I don't know, a diary entry that like shouldn't, I don't know, be published in a central location for others' consumption. I mean economic realities can make music lo-fi, but lack of time and caring makes your blog post lo-fi, you know?

sheesh guys do you never read blogs or what

no. does anyone care about that kind of stuff?

ay yay yay

curtis hes not personally insulting you for being interested in gear stuff!! idk i dont even agree with him but you guys are like willfully misreading it

max are you calling us all idiots here or w/e

;-)

u_u

I'm not insulted, I just think he's full of shit abt this.

A blog seems to be a receptacle for half-formed and poorly conveyed ideas. Your readers are then supposed to hash out these ideas with you? Why not post to a message board then, where it's not all about you?

I agree that he should come down off his pyramidal bloggernaut and be a man of the people on ilm