who is Bob Lefsetz?

So it looks like ol' Bob has realized something and is aggrieved.

http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2013/12/21/dealing-with-hate/

thx bob for Amplifying the Hate and introducing me to FakeBobLefsetz

a 1,000-word response to the haters, explaining why it's important to never respond to the haters

"The hate might be clever, but clever never lasts"

Clever never lasts... Stupid though? Stupid lasts a lifetime.

dunno, I feel like when I hate someone I actively avoid being in conversations with them

Lol at the fan logic. If I am so terrible, then why do so many follow me?

this makes me so happy, you have no idea

a subliminal trip to nowhere

would it be tactless to make this into a poll

I want to gently put my hand on his shoulder and say, "Bob, who are you trying to convince? Me? Or you?" and wait for him to weep copiously.

an optimistic pussy who is afraid of their shadow

I don't think I understand this bit, but it's a very striking phrase

I want to gently put my hand on his shoulder and say, "Bob, who are you trying to convince? Me? Or you?" and wait for him to weep copiously.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, December 23, 2013 2:33 PM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

...and then when he does, you go full drill sergeant, "Linda Ronstadt never weeped! She never begged! She snorted cocaine and screwed the desirable people just like the guys! She didn't sit there weep like a little...fucking...girl!"

bob throws in for the revolution! http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2014/02/14/roger-goodells-pay/

But whatever power I have pales in comparison to that of musical artists. They’re the most powerful people in the world. They have bigger followings than the President!

But they refuse to step up. Neither in words nor actions.

meanwhile

Flappy Bird is more addictive than anything on Bowie’s new record.

And isn’t it funny that the biggest hits of the year were by guys in helmets from France and a barely adolescent girl/woman from New Zealand? Oh, forget about “Blurred Lines,” it was a remake of a Marvin Gaye track.

This is like Paul being dead.

girl/woman

Did you get the memo on Flappy Bird? Did you know to download it?

I certainly didn’t. Then again, I’m not into mobile video games. But rather than appeal to me, the developer ignored those who did not care. He just uploaded it to the app store and it took off!

Maybe there’s more, how the hell would I know.

soul-deadening xenophobic hatemail is truly the future of music

misunderstood that and was like man that's a lil harsh on bob's Letters

This dude reads like he took a correspondence course in how to be a blogger.

http://www.2asuccessdreamblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/51NCQbrbElL._BO2204203200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-clickTopRight35-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg

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ha no just the shit nguyen got

how does this guy make rent, though? anybody know?

a lot of people really do respect him a lot so I'd guess he gets consulting work

The Bob dude? I bet his blog generates plenty of ad cash.

there are no visible ads on his site - it's a wordpress page. the only link is to mozilla.org - I don't see any ad money? could be wrong

I think he gets used as a consultant to labels because of his amazing depth of knowledge

I guess maybe? mystifying to me to imagine labels hiring consultants in 2014

tremendous profile/interview here for fellow obsessives

Do you write in a stream of consciousness?
I view it as Jackson Pollock action painting. I get inspired and I throw it all down. My basic policy is that I re-read everything twice before I sent it. I clean up (spelling) mistakes, wrong tenses, lack of clarity but I do not change the content. I realized after doing this so long that if I change anything I fuck it up.

Occasionally, if I am in a rush or if I get inspired or a story is hot, I will only reread it once. Then there's always some minor thing, like a wrong tense, that makes me crazy.

god he's amazing

Maybe there’s more, how the hell would I know.

I had just barely stopping giggling about that one and now I'm back on it, it's just incredible

Somehow Patti Smith fits their criteria (for R&R Hall of Fame). She just wasn't a great musical act. Her biggest track was written by Bruce Springsteen.

that's "with" Bruce Springsteen, Mr. Smarts

Call me Ishmael. Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me. Maybe there's more, how the hell would I know.

THE END

have we discussed his live debate w gene simmons

full thing with regular annoying audio dropouts here

the dumb thing is that he's arguing with gene simmons, because if any band could be seen as the pioneer of a band as a brand - merchandising, films, comics, big live tours etc - it was kiss

You could have just gone full-stop after

the dumb thing is that he's arguing with gene simmons

lol ok fair enough

upper miss are we friends on fb I lose track of people's names

Yep!

Since Robert Plant does not want to tour with Led Zep, Lefsetz wants them to tour with the singer from Train

^ the greatest sentence I have ever read in my life

lesfetz otm

Drops of Jupiter running down my leg...

did he spell it with all-caps like TRAIN?

Is that real Bob Lefsetz or Fake Bob Lefsetz?

Real, I get the emails. it's not on his website yet. His website has stuff like:

The Allman Brothers were our EDM.

i saw Train as an opening act right after their first album came out and they played "Ramble On," they seemed like they had just transitioned from being a very professional cover band

Aerosmith were our Skrillex

there was supposed to be a Lefsetz/Amanda Palmer meeting of the minds at some event recently, didn't hear anything about it after the fact, was it covered in the Palmer thread?

should be a double bill also featuring a reformed The Who fronted by the lead singer of Vertical Horizon