OK, is this the worst piece of music writing ever?

was the article about the importance of pharrell's hat any good?

av club was early on in taking a catholic approach across genres. wide-ranging coverage, including serious reviews of pop albums, etc. better than most alt-weeklies. i was in chicago at the time and the reader had a good music section but it was sort of specific and featurish. for general reviews and coverage the av club (which i read thru the print edition) was way better than any other weekly i could get my hands on, physically.

omg are we going to count on him to defend the racist music industry every few weeks now?

Just seen this from 2012
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/lucyjones/100063781/should-paul-simon-have-defied-a-un-boycott-to-make-graceland-in-south-africa-under-apartheid/

"Music-lovers will find it difficult not to take his side, as Philip Glass, Paul McCartney, David Byrne and Oprah do in the film. It is said that he put a “human face on apartheid” and raised awareness about what was happening in South Africa. It is said that without his chutzpah Ladysmith Black Mambazo and other musicians wouldn't have had so much global success. It is even said that without Graceland, there would be no hiphop".

read that last sentence again

what the

it is even said by morons that without Graceland, there would be no hiphop

oh wow

it is even said that without graceland, there would be no martin luther king

now say that in the voice of Herman Cain

ok this is like 10x more minor, but it really irks me when people miss the point of this line:

So he took off to the home of Elvis, saw the 'Mississipi Delta shining like a national guitar' and eventually decided to just go with it.

by not capitalizing National. The line is a reference to National brand resophonic guitars, which are very silvery and shiny, and are also used a lot in blues. Yes, there's also a play on words, with the mississippi delta being like a "national" guitar of the united states, but that makes no fucking sense without the reference. Why would a national guitar of the US be shiny?

it is said it is shiny

Clearly, art cannot exist in a vacuum, in some sealed-off Arcadia in the clouds. But then… how I adore Graceland. I remember exactly where I first heard it, sitting on the floor of a friend’s room in my first year of university, drinking cheap red wine. There’s a moment in the film where the drummer breaks into a grin at the riff of You Can Call Me Al. Perhaps we should just be glad it exists – but even more so that apartheid is over.

The Magic of "Graceland"
By Jay Nordlinger
January 28, 2014 5:32 PM 43 Comments

Clearly, art cannot exist in a vacuum, in some sealed-off Arcadia in the clouds. But then… how I adore Graceland. I remember exactly where I first heard it, sitting on the floor of a friend’s room in my first year of university, drinking cheap red wine. There’s a moment in the film where the drummer breaks into a grin at the riff of You Can Call Me Al. Perhaps we should just be glad it exists – but even more so that apartheid is over.

not to put too fine a point on it

meanwhile in MN, Meagan Pittelko is writing the most heartfelt thank-you note of her life

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/lucyjones/100065085/this-gotye-and-call-me-maybe-mash-up-could-be-number-one-for-the-rest-of-the-yeardecadehistory/

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It is even said that without Graceland, there would be no hiphop

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"without Graceland, there would be no hiphop"

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At av club andy battaglia was great back in the day.

Oh, apparently the 'no hip hop' argument is made in the Under African Skies documentary, rather than just being something the telegraph blogger invented. So I suppose she is correct that 'it is (even) said'

She didn't bother to take it to task so one can presume she believed it to be true.

sometimes just reporting the words is enough

Paul Simon time-traveled to the Bronx 1971 and performed Planet Rock at the Under the Sea dance.

it is believed that "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Grandmaster Paul & Gar-Funkenstein prophetically refers to the Marley Marl/KRS-One beef of the mid-late 80s.

Little known fact but he also paved the way for bands like Operation Ivy and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones with his song Ska-Bro Fare.

it is believed that "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Grandmaster Paul & Gar-Funkenstein prophetically refers to the Marley Marl/KRS-One beef of the mid-late 80s.

― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, January 29, 2014 10:23 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ftw

also recorded the early diss track "A Message to Benedict Art" after his group broke up

lol @ Ska-Bro Fare

I heard he hard-sonned Papoose in a battle last year in disguise, under the moniker "50 Wayz"

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Paul Simon time-traveled to the Bronx 1971 and performed Planet Rock at the Under the Sea dance.

― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Wednesday, January 29, 2014 10:17 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Afrika! Afrika, it's Marvin. Your cousin, Marvin Bambaataa. You know that new sound you're looking for? Well, listen to this!

omg lol

set...SPIKE!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/why-is-pop-music-stuck-on-the-same-old-song/article16557019/

why doesn't Beyonce write songs about Robbe-Grillet novels

can't believe that the guy who brought us "When it comes to selfies, James Franco could take a lesson from Lady Gaga" and "Can winter socks be both warm and dressy?" could stoop to this

In hip hop, the verses can be chanted rather than sung

*takes notes*

Five'll get you ten he's never read Alain-Grillet in his life. Otherwise he would have known that I Am Sasha Fierce is Beyonce's Les Gommes.

He also wrote this, lol: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-truth-about-publishing-its-full-of-hotties/article4322712/

But I have never in my whole career made a real pass at one of my colleagues or, I think, been flirtatious to the point of making someone seriously worried about my attention. Even when I was single.

Why has this guy not been arrested already?

What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. I love songs. I sing them in the shower sometimes. They can be poignant or cheery or angry and they can have catchy and satisfying melodies. There’s nothing wrong with songs.

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All songs – all of them, every single one, that is to say 100 per cent – must have a four-four time signature.

That's Burt Bacharach put in his place then.

Songs are great. I love songs. I sing them in the shower sometimes. They can be poignant or cheery or angry and they can have catchy and satisfying melodies.

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Oh, jeez, Russell Smith. He was a promising novelist that never lived up to the promise, then became Canada's most cringeworthy columnist. He's also a jerk and a snob, but that's getting ad-hominem.

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forgot i screencapped this

https://31.media.tumblr.com/0d40d8336fd30bab7c6f86f685b0ae43/tumblr_mwsquzE5kM1qzb8z0o1_400.png

dig that up for the woody allen thread?

just a coincidence but i sincerely await the avc column title about it