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

But this is exactly why it's good satire. It's not meant to be "ha-ha" funny; it's meant to confront the ugly truth of how much American society really values the great artists in their midst. Real satire is rarely funny, and frequently seems cruel, because the reality it's pointing out is itself cruel and ugly and not fucking funny.

― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱)

otm

a shitty McSweeney's post just made its way to a major magazine's site

as part of a column that any reader over 18 knows is a humor column

that's cold, man, you think a 17 year old can't see the word 'humor' in the URL of a site's humor section?

our safesearch is set to "make the kid think all humor sites are true." no-one can challenge our asshole parenting style

the "omg i can't believe anyone would be fooled by this!" thing is mainly theoretical since the overwhelming majority of people who even read it did so after the brouhaha and SR's response already happened. but this probably popped up on the RSS reader or whatever of a few jazz fans who were momentarily confused and asked Rollins what was up, let's keep harping on how dumb they must be.

OK they're dumb. I don't know much about how Rollins talks and thinks and I could tell it wasn't him. You'd think his stans would have an advantage.

everybody knows Rollins said he thought it was funny right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j3LfPYqSZs

and gave a reading roughly in line with 誤訳侮辱's, that it was kind of a cutting piece, and expressed concern that people might have thought it was real

then after he thinks about that for a while he seems to change his mind, but his take seems readable as "taken as humor, fine; if people take it seriously, a drag"

Oh fuck anyone who thought this might be srs, that's just goofy

no one is saying people didn't know it was a humor column, aero, but the fact that "humor" on the internet in 2014 can mean "made up stuff" or "aggregated actual things that are also funny" is where the confusion lies...

the irony of protecting old people from a humor column started circa the great depression

it's about a year older than sonny rollins

FAVE OUTRAGE:

http://nicholaspayton.wordpress.com/2014/08/04/on-the-new-yorker-satirizing-sonny/

"It’s about as funny as some White people think it is to let their kids run wild in a restaurant or on an airplane terrorizing the other patrons. It’s about as funny as how those kids grow up to be government officials who terrorize Africans or Palestinians."

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#BAM

— Nicholas Payton aka The Savior of Archaic Pop

Here’s one of the most respected American periodicals posting a picture of a somber-faced Sonny with a piece “in his own words,” rhapsodizing about how he hates music and he’s wasted his life. Where’s the humor in that?

Where indeed?

he has a whole journal dedicated to his sax sound fyi

― john wahey (NickB), Wednesday, August 6, 2014 5:03 PM (1 hour ago)

rollin's tone

― john wahey (NickB), Wednesday, August 6, 2014 5:03 PM (1 hour ago)

overlooked

someone post an example of terrible music writing please.

― 3kDk (dog latin), Wednesday, August 6, 2014 11:22 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nothing by me please.

― 3kDk (dog latin), Wednesday, August 6, 2014 11:22 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

rollin's tone

http://forum.minecraftpvp.com/uploads/default/8609/ed420441ea3f654e.jpg

shame about the errant apostrophe

Rollins Banned.

Rollins Suggest Banned.

Rollins rollins rollins I ain't slept in weeks

right i read the joke here as 'isn't it absurd to imagine this guy who publicly has taken such joy in this music for decades to have actually been truly miserable all along'

the tone deafness there being that of course, there was a lot of misery along the way

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, August 5, 2014 10:20 AM (Yesterday)

i took the joke to be, "well-respected artist is horrifyingly bitter about the complete futility of his life in a retrospective profile piece." we typically expect such things to consist of fondly-remembered peak experiences and reassuring life lessons. NYer piece upends the form, using rollins only as a jumping off point. all you need to know about him to get it is that he's a jazz dude. it'd work just as well with carl sagan or mary lou retton. the best jokes are all simple inversion: "that was the worst day of my life."

no such thing as bad publicity imho

it'd work just as well with carl sagan or mary lou retton. the best jokes are all simple inversion: "that was the worst day of my life."

― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Wednesday, August 6, 2014 7:55 PM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

'isn't it absurd to imagine this guy who publicly has taken such joy in science for decades to have actually been truly miserable all along'

'isn't it absurd to imagine this woman who publicly has taken such joy in gymnastics for decades to have actually been truly miserable all along'

idk i think imagining it as a joke about the lion in winter profile piece is exceedingly high concept but

I was looking for a DJ rich list and found this. I thought it was a parody at first - the Moby entry is particularly special.

http://www.top10covered.com/top-10-richest-djs-2014-net-worth

Music has no boundaries and that is certainly true.

that moby entry really is a treat

i dunno, that is just some one horse webpage, every entry is written by this guy:

About Author Manishk

Manish Khatri is an acclaimed writer who's good at what he's doing. He writes about various subjects related to relationships, social media, tech reviews, gadgets, health, travel, etc.

i did enjoy the characterisation of rooney as "this short player from England (who) looks to be very pale" from here though:

http://www.top10covered.com/top-10-best-football-strikers-world

that's not even Moby in the picture is it??

we are all made of stars

stellar buffoonery

would have liked to hear some of those entries turned into a Wesley Willis song

similar style to this site:

http://listdose.com/top-10-best-famous-jazz-musicians/

Benny Goodman is among the most respectable and famous Jazz musician, he is esteemed at such an extent that his clarinet is among the world’s most expensive musical instruments today

Miles Devis

http://www.top10covered.com/top-10-popular-countries-monarchical-government

[Nat King Cole] was very famous for his unique and pulchritudinous soft voice.

!

Okay, that one is a keeper.

Miles Devis

at least he acknowledges the importance of that Louis Armstrong classic “what a beautiful world is”.

lol

Music is a very important part of life, music has the power to change a person’s mood in a blink of an eye, it is capable of making you smile, and it is also capable of making a person cry. Music can bring a person back to life, it can make you enthusiastic, and it can inspire you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CK2hx377iU

music can make your soul less hungry, and it can feed your soul.

describing Monk as a singer gives the game away. It seems quite mean sneering at someone who is just making "content" and grappling with English as a 2nd language. I'd guess the author knows this is a load of shite, it is the hacks who purr away at their perceptiveness and ingenuity whilst talking a load of shite who deserve the real contempt.

http://sherly.mobile9.com/download/media/446/rastasmile_XXfBedHk.jpg

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2014/08/in_defense_of_sublime.php

i think this is really it. the one. the one we've been waiting for.