Can we at least get high in the morning?
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Friday, 31 October 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
Thinking up Ariel Pink puns is harder than I thought
― DDD, Friday, 31 October 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
Is it so hard it makes you want to die at Myagi's every night?
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Friday, 31 October 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
hardcore puns are fun it's just like chewing gum
― ET sippin the wig (spazzmatazz), Friday, 31 October 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
Hmm, these puns are delivering some Interesting Results.
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Friday, 31 October 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
can't wait to see how well this is received
― ET sippin the wig (spazzmatazz), Friday, 7 November 2014 15:16 (nine years ago) link
It's like Christmas for Ariel Pink insanityhttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/15/ariel-pink-pom-pom-4ad
http://www.spin.com/articles/ariel-pink-pom-pom-interview-eurythmics/
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 15 November 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link
Woah he looks just like Michael Monroe from Hanoi Rocks in that Guardian pic
― i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 15 November 2014 15:15 (nine years ago) link
Ariel is right about a lot. Not everything, but a lot.
― Cousin Slappy, Saturday, 15 November 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link
this almost brought the tears:
“I think I’ve given you enough,” he says finally, picking up his Camels as if he’s packing up a stall. I feel he’s tired of me, of interviews, of the whole world. As he goes to leave, he makes an untypically straightforward plea. “Don’t make me into a weird caricature of myself. I’m trying to be an individual, I’m not guarded. We should be able to air stuff without being hunted down.”
The most hated man in indie rock half turns back to me: “Just… say something nice.”
― hackshaw, Saturday, 15 November 2014 23:55 (nine years ago) link
Claiming "picking up his Camels as if he's packing up a POLL" for my Ariel Pink poll in 2018. Love this cat.
― Liquid Plejades, Sunday, 16 November 2014 00:06 (nine years ago) link
i love how p4k leads with this pic every time something happens
http://i.imgur.com/gPuji58.jpg
― ET sippin the wig (spazzmatazz), Sunday, 16 November 2014 01:36 (nine years ago) link
it almost brings the tears
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 16 November 2014 01:37 (nine years ago) link
Picture my gone sounds like
http://youtu.be/3tD6FayGPyw
― calstars, Sunday, 16 November 2014 17:10 (nine years ago) link
Kind of funny to discover all my favorite songs on this were actually written by Kim Fowley.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 16 November 2014 21:33 (nine years ago) link
"I was only repeating what Interscope told me about why they needed me. They’re not my opinions. It’s clickbait journalism. The media lies to us all the time, and we always believe the media. Then Grimes – who’s completely stupid and retarded to believe any of it – jumps in and has her two cents. I’m not a misogynist. Maybe she’s angry that I’m the male version of her, who was at 4AD before her.”
grimes hates men
― Raccoon Tanuki, Sunday, 16 November 2014 22:08 (nine years ago) link
guys, black ballerina is actually about ethics in gaming journalism
― give kawhi his damn eyedrops (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 16 November 2014 22:16 (nine years ago) link
can someone start the Ariel Pink biopic already just to make a scene for the above quote i posted.
― hackshaw, Sunday, 16 November 2014 22:26 (nine years ago) link
alex ross perry should prob direct it, he's v skilled at painting nuanced but excoriating pictures of american chauvinist art-narcissists
― give kawhi his damn eyedrops (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 16 November 2014 22:34 (nine years ago) link
This thread is getting really creepy
― i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 November 2014 03:25 (nine years ago) link
creepier than its subject?
― mookieproof, Monday, 17 November 2014 03:42 (nine years ago) link
cocaine man's got the portabello girl
― ET sippin the wig (spazzmatazz), Monday, 17 November 2014 05:49 (nine years ago) link
I'm just waiting to see what he has to do to finally get the majority of the hipsterati to despise him. short of actual crimes I'd rather not joke about (yet honestly wouldn't put past him if he's a junkie), I feel like it's gotta be vocal support for alex jones or some shit. or gamergate.
― give kawhi his damn eyedrops (slothroprhymes), Monday, 17 November 2014 12:00 (nine years ago) link
― i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, November 16, 2014 10:25 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm. dude is a total asshole and is wrong about pretty much everything except making somewhat good and interesting music.
― marcos, Monday, 17 November 2014 15:29 (nine years ago) link
Kind of surprised he's got a pretty low Meteoritic score right now.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 17 November 2014 15:30 (nine years ago) link
what is it with some people still railing against hipsterism in 2014, as if it's a thing that actually exists anymore? the koons is you!
― Cousin Slappy, Monday, 17 November 2014 20:27 (nine years ago) link
i mean, i suppose the people who jumped aboard his train with "round & round" and the haunted graffiti releases and would fall into the stereotypes one invokes w/that term have probably left him behind at this point, leaving behind mostly the TROO BELIEVERZ who dug him from the beginning and have all the rerequisite street cred
for the record im neither for or against hipsterdom (whether it exists or not) - its a reductive term i sometimes still use as shorthand, sue me
― give kawhi his damn eyedrops (slothroprhymes), Monday, 17 November 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
*shrugs*
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 01:47 (nine years ago) link
I don't know if it's me that's changed, or Ariel that's changed, or...it's just that I listen to pom pom and feel nothing. I've never felt this about any other album of his.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 01:48 (nine years ago) link
The filler on this has really exhausted itself for me. There are three stone cold classics - "Put Your Number in My Phone," "Black Ballerina," and "Dayzed Inn Daydreams."
― Pentenema Karten, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 03:00 (nine years ago) link
Why does the Spotify release sound about 1/2 as quiet and booming as the leak? (yes I have HQ streaming premium)
― Raccoon Tanuki, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 13:12 (nine years ago) link
Wait, it's only noticable on some songs, like Plastic Raincoats and Lipstick are really noticably quieter, but white frekles and four shadows are not
― Raccoon Tanuki, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 13:15 (nine years ago) link
Because the leaked version is brickwalled to shit
― DDD, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 13:59 (nine years ago) link
Why?
― Raccoon Tanuki, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 14:24 (nine years ago) link
xpost nah that doesn't make sense, b/c plastic raincoats is noticably quieter than white freckles
― Raccoon Tanuki, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 14:25 (nine years ago) link
Oh, now I get it. Sorry. You meant the leaked version is actually quieter than the Spotify version, right?
Judging by the leaked version, the Spotify version must sound terrible then
― DDD, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 15:01 (nine years ago) link
From Stereogum:
"raptor jesus | Posted on Nov 18th +10Do you like joy Doris? Do you like to smile? Grin? Giggle?
As a comparison point, I’m constantly reminded of The Fiery Furnaces’ “Blueberry Boat” as another album I’ve heard that’s long, all over the place, joyous and maybe a little off-putting by the odd lyrics. I think “pom pom” is 100% more accessible than “Blueberry Boat” but they both have those moments in the songs where they flip the script and never look back.
The first time I listened to the album, I thought “Jell-O” and “Nude Beach A Go-Go” were jokes and filler tracks. Then days later, I found myself humming the melodies and singing the lyrics. Now, I consider them essential tracks and easily the most fun songs on the album. Every time “Jell-O” starts now, I scream right along with Ariel with that huge cartoonish “YEEEAAAHHHH!” Same with the “Yeah!” at the end of “Nude Beach A Go-Go” SO MUCH FUN!
But it’s not all FUN! “Four Shadows” / “Not Enough Violence” / “Picture Me Gone” invert the fun times, creating this beautiful balance between light and dark. I’m usually overwhelmed and exhausted after hearing “Not Enough Violence” but then “Put Your Number in my Phone” sweeps in and takes me back to a happy place.
How about that break down in “Sexual Athletics” where right when you think it’s going to break open, the TV channel gets switched and it’s like Ariel’s doing a Spiritualized verse with, one of my favorite lyrics, “All I wanted was a girlfriend all my life… but she’s too sexual.” Then the drums kick in and it’s like an Animal Collective song. Lots of covered ground in that song alone.
But really, there’s a quick litmus test, do you like “Black Ballerina”? Because I think it’s one of the best songs of 2014 easily. If not, then… I don’t know what to tell you. Also, if you aren’t smiling while listening to this album, something isn’t working."
Comparing pom pom to Blueberry Boat is o_O
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 15:11 (nine years ago) link
xpost no I mean a selction of songs on the spotify are very quieter than the leak *and* the rest of the spotify songs. someone went in and did this to a selection of the songs but not all, my q is why?
― Raccoon Tanuki, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 16:07 (nine years ago) link
alright lets get this over with *rolls up ears*
― i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link
I like a lot of pink's music, have listened to his stuff for a long time, seen him live quite a bit etc etc and I don't like this album at all. To my ears, there's nothing that interesting sonically. At first it was weird how John maus-y this was but then I realized that it's probably what happens when you apply pink's aesthetic to a solo project
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 18:19 (nine years ago) link
Although I was singing white freckles while making coffee this morning so who knows
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 18:20 (nine years ago) link
i just A/B'd them tanooki, i'm not hearing it.
― ET sippin the wig (spazzmatazz), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 18:22 (nine years ago) link
I like a lot of pink's music, have listened to his stuff for a long time, seen him live quite a bit etc etc and I don't like this album at all. To my ears, there's nothing that interesting sonically
totally agree. felt the same way about mature themes (liked that one at first but grew very tired of it almost immediately). just not very interesting.
― marcos, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 18:32 (nine years ago) link
yeah I wasn't too into mature themes either but for whatever reason, for me, Live It Up really coheres into something that's instantly compelling
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
there's always been something, at the very least like one track in an album, that's made me go "holy shit!!!"
For whatever reason, he's been able to achieve, at times, a completely unique atmosphere that I actively want to exist in, but there's really nothing on pom pom that does that, and, to take it a step further, there's nothing on pom pom that seems like it would be rewarding if I were to stay with it in an attempt to understand what I'm not understanding
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 19:10 (nine years ago) link
just listened to this album and it kinda blew away my expectations tbh. the kid is talented.
― example (crüt), Friday, 21 November 2014 21:05 (nine years ago) link
he's 36
have some respect
― Number None, Friday, 21 November 2014 22:40 (nine years ago) link
I feel similarly. I don't really feeling like revisiting this. I'm over the wacky Ariel stuff for the most part and the "good" songs don't hold a candle to something like "Among Dreams" or "Strange Fires."
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 21 November 2014 23:49 (nine years ago) link
It's interesting that Doldrums really isn't that silly at all. I'd like to see it get some recognition so many years on.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 21 November 2014 23:50 (nine years ago) link
It's too lo fi for that to happen
― nostormo, Saturday, 22 November 2014 00:26 (nine years ago) link