Music Criticism in Video Form

I have not though he didn't write or direct it? (I do see he has a producer credit but that could mean a lot of things.)

i don't know how fleshed out his policies are - his background and comments over the years suggests to me that he probably wouldn't do much for you re american exceptionalism in foreign policy, but is pro reforming the prison industry and drug enforcement laws. he's apparently making a documentary on the topic for hbo - spin writes about it: "By all indications, the doc is meant to make the case that a carefully-regimented boot camp system, mixing punishment and rehabilitation strategies, could be an effective substitute for long prison sentences, and a better way to combat recidivism." -- he was arrested a few times as a young person. more importantly to me he seems to genuinely care about people and want to do the right thing, and he seems very smart and capable. there's some ambiguity about whether he'd even run as a dem or rep which probably speaks to how he hasn't taken firm stances on extremely controversial positions. i'm not sure that troubles me so much tho.

the right is also way better at reorienting the discourse so it uses their words. 'political correctness,' 'sjws,' 'fake news'... all of those terms (and way too many others) are not neutral and when people who posit themselves as such use them it's extremely disheartening

otm -- SJW's is exclusively used to attack women and people who defend women, fake news is used exclusively to attack even lightly critical takes on Trump or the right wing, etc

lets not forget this

@ScottAdamsSays brings up the topic of #SJW's in Dilbert! :Dhttps://t.co/L9cRW86lZn pic.twitter.com/ruIfcJhRxu

— Ford Freestar (@I_AM_IRON_VAN) June 15, 2016

was not aware rock and tyrese were no longer friends

i thought it was those who complain about sjw's online all day who scream 'censorship!' at the slightest pushback

WHO'S THE REAL SNOWFLAKE???

Some more on that Rock/Tyrese thing

https://www.avclub.com/boy-tyrese-is-really-struggling-to-get-this-feud-wit-1819376604

We live in a weird world where @vincestaples and @RonnieRadke openly beef on Twitter. O_____o

— thee anthony fantano (@theneedledrop) October 15, 2017

Ain’t you get caught being alt right this ain’t a good day to interact with me broseph I’m giving out the full clip. https://t.co/9aHIUHpTMG

— Vince Staples (@vincestaples) October 15, 2017

pic.twitter.com/qaBEdbexiL

— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) October 15, 2017

god bless Vince Staples

wow all the defenders crowding the replies. the internet is great

@ScottAdamsSays brings up the topic of #SJW's in Dilbert! :Dhttps://t.co/L9cRW86lZn pic.twitter.com/ruIfcJhRxu
— Ford Freestar (@I_AM_IRON_VAN) June 15, 2016

I don't remember ever being asked to identify with the boss character when I used to read the strip with regularity (like 20 years ago). it's like one day Adams took this character he designed to be an antagonistic moron and decided "hey, he's right"

America did that too

"Understanding Ween"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaoQRn4XyDI

i dunno why i find this fascinating. feels like a different experience for the outre-music-neophyte to randomly encounter a whole comprehensive rundown of a fairly deep band's career with all the refs and in-jokes detailed instead of randomly encountering, say, a single song or a review of an album as an introduction. ween's kind of become a meme band i guess so ppl might hear 'ocean man' and then come find a vid like this. 70k views in a cpl weeks is pretty good.

wow that channel is more like 'understanding men'

hmm yeah actually let's talk about men vs women some more. i think men are better musicians and music critics. thoughts?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlKao_Pox5A

hey man i'm just posting about their somewhat alienating subject matter. feel free to mute me :)

lol i would never. but seriously whatever who cares i lost interest already. dudes lol.

man finally we found some nerdy dude in the internet willing to explain how "weird" ween is ad nauseum

It's unique, and has never been attempted, so hark! Hosannas!

Honestly I'm shocked the video isn't titled Ween: Explained. Youtube clickbait has ruined my trust. Is this like that stuff p4k does these days? You know ..."content"?

https://www.spin.com/2018/03/anthony-fantano-needle-drop-fader-settlement/?utm_source=share-tw&utm_medium=button

am i too online to wonder if charles harder is somehow involved

This fucking prick again.

Thank you to everyone who supported me and stood up for me. I learned who really cares about me, and won't forget that.

— 15-year-old Atheist (@theneedledrop) March 21, 2018

one for the history books

"The claims were settled"

well that's fucking ambiguous

Dude's awesome.

― ksh, Wednesday, June 9, 2010 1:02 AM (seven years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wtf

what was even objectionable about the article to the extent that it should be removed? iirc it did not even claim anything that wasn't veritably true

it hurt his feelings

if fantano didn't exist, RYM would immediately be about 15% better

not even really his fault

I blame his parents

15% better than horrible is still horrible on my calculator

the fact that The Fader lost a battle of ethics to this guy will be hilarious for a long, long time

https://youtu.be/LkqsexgTXYg?t=97

Apparently Fantano is touring? Can you imagine the crowd paying to see him speak? wtf

I saw that yesterday and wondered what the hell he does up there. Anyone ever seen a public appearance?

How much $ does this dude make a year, do we think?

admittedly I've never seen a live album review before

pretty much any moderately successful podcast goes on tour now... this rly isn't much different

That's fair. I have a hard time imagining him just up on stage alone talking for any length of time and people enjoying it. like, even if they likehis whole thing.

That's gonna be a dude heavy audience.

I want to go to one lol

i went to one in boston. it’s structured like a show - bands play sets and he gives talks in the middle

oh that's better. I'm glad it's not just him one man showing.

ian sweet played! they’re so good

Oh nice, I just discovered them (from the footer of an email organizing an interview with another band I like which is the weirdest way I've discovered a new band).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkqsexgTXYg&feature=youtu.be&t=97

https://youtu.be/LkqsexgTXYg?t=97