2018 is the 25th anniversary of my passionate attachment to Arab music, and George Wassouf was possibly the first Arab singer I really cared about, even if his flaws and limitations have become glaringly obvious over time. So there is an excuse for my half-assed threads and thread revivals on related interest.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 9 February 2018 00:11 (six years ago) link
Oh and good audio quality for a change, which might have something to do with this having been posted by someone whose last name happen to be Wassouf.
Does that two-man chorus ever crack a smile?
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 9 February 2018 00:12 (six years ago) link
I understand you liking his singing, despite your reference to his flaws and limitations. Just read about him still supporting Assad in Syria, which is unfortunate.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 9 February 2018 16:31 (six years ago) link
Assad has the support of the majority of Syrians. I think external attempts at regime change, largely driven by Jews who want to see Syria balkanized is unfortunate.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 9 February 2018 16:53 (six years ago) link
I think it's unfortunate that Jews have such a disproportionate influence on US foreign policy.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 9 February 2018 16:54 (six years ago) link
The (Zionist dominated) US and its friends have been using terrorist proxy forces for the last several years to try to destroy Syria and you are whining about Assad. Thank god Russia was there to step in, even if for its own self-interested reasons.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 9 February 2018 16:59 (six years ago) link
Of course, the anti-Russian propaganda built up shortly after Russia's intervention. And the Jewish dominated western media fell into place, didn't it? Not Jewish dominated? Not Jewish pundits everywhere you look in the media when these issues are discussed?
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 9 February 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link
:-/
― the late great, Friday, 9 February 2018 17:49 (six years ago) link
maybe I've not paid close enough attention but I'm surprised (and obv disappointed) to see you come out with this antisemitic rubbish rudi
― ogmor, Friday, 9 February 2018 17:59 (six years ago) link
Your anti-Semitism is disgusting, plus you don't have the facts right on Syria and who supports Assad and who doesn't
― curmudgeon, Friday, 9 February 2018 18:05 (six years ago) link
well that certainly took a turn
― mh, Friday, 9 February 2018 18:58 (six years ago) link
agree w/ curmudgeon
― the late great, Friday, 9 February 2018 19:00 (six years ago) link
it's gross
― the late great, Friday, 9 February 2018 19:01 (six years ago) link
Banned.
― mod, Friday, 9 February 2018 19:11 (six years ago) link
good
― the late great, Friday, 9 February 2018 19:12 (six years ago) link
thanks mods
― sleeve, Friday, 9 February 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link
sadly, the takeaway will likely be "it's unfortunate that Jews have such a disproportionate influence on ILX moderation."
― the late great, Friday, 9 February 2018 19:17 (six years ago) link
we were founded as a group of snake handlers, and we'll die as a group of snake handlers
― mh, Friday, 9 February 2018 19:22 (six years ago) link
Correct call by mods, although he was one of the only folks here into salsa and bomba & other Afro-Latino genres, plus middle-eastern vocalists
― curmudgeon, Friday, 9 February 2018 21:47 (six years ago) link
was rudipherous the same poster as rockist scientist?
if so i'll be really disappointed because i liked that guy
― the late great, Friday, 9 February 2018 21:52 (six years ago) link
I believe so :(
― sleeve, Friday, 9 February 2018 21:56 (six years ago) link
This definitely isn't a first offence. I can remember some milder but still FP-worthy antisemitic nonsense from the same poster before. But that shit belongs in The Daily Mail comments section.
― calzino, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:07 (six years ago) link
he's a homophobe too fwiw
― brimstead, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:13 (six years ago) link
aye, that's him. I've seen him say stuff before on ilx but maybe not quite as explicit as this
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:15 (six years ago) link
ugh
― the late great, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:26 (six years ago) link
Some years back he once nicely sent me a salsa mixtape, but sometime later, out of the blue, emailed to me a 9/11 conspiracy theory. Responded back that I wasn't interested and never heard from him direct again.
He was "Rockist Scientist" before. The Ulm Kulthum thread and a couple other threads largely feature posts from music he was listening to. Posted a fair amount on the most recent ILX top albums or tracks thread (and seemed to keep his focus there on the music ).
― curmudgeon, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:27 (six years ago) link
I've always thought of him as a v good poster on ilm with fairly unique taste but it's disappointing to see him say what he has.
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:29 (six years ago) link
^^ yeah agree w that, extremely disappointing
― the late great, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:35 (six years ago) link
wow this thread, jeeze.
― ian, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:40 (six years ago) link
i had somehow completely missed any red flag posts from him before. i think he's been on ilx longer than me and i started on here in 2005 maybe?
― khat person (jim in vancouver), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:42 (six years ago) link
When some ILM posters post about anything other than music, you sometimes realise you might have met them before on that bad trip you had through the 9 circles of hell, or The Comments Section as some would have it.
― calzino, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:42 (six years ago) link
You might want to check a thread called Butthole Surfers- Classic or dud? he seems troubled of late :(
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:45 (six years ago) link
yeah maybe he had some kind of break
― Winter. Dickens. Yes. (Jon not Jon), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:50 (six years ago) link
ah, having just spied that butthole surfers thread he is definitely not a well man
― khat person (jim in vancouver), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:50 (six years ago) link
oh god i missed that thread revival but...yeah
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Friday, 9 February 2018 23:16 (six years ago) link
if anyone knows him irl it might be a good idea to check he's ok.
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Friday, 9 February 2018 23:17 (six years ago) link
Shit.
― how's life, Friday, 9 February 2018 23:30 (six years ago) link
Apparently lives in Albuquerque. Formerly known as Rockist Scientist. Re-regged under this name in 2009.
― how's life, Friday, 9 February 2018 23:39 (six years ago) link
see also R S LaRue (? ) for even more old school posts, I think
― sleeve, Saturday, 10 February 2018 00:07 (six years ago) link
I did enjoy the Wassouf clip. And I will check in with Rudipherous (virtually).
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 10 February 2018 00:39 (six years ago) link
Yeesh, only just saw what was happening.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 February 2018 00:42 (six years ago) link
that BS thread progression does not bode well
― mh, Saturday, 10 February 2018 00:53 (six years ago) link
The various Radio ones are my favorites actually. I never tire of them. They allow me to imagine i'm somewhere more exotic and interesting than Joliet, Illinois.
― VyrnaKnowlIsAHeadbanger, Saturday, 10 February 2018 01:08 (six years ago) link
Wow just read the last few posts and yeah the anti-Semitism caught me by surprise and is a major bummer. I guess i should check that Butts thread. The way you guys are talking makes me wonder if this may be another Bimble type situation. I hope not.
― VyrnaKnowlIsAHeadbanger, Saturday, 10 February 2018 01:24 (six years ago) link
Wow! I really hope this guy will be o.k. That is a really odd read. Re: the butts thread
― VyrnaKnowlIsAHeadbanger, Saturday, 10 February 2018 01:39 (six years ago) link
i understand what dude said was kind of alarming and p vile, but is it really possible to care about someone's wellbeing while also instantly excommunicating and shunning them? would it be so bad to unban him and attempt to dialogue?
― sleepingbag, Saturday, 10 February 2018 01:44 (six years ago) link
good question for the moderator request board
― mh, Saturday, 10 February 2018 01:55 (six years ago) link
Suck my asshole, sleepingbag
― khat person (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 10 February 2018 02:04 (six years ago) link
Ack, I got into Shiina Ringo years ago because of the ILM thread, which Rudipherous was largely responsible for keeping alive.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Saturday, 10 February 2018 02:20 (six years ago) link
he's been posting a long time and his music knowledge is deep; the thing this place has over specialist / focused lists is the ability to cross-reference completely across genre, it's the people who make the connective links between wildly different artists who make the deepest contributions and I hope he's ok
― Milton Parker, Saturday, 10 February 2018 02:26 (six years ago) link