Ever get this sensation?
Lately I wonder if I keep doing this thing as it is all I know, my only source of income, or just part of my personality. Then I think, perhaps to want to quit is defeatism or negativity.
Or perhaps I am jaded and bored with this.
Any similar experiences?
-- Ronan, Thursday, 27 September 2007 14:44 (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
You mean DJing?
-- jaymc, Thursday, 27 September 2007 14:45 (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
writing about music mainly, I guess I could still DJ
-- Ronan, Thursday, 27 September 2007 14:46 (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
ILx
-- Misery, Thursday, 27 September 2007 14:46 (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
Misery OTM.
-- kv_nol, Thursday, 27 September 2007 14:49 (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
Oh. I didn't know you wrote about music.
-- jaymc, Thursday, 27 September 2007 14:50 (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 28 September 2007 09:30 (sixteen years ago) link
???
― kv_nol, Friday, 28 September 2007 11:42 (sixteen years ago) link
relax, he's zinging ronan. unless you're displaying a bit of shamrock solidarity!
― scourage, Friday, 28 September 2007 11:56 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought you were banned? Is there to be no respite?
I didn't think there was a zing in the exchange, that's why I questioned it.
― kv_nol, Friday, 28 September 2007 12:00 (sixteen years ago) link
I think jaymc's saying Ronan might have mentioned writing about music once or twice?
jaymc not knowing something about you is a zing in itself, I suppose...
― onimo, Friday, 28 September 2007 12:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I suppose... Still a beat of a stretch though. Clearer zings in future please people.
― kv_nol, Friday, 28 September 2007 12:02 (sixteen years ago) link
If it's quality zings you want, here's an absolute peach from AAD:
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While I appreciate the zest implied by your choice of punctuation, I was hoping for something more codswalloping, such as "M. White serves his guests lower-mid-range California chardonnay at 42 degrees, in hopes that their tongues will be too deadened by cold to detect the overly-oaky front end and the pronouncedly-grassy finish. Plus his off-the-shelf Fruit-of-the-Loom undergarments are more dullish than dazzling."
This sort of thing makes him snort like an irritated goat.
-- Aimless, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 17:41 (1 month ago) Link
How bout: "Aimless's teh topdog M.white's teh fagtog"
-- Heave Ho, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 21:08 (1 month ago) Link
This comes distressingly close to disproving the contention that brevity is the soul of wit.
-- Aimless, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 21:45 (1 month ago) Link
― scourage, Friday, 28 September 2007 12:21 (sixteen years ago) link
give me a minute to process zing
― deej, Friday, 28 September 2007 13:06 (sixteen years ago) link
o-deej must contemplate.
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:48 (sixteen years ago) link
That's not a zing, that's just how Ask a Drunk works, the less funny posters just provide fodder for Aimless to make witty coments on
― Heave Ho, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:51 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah fuckin riot
― gff, Friday, 28 September 2007 14:52 (sixteen years ago) link
SUIT ONE "Who's this Streets guy then who seems to be popular with the cashpoints, I mean, urm, kids . . .?"
SUIT TWO "I don't know, Quispian, but he seems a bit too clever, he's got opinions and things and he seems pro-drugs. An association with him might mean we sell less Corrs albums"
SUIT ONE "I like the Corrs"
SUIT TWO "So do I"
SUIT ONE "I know lets get some no-brainer no-talent idiots and get them to do something similar but less contravesial. Dumb it down a bit too so Joe CreditDetails doesn't have to think about the content"
SUIT TWO "Bonza idea, Quispian, now lets load up on rohypnol, go down the Met bar and indulge in some fcuk alcopops and date rape"
SUIT ONE "Excellent, I've not done that for a few hours . . . "
-- Lynskey (Lynskey), Friday, 24 January 2003 16:47 (4 years ago) Link
Oh for fuck sake, ignoring the fact that any parody of "those fat cat record execs" is about as interesting as painting skirting boards white, the Audio Bullys are house, the Streets aren't. So if you don't like that that's fine but spare us these constant bullshit comparisons with acts from totally different genres who also happen to have a fucking London accented MC. I mean this must be the 10th time! AUDIO BULLYS ARE HOUSE, HENCE THE 4/4, and though I don't think there's anything fucking controversial about the Streets in the first place I resent the suggestion that a totally different act is somehow dumbed down just cos you don't like them. Apples and oranges.
-- Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 24 January 2003 16:55 (4 years ago) Link
Aw shucks. At least I touched a nerve, mission accomplished.
-- Lynskey (Lynskey), Friday, 24 January 2003 17:15 (4 years ago) Link
I wouldn't bother setting your sights any higher if that's the usual standard of hackneyed crap you come out with.
-- Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 24 January 2003 17:21 (4 years ago) Link
― and what, Saturday, 29 September 2007 00:11 (sixteen years ago) link
http://images.indymedia.org/imc/barcelona/capitalism.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 29 September 2007 00:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Pwnan
― am0n, Saturday, 29 September 2007 01:48 (sixteen years ago) link
It's fascinating that expensive chart-aimed male hip-hop almost always reserves the amount of emotion Kanye expends on Jay-Z for songs about mamas or baby mamas. This kind of conflicted guy-on-guy thing is unusual.
-- Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Saturday, September 29, 2007 2:34 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
enjoy yr slash
-- da croupier, Saturday, September 29, 2007 2:35 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
― Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, 29 September 2007 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Should have been a Mark Grout thread.
-- Dom Passantino, Saturday, September 29, 2007 6:27 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link
You don't read that every day.
-- Noodle Vague, Saturday, September 29, 2007 6:28 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link
Things you don't read every day: what's on your iPod?
-- Dom Passantino, Saturday, September 29, 2007 6:32 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link
― s1ocki, Monday, 1 October 2007 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
When the "Matthew Perpetua has never heard any music by black people" wikipedia was pointed out to me the other day, I had this really conflicted reaction, half "what the fuck, what an asshole, since when do I not listen to music by black people" and "ha, that's a pretty funny bit of assholery."
I did go to Parsons, though.
-- Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Saturday, November 12, 2005 9:16 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Link
you are the one, that likes indie?
-- terry lennox. (gareth), Saturday, November 12, 2005 10:03 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Link
― and what, Thursday, 4 October 2007 19:35 (sixteen years ago) link
(that's one of my all-time favorite McSweeney's lists)
-- kenan, Saturday, August 11, 2007 10:12 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Link
i didn't know custos wrote a mcsweeney's list
-- aaron d.g., Saturday, August 11, 2007 1:07 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Link
― and what, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:44 (sixteen years ago) link
i think the implication is plain.
i suppose i am so BORED with
-godard -debord -deleuze -warhol -mcluhan
as '60s godheads.
-- That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 10 September 2007 17:25 (3 weeks ago)
Thanks for telling us how bored you are; we are edified by your boredom.
-_- ~~~ zzzzzzzzzzzz
-- elmo argonaut, Monday, 10 September 2007 17:29 (3 weeks ago)
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 7 October 2007 00:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Business is considering investing in a company called 'Zingmobile'!
Good idea? y/n
― S-, Monday, 8 October 2007 00:46 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^ban
-- Dom Passantino, Sunday, 7 October 2007 13:24 (2 days ago) Link
What's your problem, Dom?
-- Tuomas, Sunday, 7 October 2007 13:26 (2 days ago) Link
Why do you want to ban three little pyramids?
-- Tuomas, Sunday, 7 October 2007 13:32 (2 days ago) Link
lol
-- latebloomer, Sunday, 7 October 2007 13:35 (2 days ago) Link
Seriously though, isn't just posting "ban X" like the laziest form of critique ever? It doesn't say anything at all.
-- Tuomas, Monday, 8 October 2007 14:16 (Yesterday) Link
Its ok he's a music writer he's used to it.
-- Trayce, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 01:04 (16 minutes ago) Link
― deej, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 01:27 (sixteen years ago) link
sort of like an alley oop, tuomas not quite there but trayce w the slam dunk
― deej, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 01:42 (sixteen years ago) link
That one was a wide open goal! =)
― Trayce, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 01:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Hating Achewood is basically hating the English language.
-- Dan I., Tuesday, October 9, 2007 11:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
That is the most OTM yet.
-- Casuistry, Tuesday, October 9, 2007 11:27 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
Sweet monkeyfucking Jesus is that not true.
-- Oilyrags, Tuesday, October 9, 2007 11:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
QED
-- Dan I., Wednesday, October 10, 2007 12:09 AM (51 seconds ago) Bookmark Link
― river wolf, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 00:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Is it too late for me to say that they all fuckin' suck?
-- Alex in NYC, Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:41 PM (11 minutes ago)
It's never too late to make yourself look like a joyless tool, Alex.
-- Tracer Hand, Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:47 PM (4 minutes ago)
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 15:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Future Days in a Silent Way they even rhyme.
-- strgn, Friday, October 12, 2007 9:16 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link
i regret this thread.
-- strgn, Friday, October 12, 2007 9:22 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Sunday, 14 October 2007 07:31 (sixteen years ago) link
yo spence put that shit on a cream colored american apparel shirt and sell it for $10 a pop, i guarantee you will get crazy profit
-- omar little, Sunday, October 14, 2007 7:00 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
― strgn, Monday, 15 October 2007 08:18 (sixteen years ago) link
blunt = 50 cent?
-- balls, Tuesday, October 16, 2007 5:19 AM (57 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
my flow's less dreary tho
-- blunt, Tuesday, October 16, 2007 5:20 AM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
barely
-- moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, October 16, 2007 6:14 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 06:17 (sixteen years ago) link
it might be the flu, i'm all aches and pains.
-- darraghmac, Tuesday, October 16, 2007 4:07 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
are you sure it's not the crushing weight of your jejune mediocrity?
-- Tracer Hand, Tuesday, October 16, 2007 4:09 PM (32 seconds ago) Bookmark Link
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 15:10 (sixteen years ago) link
wau
― sleep, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 15:13 (sixteen years ago) link
i was just going to post that. here's the rest:
i'm not even going to look that up, i'm sick.
-- darraghmac, Tuesday, October 16, 2007 11:09 AM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
so are we.
-- Tracer Hand, Tuesday, October 16, 2007 11:16 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
― lauren, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 15:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Tracer Hand actually Martin Jol.
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 15:54 (sixteen years ago) link
why are we affording basic human courtesy to someone who lied to & hurt like 10 difft honest ppl on ilx? and oops too
-- and what, Tuesday, October 16, 2007 12:41 PM (15 minutes ago)
― am0n, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
What I don't get is, why didn't any of these 10 people she supposedly fooled call her bluff on ILX? Well okay, obviously they were shamed, but wouldn't that have been the best way to get back at her, and also warn eveyone else not to make the same mistake?
-- Tuomas, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 16:45 (6 minutes ago) Link
Because it's humiliating, Tuomas!
-- roxymuzak, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 16:46 (6 minutes ago) Link
Explaining humiliating may take some time there.
-- Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 16:46 (5 minutes ago) Link
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 17:34 (sixteen years ago) link
[...] Plus I'm sorry if this is a little too normalizing and stereotypical of a thing to say, but it was a little hard to believe that some LA hot-chick party girl spent her nights flirting with every average dork on the internet.
-- nabisco, Tuesday, October 16, 2007 9:50 PM (29 seconds ago) Bookmark Link
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 20:52 (sixteen years ago) link
nabisco-newyoker.jpg
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 21:03 (sixteen years ago) link
when people are deprived of food in their infancy, they lose IQ
-- Heave Ho, Wednesday, October 17, 2007 11:16 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link
that been your personal experience?
-- s1ocki, Wednesday, October 17, 2007 11:16 AM (18 seconds ago) Bookmark Link
― sleep, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 15:18 (sixteen years ago) link
ethan knows a joke
-- Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, October 17, 2007 2:19 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
just one though
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link
my back is got, cheers bro!
if the zing's funny, to be fair, i don't honestly mind these days.
-- Just got offed, Wednesday, October 17, 2007 5:16 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
You tossed a dude off
-- Dom Passantino, Wednesday, October 17, 2007 9:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
― jabba hands, Thursday, 18 October 2007 02:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Shut the fuck up, I listened to a Hefner album within the last month.
-- Dom Passantino, Thursday, 18 October 2007 09:36 (46 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
And I put some Toto tracks on my iPod.
I guess Toto are old enough for you to accept then. It's the idea of a band formed after the mid 80s and writing traditional songs that you cannot accept.
-- Geir Hongro, Thursday, 18 October 2007 10:12 (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
― That mong guy that's shit, Thursday, 18 October 2007 09:45 (sixteen years ago) link
o snap
― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 18 October 2007 15:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Damn, Hongro like the wolf!
― Jon Lewis, Thursday, 18 October 2007 15:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I gotta lay low for a while after that, fucking stings.
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 18 October 2007 15:53 (sixteen years ago) link
i love how geir assumes that everyone else has complex and flawed psychological motives for not thinking exactly like him
― s1ocki, Thursday, 18 October 2007 16:08 (sixteen years ago) link
have you noticed he's kind of craaaaaazy
― s1ocki, Thursday, 18 October 2007 16:22 (sixteen years ago) link
what a character!
thumbs up!
― pretzel walrus, Thursday, 18 October 2007 16:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Hongro like the wolf, A+
― kenan, Thursday, 18 October 2007 16:35 (sixteen years ago) link
'principled' non-voters like morbz & rapey mo are like the overqualified unemployed dude who wont even look at any job that pays less than $300k a year so he ends up sleeping on his mom's couch watching divorce court every day for the rest of his life
-- and what, Thursday, October 18, 2007 2:42 PM
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 18 October 2007 23:33 (sixteen years ago) link
While it's possible to cherry-pick exceptions ever since, Frere-Jones does so selectively, overlooking the likes of Royal Trux or the Afghan Whigs in the 1990s,
why do I suspect that if this line had come from the SFJ article he'd presently be getting raked both ways over the coals for citing Royal Trux as counterexample to the "does not swing" trend
-- J0hn D., Thursday, 18 October 2007 23:30 (6 minutes ago) Link
(excepting what would be a self-cite obv)
-- J0hn D., Thursday, 18 October 2007 23:31 (5 minutes ago) Link
it's kind of amazing what you've been reduced to pointing out in this save-a-ho gambit, john
-- da croupier, Thursday, 18 October 2007 23:33 (3 minutes ago) Link
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 18 October 2007 23:47 (sixteen years ago) link