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― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:27 (fourteen years ago) link
innocent fairy prince sullied & sexualised by music business is certainly a trope on JN messageboards
she's been singing about sex (albeit: weirdly) since her first album!
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyone taking bets as to whether she'll be on a Twilight soundtrack eventually?
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
who cares?
http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/100223/Joanna-Newsom_240.jpg
am liking this look, maybe too much side boob?
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
From the review ksh just linked -- is this an indirect response to J0hn D.'s comment, upthread?
EW: Some people do look at a song as a chore if it’s over 10 minutes. They might say, “This is good, but I have to warn you—it’s ten minutes long and has a harp.”JN: (laughs) Yeah, I understand that, but of course when a person writes music—I guess this isn’t the case with some death metal music where the intention is slightly different—but in general I feel when someone’s writing something it’s because it sounds good to them. Their instinct is to do what sounds pretty, and sounds good, and to me that’s what I do. So obviously when I hear it I go, “good job, self, you’ve made a song that sounded the way you want it to sound.” And then of course there’s not that many people who feel the same way about it. But there’s enough.
JN: (laughs) Yeah, I understand that, but of course when a person writes music—I guess this isn’t the case with some death metal music where the intention is slightly different—but in general I feel when someone’s writing something it’s because it sounds good to them. Their instinct is to do what sounds pretty, and sounds good, and to me that’s what I do. So obviously when I hear it I go, “good job, self, you’ve made a song that sounded the way you want it to sound.” And then of course there’s not that many people who feel the same way about it. But there’s enough.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
You will be.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:31 (fourteen years ago) link
For reference, J0hn's comment:
yeah if I'm listening to 13-minute epic songs in a rock/pop mode they better have a shredding solo and some wicked distortion or I want my money back, that is just how I break it down to an extent
xpost to myself
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:32 (fourteen years ago) link
[q]who cares?
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weird choice of... verb?
http://z.about.com/d/bestsellers/1/0/O/3/-/-/I_Am_America.jpg
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
also drag city is gonna sell a lot of this album--by 2010 standards anyway.
Emphasis on the "drag" for this long-ass album, amirite?
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:34 (fourteen years ago) link
D+
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I'll be here all week!
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:36 (fourteen years ago) link
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― ksh, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:37 (fourteen years ago) link
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― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:40 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't care why he's gone or what his deal is - I demand the presence of L0u1s Jagg3r on this thread
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
seconded
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:49 (fourteen years ago) link
does anyone know any women that tolerate Ms. Newsome?
― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:51 (fourteen years ago) link
my chick likes her
― max, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:52 (fourteen years ago) link
I will have to endure a long spiel about "the artistry" of this album before I decide not to listen to it.
― Captain Ahab, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
don't you mean the ARRRRRRRRRRR-tistry, Ahab?
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I hear there's one, evidently somebody who dates ilxor.com user "max"
other than that, no
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:57 (fourteen years ago) link
i think she probably tolerates herself, she seems fairly self-confident
― max, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
friend of mine met his now-wife at a joanna newsom concert. true story.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
it is true that a lot of women reserve a special level of distaste for her. though maybe that's just "a lot of _people_"??
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link
I've convinced every girlfriend I've had since her debut that she is a goddess (to the point that they become simultaneously jealous/in love themselves)
― Space Is The Place, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 21:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Most of the women I know like her more than I do.
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 21:18 (fourteen years ago) link
"I'm leaving you.""Why?""I, umm...you know what? I'm in love with that singer you love so much.""Joanna Newsome?""Yeah, Joanna Newsome. I love her too much to be with you any more. You understand, right?""Yeah! Absolutely!""Cool. I sent Joanna Newsome the money I owe you, too, OK?""Of course!""You're the best. See you at the Joanna Newsome show next fall?""See you there!"scene
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link
applause
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 21:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah she seems to have a pretty big fanbase among 20-something women. Not sure where this "women hate her" thing comes from.
― Ari (whenuweremine), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link
30-something women?
― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 21:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Uh-oh
― Moodles, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 21:42 (fourteen years ago) link
591 notes
― ksh, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Who is "joanna fucking newsom" and is there also a "joanna staying-pure-until-marriage newsom" out there?
xpost
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 21:48 (fourteen years ago) link
what a horribly formed "joke"
― HIDEREggerian Philosophy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
tumblrs very much in character
― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 21:55 (fourteen years ago) link
I love how ksh consistently & mercilessly equates volume with import
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 22:07 (fourteen years ago) link
He must consider Robert Pollard to be the most consistently awesome songwriter ever!
― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I love how ksh consistently & mercilessly equates volume with import― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.)
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.)
Explain?
― ksh, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 22:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh, I see.
― ksh, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 22:14 (fourteen years ago) link
her titties ain't that big
― KOOL-AID MAN, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
are you talking about Joanna Newsom or the hipster puppy (you sick fuck)?
― Jack the Dude-Kicker (HI DERE), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
This is me saying, "wow, there are a lot of people talking about this (many of whom, of course, are just zinging)," not "this is important."
― ksh, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 22:16 (fourteen years ago) link
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, February 23, 2010 8:28 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
oh for sure!, but there's a cultish sect perturbed by her departing from the insular world they imagined her in. i recall reading up on her australian shows and just about getting some idea of a setlist in between fans reassuring one another that she was wearing her hair down, wasn't wearing any high-fashion clothes or hotpants, etc etc. i wrote & deleted a long post cataloguing some of these insane JN-fan insecurities awhile ago, it's kinda hard to preserve anonymity. they're particularly frenzied re: baby birch.
― Norman Mail (schlump), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 22:16 (fourteen years ago) link
OMG SHE HAS HER HAIR UP
REAL ELVES DON'T PUT THEIR HAIR UP
SHE ISN'T A PIXIE, SHE IS A SELLOUT
FUCK YOU JOANNA NEWSOM, BROUGHT TO YOU BY ALBERTO V.05
― Jack the Dude-Kicker (HI DERE), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link
We sit here stranded, though we're all doin' our best to deny it
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 22:19 (fourteen years ago) link
this is the most gorgeous thing I've heard in a really long time
jesus. what the hell.
― gman59, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 22:19 (fourteen years ago) link
If I'm hyperbolic when talking about Newsom's music--and I know that, at times, I am--it's because I really appreciate what she's doing, I really like her first two records, and I'm looking forward to listening to the new one soon. She's one of my favorite artists. But I'm not claiming that she's objectively the "greatest artist" or something, and I'm not claiming that other people are incorrect in their distaste for her.
― ksh, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 22:19 (fourteen years ago) link
why haven't you listened to the new one yet
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 22:23 (fourteen years ago) link
so, like, what's goin' on here?
― your favorite toy dinosaur ruined my asshole (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 22:26 (fourteen years ago) link
*straightens collar*
― joagga lousome (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 22:27 (fourteen years ago) link