MIA

i never knew they even existed and now want to have some more than ever.

MIA should advertise them.

right, nothing about the truffle fries episode actually disproves hirschberg's point though, right? either in specifically retelling that anecdote or the more general one. specifically it's not that lefty-liberal political activists can't eat poncy foods, it's her lack of self-awareness in proclaiming herself to be an "outsider" while being someone that the new york times will buy truffle fries for. lady, you're establishment. this is ok! you wanted it! own it!

the general point about mia being a div who doesn't actually have a political message at all stands regardless.

She should shill truffle fries ... for charity!

"Are you tired of regular fries whose taste is ... missing in action? Try New MIA Truffle Fries! They've got a taste that's downright RADICAL!!!"

it's her lack of self-awareness in proclaiming herself to be an "outsider" while being someone that the new york times will buy truffle fries for

You are of course aware that this doesn't matter, like, at all, right?

Can someone please start a MAYA thread on which the words "truffle fries" are verboten? I tried yesterday but it didn't go through. Would be good to discuss the record rather than going around in circles.

Is the record out? Until then, it's holding period time, no?

Yeah it's too early for a thread I think, it'll just devolve right back into this again.

has it leaked? id discuss it if someone gave me a copy.

OK then, let's wait for the release/leak. I just wanted an early escape from Hirschberg hell.

But see, Hirschberg is the holding pattern! That's why she wrote it and MIA participated: to fill space and take up time leading up to the release of the record. Well, mission accomplished. People are talking. MIA should give Hirschberg points on the record, which will no doubt bow with a Billboard shattering 30,000 sold or so and change the way we think about the world, for about a week.

could see this bombing maybe. nothing that's been on it so far is anything like a 10th as engaging as her "hit". otoh her most high-profile release wrt mainstream media coverage.

30,000 sold would likely mean it's a hit these days, btw, as far as that goes.

I just wanted an early escape from Hirschberg hell.

Suggestion:

"Remove Bookmark from this Thread"

30,000 sold would likely mean it's a hit these days, btw, as far as that goes.

also, i'm guessing it might be an indie thing considering i doubt the paper planers are gonna stick around for IWASBOOOORNFREEEEE nanananananananananana

Hirschberg hell now comprises the totality of reality -- removing a bookmark will not change the constitution of the Absolute

this thread kind of a microcosm for what reading about indie bands on the internet is like in 2010

hey guys, dirty projjies covered a bob dylan song iirc

Thread still needs a link to 1000TimesYes to accomplish that in full, iirc.

xp

xp A microcosm? This thread is literally about reading about indie bands on the internet in 2010.

Nabisco weighs in, apparently:

"Maya Arulpragasam was never a politically sophisticated thinker. We knew that already. What else do we know about her?"

http://pitchfork.com/features/why-we-fight/7813-why-we-fight-4

guys here's a giant painting of Isaac Brock standing next to a boar that is in the office of the Portland mayor

http://endhits.portlandmercury.com/endhits/archives/2010/06/03/portland-mayor-now-has-a-portrait-of-isaac-brock-on-his-wall

http://twitter.com/colinmeloy/status/15333104281
http://twitter.com/colinmeloy/status/15333104281
http://twitter.com/colinmeloy/status/15333104281
http://twitter.com/colinmeloy/status/15333104281
http://twitter.com/colinmeloy/status/15333104281

Meloy is following Brooklyn Vegan, Largehearted Boy, Infinite Summer, Pitchfork, The Paris Review

i am not making this shit up

The question was never if she was a politically sophisticated thinker. The question was is she a more politically sophisticated thinker than Bono, who she takes down and implies is a less politically sophisticated thinker than she is. Which is truly begging the question.

the way ksh has elevated from one of the worst posters to one of the best posters is a magnificent feat like Dr. Dre going from the World Class Wreckin Cru to The Chronic in the span of a month

^ made my day

Read who it's coming from, then reconsider.

ksh has done cooler things than post colin meloy's twitter updates

still think it's hilarious that that tweet merited a fuckin P4k news story -- http://pitchfork.com/news/39014-echo-chamber-colin-meloy-vs-mia

when that showed up in my Google Reader, it may as well have just read: Hey supposedly intelligent readers, fuck you!!!

Hey supposedly intelligent readers, LOCAL NATIVES!!!

looooooooooooooooooool

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^^ m.i.a. LP4 ^^^

oops.

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Fuck it.

the way ksh has elevated from one of the worst posters to one of the best posters is a magnificent feat like Dr. Dre going from the World Class Wreckin Cru to The Chronic in the span of a month

wait do you mean "a magnificent feat like dre going from wreckin cru to chronic in a month instead of the 6 years it actually took"

If I relax my eyes, that looks like it says something about a truck.

Anyway, nabisco OTM, the end:

http://pitchfork.com/features/why-we-fight/7813-why-we-fight-4

nabiscos essay is v smart and i agree with it, but can pitchfork not afford em-dashes or something

nabisco i think is pretty much otm as usual, and i hope that his write-up re-frames the discussion from "wow look at the pop voice of the third world engorging herself in wanton luxury" to something more along the lines of "wait does MIA's imagery align herself with the oppressed or the oppressors?" which I think would make off-hand remarks about her 'incoherence' more, er, coherent...

wait do you mean "a magnificent feat like dre going from wreckin cru to chronic in a month instead of the 6 years it actually took"

that's exactly what that means, yes

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5600/lolp4k.jpg

http://coolrain44.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/spike-chester.jpg

OG hipster puppies

That's a terrific piece from Nabisco.

ksh that is obviously a fake Echo Chamber, there are 173 characters! O_O

u_u

lol strongo

wokka wokka.