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he reminds me of a more earnest burt_stanton sometimes

i was making a child abuse joke

everything i've learned i know from law and order: svu

"show me where the anonymous commenter touched you"

i am not even trolling at all, j0rdan. i just really like reading his writing, in all sincerity. have been meaning to say that since reading lil wayne post, like what, two days ago? but did not, so i will say it now in the wake of grievous internet-based emotional traumas. kid is a good writer.

no

but yes. and he's got nothing in common w burt fucking stanton. level of sincerity, insight, writing chops and real-life sense construction i honestly admire.

like if this "internet project" were just a screen for a novel, it would a good novel and i would want to read it.

its not "burt fucking stanton" its "burt_stanton" and i wasnt comparing their sincerity or whatever i was comparing their anxiety disorders

stand corrected

how old is he?

― max,

your age i think

― "bubbling" pictures for mormon approved j0hn (J0rdan S.)

lol

idk i wasn't zingin or anything \(o_O)/

i could've said my age

i would love to see this kid write a book report on finnegan's wake

he is max years old

writing chops and real-life sense construction

I like reading his stuff too, but no way, man.

I mean, he writes horrible fucking sentences. They are energetic, unconscious paragraphs, which are fun to read (because his enthusiasm and earnestness are so wholly on display) but are still arranged like shit.

kid is the best damn music writer i have read in ages and i am crazy crazy jealous, like knowing what truman capote was up to his teens & 20s level jealous. just for the record.

― a dystopian society awaits if we continue on this path. (contenderizer), Thursday, September 2, 2010 6:21 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

ok i was gonna post 'lol' here but then

i am not even trolling at all, j0rdan. i just really like reading his writing, in all sincerity. have been meaning to say that since reading lil wayne post, like what, two days ago? but did not, so i will say it now in the wake of grievous internet-based emotional traumas. kid is a good writer.

― a dystopian society awaits if we continue on this path. (contenderizer), Thursday, September 2, 2010 6:34 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

WTF

i generally think you have pretty bad judgement but this...

So the question is... is he referring to ILX?

― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Thursday, September 2, 2010 5:10 AM (2 hours ago)

thing is tho the prr dude thinks people are calling him out even when they're not sometimes? (there was a bit on t ewing's tumblr recently where he sent in a qn that was like 'that one time you talked about people who find this thing confusing did you secretly mean me?? tell me, i can take it!') and so maybe it sounds callous or w/e but i don't see any way he could have not been hurt by just being talked about, he seems like a person who's guaranteed to take any negative comment hard. the thing is that his touchiness is part of the same sensitivity that makes him so worth reading, the hyper-attention to nuance, the filter on his thoughts that doesn't quite work as you'd expect, the sincerity and straightforwardness.

also i know this sounds appallingly callous but... that's such a good description of the confused angry/ashamed when you let yrself get upset by meanness on the internet, i am spending rather more time thinking 'oh, evocative' and rather less going 'oh, poor guy'.

idk who is crazier, the dude himself or people who read it on the reg... 'so worth reading'? rly? you've read everything else?

back of a cereal box - 'so worth reading'

'so worth reading'? rly? you've read everything else?

wtf does this even mean?

i thought his blog was going to be awful and embarrassing and instead it was really fascinating - the way he writes is curious and evocative, i really enjoy it, though i don't understand any of the pitchfork stuff.

'so worth reading'? rly? you've read everything else?

wtf does this even mean?

i guess it means life's too effing short to read pitchfork reviews reviews

the thing is that his touchiness is part of the same sensitivity that makes him so worth reading, the hyper-attention to nuance, the filter on his thoughts that doesn't quite work as you'd expect, the sincerity and straightforwardness.

take a polaroid, the internet now resets itself every 15 mins.

www.diaryland.com

well, okay, i have bad judgment or whatever, but the vast (vast) majority of music writing is unreadable and borderline meaningless, on a human/emotional level. the simple regurgitation of attitudes and half baked observations copped elsewhere. this is especially true of what passes for writing on the internet, my own included, if you insist. but it's not true of PRR dude. his writing is smart, vibrant, evocative (C#M), emotionally resonant and distinctive. i can't say i read him regularly, cuz i haven't bothered with him until a few days ago, but what i have read in that short time has been pretty fucking remarkable. yeah, it's "voice writing" of a sort, therefore sometimes lazy-seeming ("energetic, unconscious"), but i deny that his ideas are "arranged like shit". i think his pieces flow and communicate extremely well. like, shockingly well.

again, i haven't read his work very deeply, but his list of "posts i am proud of" contains some damn fine (yeah, often unconscious-seeming) writing. as does the awesome lil wayne story. and fine, i'm some nerd thinking uncool shit is cool, but whatever. i do.

his writing is smart, vibrant, evocative (C#M), emotionally resonant and distinctive.

no no no no no

but yeah. it really is. if you think there's vastly better music blog writing out there, i'd really and truly like to see it.

you mean other than the alt report?

carles is the worst

glad all of this is 100% real

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are yall on #teamcarles or #teampitchforkreviewsreviews?

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I'd rather read 800 post long Whiney/deej butthurtfests than either of these tbh

well, you know how to live

so what happened in that cee-lo thread?

ha

put on Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens on my iPod

this is the tipoff that the whole thing was a giant wind up, right?

who listens to sufjans stevans in 2010 without a trace of irony?

put on Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens on my iPod

tbh, i did wonder...

that is a very interesting question, d, which i feel only someone who lives in "normal people world" like Whiney or Max is capable of answering.

that is true - I am going to start a log of how many times a day I see someone listening to sufjan stevens on their ipod

i just think it must be very difficult to be PRR guy or carles - they seem to have so many more problems than i think is healthy or, er, normal?

whoa how did i get dragged into normal people world

i thought it was filmed at your college, or something?

generic

dude, why are so butthurt about that?

i think i'm going to eat pretzels and read a magazine. maybe i'll have some ice cream with strawberries.

idk if prr guy has been granted the gift of self-knowledge

if it is a put-on then well played i guess? but there are too few laughs along the way

Can someone give me an example of a smug Pitchfork review....I don't always agree with them but I don't find them particularly offensive. It's not like they are trying to run my life or something.

why does he pick the salt off the pretzels - that's like the best part?

yes but no, pretzel salt can be a challenge. i always wipe off like half the salt. if it doesn't really want to cling to the pretzel matter, it shouldn't be there.