― stevie, Thursday, 26 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I'm not sure what annoys me more: that it has become an ugly shorthand for 'anally retentive', or that it's only used in such a limited 'slag off' way, compared with the original Freudian sense. I'm not an expert on Freud, but I seem to recall an anally retentive character being about much more than alphabetising your CD collection and making lists.
― Nick, Thursday, 26 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sterling Clover, Thursday, 26 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Robin Carmody, Thursday, 26 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
"myth" as in "the rock myth" - was about to use it in the Depeche/League thread and suddenly thought HOLD ON.
― Tom, Friday, 27 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tom, Tuesday, 1 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Omar, Tuesday, 1 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Patrick, Tuesday, 1 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
too easy and vague by half
― Charlotte, Tuesday, 1 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― K-reg, Wednesday, 2 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
(Kid vs scientist: who'd want to be anything else anyway?)
Dinosaurs rooled! For 70 million years!! Badly designed? To get rid of them, the cosmos had to hurl a rock the size of Birmingham — at Mexico!!!
Also (somewhat related, tho not somewhat rock-related): "FAT CATS"
I'm sorry, excuse me, just HOW is this headline shortcut going to help stir up class rage against capitalism?
Cats are great, fat cats are bigger, thus better QED.
Might as well call 'em Honey Bunnies or Wonky Donkeys...
― mark s, Wednesday, 2 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
"Chameleon" (Tanya made this point once but she nicked it off me or Pete) - David Bowie a rock chameleon i.e. ever-changing, unpredictable BUT chameleons blend into the background, so it's more like Soup Dragons-y bandwagon jumping AND the only colours they can do are various shades of dull green yellow and brown so 'unpredictable' is a bit off too.
― Tom, Wednesday, 2 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
(And this word is doubly evil if used in the same sentence as "punk rock")
Like, yeah, I can even *say* it with a nice French Canadian accent. Where did that stupid expression come from ?
― Patrick, Thursday, 3 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― ethan, Thursday, 3 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― K-reg, Thursday, 3 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Post Schmaltz should be used more often.
― Steven James, Thursday, 3 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sterling Clover, Thursday, 3 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― mark s, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― dave q, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Robin Carmody, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― 1 1 2 3 5, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Heh: this just reminded me one of the original OBSCURE STRATEGIES requires you to eat a Red Chili pepper and tape yr mouth shut, then work — write, record, whatevah — in this state.
― mark s, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Nate Patrin, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― geeta, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― dleone, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Paul, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― fritz, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
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(gently hug their balls, etc. i'm so sorry.)
― jess, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Graham, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I'll agree with whomever described "glacial" as a keeper. Except when you're describing artists from Iceland. I believe I may be guilty of this as well.
Confessions (i.e. more words that I tend to overuse): decidedly, melange, myriad, ornate and, erm (urp!) rawk
It's amazing I still find work..
― Mark, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Curt, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
What are the control conditions?
― Tim, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jel --, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― j.lu, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
It's like [something crap], but on drugs!
And most awful of all is any piece containing 'hey kids!' or similar. Don't patronise your readers.
― Anna, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Andrew L, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― DeRayMi, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Clarke B., Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sterling Clover, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
^ exactly
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 19:17 (six months ago) link
“, right? so”
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 19:18 (six months ago) link
lol westbury white horse, I almost called that out last time I looked in this thread. if Geordie only knew.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 19:42 (six months ago) link
Yes to "in dialogue with"
― omar little, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:33 (four months ago) link
Saying a new artist is "very much in dialog with" some shit from the 90's. That's a monologue, they can't hear you.― enochroot, Sunday, October 8, 2023 4:57 PM
― enochroot, Sunday, October 8, 2023 4:57 PM
agree with this discrepancy, but poor example imo. especially at this point (just search "90s infomercial" on youtube). one doesn't have to have lived through or be currently living through something to be in dialogue. putting search stringent rules on it -especially in the context of creativity and imagination- kinda misses the point.
i'm reminded of midge ure, years later, reflecting that, while the song was gaining popularity, he felt a little like a fraud because he had never even been austria at that point. "vienna" was definitely part of that tune's dialogue though.
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 17:06 (four months ago) link
My issue isn't with the concept of an artistic dialogue, it's just with leaning on the phrase as a smarty-pants way to say "is influenced by"...Such as this:
But as much as Infinite Spring is in dialogue with the pop-rock canon...
― enochroot, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:39 (four months ago) link
obviously it's an improvement on "is influenced by", which ppl shd stop saying
― mark s, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:48 (four months ago) link
Next day, a large ship, the Rachel, was descried, bearing directly down upon the Pequod, all her spars thickly clustering with men. At the time the Pequod was making good speed through the water; but as the broad-winged windward stranger shot nigh to her, the boastful sails all fell together as blank bladders that are burst, and all life fled from the smitten hull.
"Bad news; she brings bad news," muttered the old Manxman. But ere her commander, who, with trumpet to mouth, stood up in his boat; ere he could hopefully hail, Ahab's voice was heard.
"Hast seen the White Whale?"
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:52 (four months ago) link
thats right
― mark s, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:53 (four months ago) link
a whale worth hunting, mind you, I salute my captain always
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 20:37 (four months ago) link
"quixotic"
stfu, wuth this fallacy-laden attitude anybody who ever set foot in a guitar center could be sancho's next homie.
(see? i can read classic literature too. it has fuck all to do with the music you're supposed to be telling me about, asshole. grrrr off to the irrationally angry thread)
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Saturday, 9 December 2023 15:50 (four months ago) link
OK but how you do *you* pronounce it?
― Left, Saturday, 9 December 2023 16:23 (four months ago) link
"is in tune with" is underrated
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 9 December 2023 16:51 (four months ago) link
"rollicking" - this word is not real it really isn't
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 9 December 2023 16:53 (four months ago) link
^first recorded use 1811, apparently(?)
― This field is required (morrisp), Saturday, 9 December 2023 17:51 (four months ago) link
does it mean fucking
― Left, Saturday, 9 December 2023 18:05 (four months ago) link
I don't know how else to interpret roll + frolic
― Left, Saturday, 9 December 2023 18:06 (four months ago) link
It is meant to describe rock and roll that is polite and takes its shoes off
― STUPID CRAP FACE (Neanderthal), Saturday, 9 December 2023 18:09 (four months ago) link
rollicking is a good vocab word to bust out in whimsical moments, but don't actually use it
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Saturday, 9 December 2023 18:23 (four months ago) link
― mark s, Wednesday, December 6, 2023 1:48 PM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink
"is influenced by" is definitely presumptuous, but surely "in dialogue with" can mean something other than "influenced by?" Like a band who's never heard Spirit of Eden could nonetheless unknowingly be "in dialogue" with that album, right? As in channeling something without awareness of its lineage? Unless I'm misunderstanding the jargon, which is totally possible
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 9 December 2023 18:39 (four months ago) link
I don't mind Don kee-ho-tay but Don quicks-oat bugs me.
Ditto Don Jew-on vs. Don Wan.
The explanation I have heard is that those anglicized pronunciations were prevalent when travel was rare.
― ; Powell (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 9 December 2023 20:01 (four months ago) link
I’ve never heard those pronunciations (beyond how “quixotic” is pronounced)
― This field is required (morrisp), Saturday, 9 December 2023 20:25 (four months ago) link
....wait just a second! it's not pronounced like "smith"!?
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Saturday, 9 December 2023 20:37 (four months ago) link
xps personally I prefer 'in conference with'. mostly because of it being a lot like 'in dub conference'.
I have been guilty of using the i-word in conversation - i have spent two thirds of my life reading wikipedia you see - but i wouldn't use it in prose. bcuz inspired/impacted/other 'i's are better/closer/other 'er's etc
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Sunday, 10 December 2023 00:43 (four months ago) link
"let's nut this out"
let's... not??
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 26 February 2024 11:14 (one month ago) link