nick sylvester = maker upper

why did you bold those things

to enhance empathy

want to rewrite the slate article from the pov of pee wee herman

'the wire' as rebooted by zach braff

why did you bold those things

2nd par: because I have little to no idea what instant associations he expects anyone to make with them, but he obviously expects ppl to

1st par: what makes the 43rd different from other ones?

i get why 43rd is kinda provoctive

but i know nothing about bikes

i guess i didn't get the 43rd bday thing either since i thought if you've had that many birthdays 1) you don't care as much 2) hopefully it's more likely you can afford to buy a new bike?

i enjoyed the article btw because i like his writing but i can see the ways it's also annoying

"what's the identifying mark?"

haha thank you for remembering my bike, seeing the tweet, backtracking your steps, and finally tracking it down but I'm going to need a little more from you, because, you know.

oh c'mon it's good that he was thorough after he was finally close enough to get a really good look

i love jody but btdt
http://www.whatever-whenever.net/blog/2010/08/justice-in-brooklyn/

He is my least favorite Jody Rosen.

i like the part where he sees the bike is parked outside a social services building and gives a kind of knowing sigh as if to say "times are tough pal, but not on my watch."

quite honestly, all I can think of is a 43-year-old man riding around on a bike that looks like this:

http://2009.feltracing.com/09/images/catalog/xl/8984.png

all of the conservative style neurons in my brain are overloading

When I saw the picture on Slate, I thought the lettering on the body read THIEF.

i don't think he realizes how bad riding the pt cruiser of bikes actually is

it looks like a tricycle

for babies

quite honestly, all I can think of is a 43-year-old man riding around on a bike that looks like this:

how ageist!

i'm 44 and i ride a bike that looks like this. if you have a problem with that, it's yr problem!

http://bikereviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/electra-super-deluxe-3i-2010-city-bike.jpg

I guess you didn't make it to the all of the conservative style neurons in my brain are overloading part of that post?

(also, your bike is distinctive-looking without being painfully fugly)

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/2669805-md.jpg

i did read that part of yr post. i'm just trying to settle into grumpy middle aged man who doesn't give a damn mode but not fully convincing myself.

Isn't Rosen riding that bike because he frequently writes about early 20th century music and this bike fits that old-school ethic

I hope not

that is a terrible reason to ride an ugly bike IMO

cheesy retro is his thang

is there another thread about this? i think the article deserves more discussion. i don't know what type of discussion, but just... more.

how much more discussion does it need?

"first world tragedies"

/!\ BREAKING: Unlocked bike stolen from city street in NYC /!\

http://makezineblog.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/make_1175.jpg?w=500&h=548

"PT Cruiser" and "West Coast Customs" describing the same thing is some pretty heavy metaphor-mixing

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/20/Ladri3.jpg

fuck bikes

fuck bikes were great when they opened for blues control

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY2Gk0WuEB4

fuck bikes

― some dude nights (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:48 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol. what will u hate next

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

http://www.emo-corner.com/forums/uploads_gallery/gallery/album_14152/gallery_145323_14152_57262.jpg

RIP the old ilx FAQ that said "the jody rosen that posts on ilx is not the jody rosen that writes for rolling stone"

Wait so we have him to thank for Shamir?

he certainly has put his name on the Northtown wikipedia page a bunch of times, hasn't he?

Heh.

the inexorable end game: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hiring-a-music-writer-who-wants-to-work-for-you

Anyway

http://www.vulture.com/2017/08/why-is-los-angeles-a-great-place-to-make-pop-music.html

Does the endless positivity start to feel fake after a while? Sure. Did I spend my first week here co-writing a terrible song titled “Bone to Bone”? Of course I did.