can you stan for yourself?
― cozwn, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 18:34 (fifteen years ago) link
wd that make you lj?
Justin TimberlakeAnton YelchinCassieRichard KellyDavid LynchMichael CeraWeedsAmerican Idol90210
― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 18:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I tried to be a stan for Sting, but he said "don't stan so close to me"...
― snoball, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 18:38 (fifteen years ago) link
oh also Sega Dreamcast!
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 18:38 (fifteen years ago) link
were any of those biographies worth reading, tuomas?
The best one I've read is Prince by Dave Hill, which takes a rather critical look on Prince's career, though still written by someone who appreciates his music, so it's not slander or anything. There's also a lot of information on the Minneapolis music scene Prince came from, and some interesting analysis of the racial politics in American popular music. The book came out in 1989 though, so it's not useful if you want to read about his full career.
Slave to the Rhythm by Liz Jones is also a good read if you're more interested in Prince's private life, though the music analysis isn't as good as in Hill's book. I think it is one of the few Prince books where Prince himself (among others) is actually interviewed, though it's not uncritical of him either. Dancemusicsexromance by Per Nilsen is about the first 10 years of Prince's career, and it's almost exclusively about his music only. There's a lot of trivia about recording dates and stuff, and individual analysis of almost everything he recorded between 1978 and 1988, but otherwise it's a bland read. More like a collection of record reviews than a good overall look on his music and career.
Oh, and I just noticed the local library carries a pretty recent book about him written in 2004, so I guess I'm gonna read my fourth Prince biography.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
my last real crushy fandom was probably robyn
before that, friedrich kittler
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
All my pedestals have crumbled. Oh, hell, except maybe Muhammad Ali.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 18:48 (fifteen years ago) link
ha, is it matos' book? because that is excellent.
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 18:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Unfortunately the Helsinki public library doesn't have Matos' book. It's a pity, I'd love to read it. Isn't it about Sign O' the Times only?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 18:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Tove Jansson― thunda lightning (clotpoll), Wednesday, January 21, 2009 4:55 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
― thunda lightning (clotpoll), Wednesday, January 21, 2009 4:55 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
it boggles my mind that tove jansson would ever need defending from anything, but if so put me down for stan-hood.
― tipsy mothra, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 19:01 (fifteen years ago) link
it's about sign o' the times but it brings in a lot of prince history and previous work.
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Ah. A pity it isn't available at the library, and I don't really have the cash to order it from overseas.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 19:06 (fifteen years ago) link
The Black Panthers
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
also
alain badiou is a pseudo-xtian creep, the last barrel-scraping from 1968TM.― special guest stars mark bronson, Wednesday, January 21, 2009 6:01 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
― special guest stars mark bronson, Wednesday, January 21, 2009 6:01 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
u rite :)
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 19:28 (fifteen years ago) link
ocd, aspie-style=serial stanning, no?
― M.V., Wednesday, 21 January 2009 19:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Yoko OnoModest MouseLOST
...can you be a TV show's stan? 'Cause I think I am. See also: the Big Lebowski. I defend it constantly (aka I hang around the wrong people)
― skeletal lexing (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 20:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Richard Linklater up to and including Before SunsetTim O'Brien
― sad man in him room (milo z), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 20:57 (fifteen years ago) link
dan selzer reminds me that I am a Xaime Hernandez stan (or at least more than a Beto stan)
― Barack History Month (Oilyrags), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
nasmo yantimothy brook
― dylannn, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 21:25 (fifteen years ago) link
it boggles my mind that tove jansson would ever need defending from anything, but if so put me down for stan-hood.― tipsy mothra, Wednesday, January 21, 2009 7:01 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
― tipsy mothra, Wednesday, January 21, 2009 7:01 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
yeah, i don't end up defending her, more acquiring everything available and trying to foist her on everyone I know.
Also the Mekons.
― thunda lightning (clotpoll), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 21:26 (fifteen years ago) link
john watersbonnie huntjoe walsh
― now is the time to winterize your manscape (will), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 21:28 (fifteen years ago) link
hey dylannn, can u recommend me some mo yan? where shld i start
― t_g, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 22:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Ray LewisBlack SabbathThe red-haired lunchtime anchor on CNN
― Bill Magill, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 22:10 (fifteen years ago) link
See also: the Big Lebowski. I defend it constantly (aka I hang around the wrong people)
that's odd to me, as i've always seen that movie as quite the unifier. do you hang with old people
― Socktor Duperman (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 22:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Grateful DeadPier Paolo PasoliniTom DiCillo, maybe?
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 22:55 (fifteen years ago) link
cozwn and nrq, standom is one of the things that makes life worth living fyi
― 8====D ------ ㋡ (max), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
LOST
Yeah I defend this all the time when my wife gets started about how they killed the best characters.
― WmC, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 23:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Buffy
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 23:06 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^
― horseshoe, Thursday, 22 January 2009 00:07 (fifteen years ago) link
― 8====D ------ ㋡ (max), Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:01 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i have been a stan, but now im not.
i guess im a stan for raymond durgnat, but y'all would have to google that so it's not like i have to defend him ever.
― special guest stars mark bronson, Thursday, 22 January 2009 00:08 (fifteen years ago) link
horseshoe i want u to know that this thread was also partially inspired by that "high schoolers favorite books" thread or whatever where u came in swinging ready to defend your favorite books to the death--i admire that very much
― 8====D ------ ㋡ (max), Thursday, 22 January 2009 00:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Durgnat's socio-political approach - strongly supportive of the working classes and, almost as a direct result of this, American popular culture, and dismissive of Left-wing intellectuals who he accused of actually being petit-bourgeois conservatives in disguise, and dismissive of overt politicisation of film criticism, refusing to bring his own Left-wing views overtly into his writings on film - can best be described as "radical populist".
ha ha this doesnt remind me of anyone on ilx at all.......
― 8====D ------ ㋡ (max), Thursday, 22 January 2009 00:10 (fifteen years ago) link
haha googled raymond durgnat, considering becoming a raymond durngnat stan
xpost aw! i maybe do this a little too much, but whatevs
― horseshoe, Thursday, 22 January 2009 00:10 (fifteen years ago) link
nah theres something i like about loving writers/artists/actors so much that theyre like family, and you feel like youre the only one allowed to criticize them
― 8====D ------ ㋡ (max), Thursday, 22 January 2009 00:11 (fifteen years ago) link
i srsly think one of the things that influenced me being this way about things/people i like is that scene in manhattan where diane keaton and that awful dude are making fun of, like, f scott fitzgerald and other awesome people and woody allen's character is like, "yeah and how about mozart and shakespeare? all of those people you just named are great." it's so true!
― horseshoe, Thursday, 22 January 2009 00:13 (fifteen years ago) link
I guess I'm an f scott fitzgerald stan if I'm a stan at all
― cozwn, Thursday, 22 January 2009 00:45 (fifteen years ago) link
I'll rep before I'll stan, if someone doesn't like something I love then total whatevs
― cozwn, Thursday, 22 January 2009 00:48 (fifteen years ago) link
im a stan for like half the things in the world
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 22 January 2009 00:51 (fifteen years ago) link
right?
― horseshoe, Thursday, 22 January 2009 00:52 (fifteen years ago) link
haha i think i mostly agreed with diane keaton's list in that movie
― velko, Thursday, 22 January 2009 00:52 (fifteen years ago) link
then you are my sworn enemy
sporting a commemorative username here ppl
― set phasers to stan (cozwn), Thursday, 22 January 2009 00:54 (fifteen years ago) link
i like this thread but i don't like the idea that attaching myself to something as family implies that i'm going to lock my girlfriend in my trunk
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 22 January 2009 01:00 (fifteen years ago) link
i dont know that i would really kill my girlfriend over my borges standom but im not going to make any promises at this point
― 8====D ------ ㋡ (max), Thursday, 22 January 2009 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link
me not being able to fathom why anyone would be put in a situation where they have to defend borges probably means I am a huge borg stan
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 22 January 2009 01:03 (fifteen years ago) link
a key sign of standom is complete and total shock that anyone could dislike the object of your standom
― 8====D ------ ㋡ (max), Thursday, 22 January 2009 01:04 (fifteen years ago) link
hmmmm...better throw Jack Kirby on the pile, then.
― Barack History Month (Oilyrags), Thursday, 22 January 2009 01:05 (fifteen years ago) link
i like all these shits... i mean im totally with you on borges max, i even tracked down his house in BsAs when i was there... but for some reason i cant commit myself to any real stanistans. maybe i'm too fickle, tastes change too much or something?
― s1ocki, Thursday, 22 January 2009 01:08 (fifteen years ago) link
lol im watching a pbs show right now made by charlie chaplin stans
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 22 January 2009 01:10 (fifteen years ago) link