Matthew Perpetua and Fluxblog make the NY Times, fame and fortune is his

Message Bookmarked
Bookmark Removed
Not all messages are displayed: show all messages (499 of them)

I didn't remember her releasing albums. That is dreadful.

Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 January 2013 17:46 (eleven years ago) link

probably better than this though
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HfHm4JKSL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

tylerw, Friday, 4 January 2013 17:47 (eleven years ago) link

i think her albums were asia-only or something. but she did a ton of singles and albums. all on youtube seemingly.

scott seward, Friday, 4 January 2013 17:48 (eleven years ago) link

since when was yo la tengo some kind of barometer of rarified quality? jesus

the condescension and self-big-ups are, how you say, insupportable; i wouldn't write the tumblr post just because i don't have the energy for that kind of screenshotting and outrage but i completely understand it

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 4 January 2013 18:14 (eleven years ago) link

does "my vertical" mean like a "column", i.e. his blog or whatever? so "get something up in my vertical" means "post something to my blog"?

i have to admit i thought it was a synonym for eating at first, like maybe his vertical was his neck or something

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 4 January 2013 18:15 (eleven years ago) link

yeah it's a stupid web 2.0 term for, like, a topic section of a website

dmr, Friday, 4 January 2013 18:27 (eleven years ago) link

ohhhhh right like "we're developing a new vertical, it's targeted at women so it's about food and babies"

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 4 January 2013 18:29 (eleven years ago) link

"and looking good"

"was about to say"

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 4 January 2013 18:30 (eleven years ago) link

or how the nyt style section is basically a "vertical" for hideous douchebags?

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 4 January 2013 18:33 (eleven years ago) link

yeah basically. except I don't think the style section has a clickable "hideous douchebag" link in their ~tag cloud~

max I think did a funny post about Huffington Post having a sideboob vertical but I'm not gonna google "huffpo sideboob" from work so I can't find it

dmr, Friday, 4 January 2013 18:34 (eleven years ago) link

i'll be back in just a little while
so i can get some vertical
smile
ANNIHILATE x 3
ALL WEEK LONG

~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Friday, 4 January 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link

dude was all up in my vertical

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 4 January 2013 18:36 (eleven years ago) link

what is getting something in your vertical

bant me til I fart (cozen), Friday, 4 January 2013 18:50 (eleven years ago) link

chlamydia i think

jazbay crostata (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 January 2013 19:01 (eleven years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZoD8JEFjAE

♨ (am0n), Friday, 4 January 2013 19:24 (eleven years ago) link

"up in my vertical"

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 4 January 2013 19:33 (eleven years ago) link

oh

♨ (am0n), Friday, 4 January 2013 19:37 (eleven years ago) link

the condescension and self-big-ups are, how you say, insupportable; i wouldn't write the tumblr post just because i don't have the energy for that kind of screenshotting and outrage but i completely understand it

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, January 4, 2013 1:14 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Jesus this was his FACEBOOK, it's like getting mad because you heard someone bragged about something in a text

Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Saturday, 5 January 2013 14:16 (eleven years ago) link

i never let that stop me before!

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 5 January 2013 14:18 (eleven years ago) link

welcome to Social Justice Tumblr

almost always correct, almost always insufferable

lex pretend, Saturday, 5 January 2013 14:29 (eleven years ago) link

It's a (sort of) privately-expressed opinion that sheds light on attitudes that are relevant to his work. It's not worth getting mad over but it is illuminating. Actually it isn't really, it's not remotely surprising that Perpetua would condescend to young girls while holding po-faced reverence for past-it indie bands.

Matt DC, Saturday, 5 January 2013 14:40 (eleven years ago) link

"young girls" like the 40-year-old alyssa milano?

finally rich, fun-packed, fulfilling (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:05 (eleven years ago) link

Bro if yer calling that old fuq you

NINO CARTER, Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:13 (eleven years ago) link

LOL this is insanity

Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:16 (eleven years ago) link

well he calls her the daughter from who's the boss so he basically still thinks she's a young girl

an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:25 (eleven years ago) link

It'd be funnier if he thought she really was the character from Who's the Boss irl

NINO CARTER, Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:28 (eleven years ago) link

I am human and I need to be loved.

Just like everybody else does.

Mordy, Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:36 (eleven years ago) link

well he calls her the daughter from who's the boss so he basically still thinks she's a young girl

oh come on

mookieproof, Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:39 (eleven years ago) link

itt we debate what constitutes a "young girl"

NINO CARTER, Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:41 (eleven years ago) link

this guy is totally sexist in how he treats "girls"

finally rich, fun-packed, fulfilling (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:42 (eleven years ago) link

itt we talk about po-facedness

mookieproof, Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:44 (eleven years ago) link

if he had called her one of the charmed sisters from charmed it'd indicate he basically thinks she's a witch

Mordy, Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:44 (eleven years ago) link

no proof to the contrary iirc

NINO CARTER, Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:45 (eleven years ago) link

like seriously yall have devolved into just finding stuff to latch on to. pretty lame imo

finally rich, fun-packed, fulfilling (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:45 (eleven years ago) link

The fact that this continues to be a conversation is maybe the most pathetic thing I've seen on ILX in ages.

Master Of Pruppets (Old Lunch), Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:49 (eleven years ago) link

christ you can't even make fun of a blogger anymore around here

an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:51 (eleven years ago) link

more pathetic than that captain keef thread?

Mordy, Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:53 (eleven years ago) link

The fact that this continues to be a conversation is maybe the most pathetic thing I've seen on ILX in ages.

― Master Of Pruppets (Old Lunch), Saturday, January 5, 2013 3:49 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

A thread we can go to when an ILX beef gets out of hand and we don't understand wtf is going on

NINO CARTER, Saturday, 5 January 2013 15:57 (eleven years ago) link

Lol @ captain keef

finally rich, fun-packed, fulfilling (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 5 January 2013 16:10 (eleven years ago) link

My bad, Alyssa Milano and virtually everything she's been in has basically zero profile over here and I didn't bother to actually google her. That was a pretty dumb assumption to jump to on my part, but he IS actually talking about her like she's a young girl. Like why is he giving himself a pat on the back for a 40-year old having listened to or (gasp) thought about not-terribly-obscure records that have been around half her lifetime?

Matt DC, Saturday, 5 January 2013 16:15 (eleven years ago) link

Because Alyssa Milano did, at one time, have a terribly high profile over here, especially among people in Perpetua's age group, and it's like I said way upthread...he probably feels pretty cool atm for making a list that she saw and liked enough to retweet to a gazillion people. Perpetua hate amongst certain groups on ilx is way over the top.

Johnny Fever, Saturday, 5 January 2013 16:19 (eleven years ago) link

tbh m-perp has said far more vicious and poisonous things than anyone itt

lex pretend, Saturday, 5 January 2013 16:26 (eleven years ago) link

*prays pre-emptively for thread not to turn into Shit Perpetua Said Collection thread*

NINO CARTER, Saturday, 5 January 2013 16:26 (eleven years ago) link

I've known the guy for fifteen years, before ilx even came into existence, so I guess I just feel like I can read him a little better than some people around here and, yes, he's capable of being a completely infuriating blowhard and warped perceptions on some topics, but he's ultimately harmless and really not worth all the heated discussion he generates at times.

Johnny Fever, Saturday, 5 January 2013 16:30 (eleven years ago) link

If someone generates heated discussion all the time, are they really harmless? think abt it

caek, Saturday, 5 January 2013 16:40 (eleven years ago) link

This is all about a list he made on Buzzfeed and his reaction on facebook to Alyssa Milano acknowledging it. Worth the heat? think abt it

Johnny Fever, Saturday, 5 January 2013 16:42 (eleven years ago) link

is this really heat? he said something dumb that was brought to light and is being called out accordingly

lex pretend, Saturday, 5 January 2013 16:42 (eleven years ago) link

This is more like the dumb pictures of Drake thread where continuing examples are just added to the list.

this will surprise many (Nicole), Saturday, 5 January 2013 16:45 (eleven years ago) link

perp police never rest

mookieproof, Saturday, 5 January 2013 16:46 (eleven years ago) link


You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.