who is Bob Lefsetz?

lefsetz is what happens when you give every 50-60 year old man who writes 400-word diatribes in the comments of every major newspaper article a website and a newsletter

Poor James Taylor, done in by tech at first, but now maybe he has a shot

Late last night doing my back exercises I decided to compare streaming services. Spotify is my default, I recreated a playlist in Beats Music and then I did the same thing in WIMP, and I was wowed.

Now let's be clear, getting lossless music from Norway ain't that easy, there are streaming interruptions, which is why I decided to sync/download the tracks, and they were a REVELATION!

I'm a big believer we get the music we deserve, that the reason compressed beat-driven music dominates is it's the only thing that sounds good on the listening devices we're employing. In other words, you're not gonna get a new James Taylor if you've got to listen to compressed music on your phone via earbuds. But if you improved the quality of the sound would that not only make people take more care in the creation of sounds, but also branch out and put an effort into that which today is so often a second-class citizen?

Now I'm not talking 256kbps, never mind 320. Lossless is equivalent to CD.

Whenever I see this thread title I think of:

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/05/Whos_harry_crumb.jpg

Lefsets saw Five Seconds of Summer and One Direction at the Rose Bowl:

The opening act was Five Seconds Of Summer, and I kept listening for the hard drives, but there were none. Yes, the popsters faking it should be very afraid, because 5SOS could actually play! And sing! And harmonize! I was nearly flabbergasted. This is not how it's supposed to be!

But they're Australian. The Aussie acts have always been superior players. Because down under you earn your stripes gig by gig, if you don't deliver live, you've got no chance.

bwa-ha-ha-ha! I admit though, I haven't been to a big rock show in years upon years. Is this "listening for the hard drives" anywhere close to a real thing?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Iggy_Azalea_Walks_the_Red_Carpet_(cropped).jpg

You left out the best part

"And that was who were there. Students. Girls. Wanna get laid? Go to a 1D show. You won't see odds this good at the prison of "Orange Is The New Black." An endless sea of barely pubescent girls, screaming their heads off."

Lmao

OMFG.

barfs, calls police.

...

D:

like holy shit how could you actually write that

It IS Lefsetz.

*checks* Good GOD, folks, what about this bit:

"Let me tell you, despite being one of the lone males in a sea of tens of thousands of females, what stunned me is nobody was radiating any sexuality, nobody was dressed like a slut, nobody was making eyes trying to get ahead. This was more like puppy love, even if dirty old men would say some of these girls were fully grown."

But 5SOS were not the Beatles. That’s the problem with both the youngsters and the oldsters, there’s nothing new. That’s why there’s hysteria for the iPhone 6 and shrugs for so much music. So you can replicate what’s been done before…once upon a time music was about pushing the envelope! There was no Jethro Tull before Jethro Tull, never mind the Ramones!

Lefsetz going to start reviewing Chuck E Cheeses soon

holy shit @ that ned

what the fuck is this shit

iirc the post he wrote about his first electric daisy carnival was pretty bad too but this is a new level of gross

I love this weird combination of things:

And sure, Harry Styles is an international icon…

But what did impress me about Harry was how nonchalant he was. Just before he went on he was offering us cupcakes. Isn’t he supposed to be in his dressing room, angsting away?

Cynics might say it’s because he doesn’t play an instrument.

But that’s part of the act’s success. That it’s kind of a lark. And they and the audience are all in it together.

And the production was spectacular. And the girls knew every word and sang them. And if you’re somebody who lives in Ferrari/gated community culture you’d be completely flummoxed. As you would be if you’re into retro vinyl, if you haunt club gigs, if you listen to people with bad voices sing their plaintive songs and then bitch that they can’t make any money.

looooooool "i was the only old man in the crowd" ... "the creepy old men in the crowd would call them women grown" this guy is so gross

man what a dick

*checks* Good GOD, folks, what about this bit:

"Let me tell you, despite being one of the lone males in a sea of tens of thousands of females, what stunned me is nobody was radiating any sexuality, nobody was dressed like a slut, nobody was making eyes trying to get ahead. This was more like puppy love, even if dirty old men would say some of these girls were fully grown."

― Ned Raggett, Monday, September 15, 2014 9:26 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

holy shit

no Jethro Tull before Jethro Tull

Sounds better in the original Arabic.

no Jethro Tull before Jethro Tull

title of next guided by voices single.

^^ haha

Let me tell you, despite being one of the lone males in a sea of tens of thousands of females, what stunned me is nobody was radiating any sexuality, nobody was dressed like a slut, nobody was making eyes trying to get ahead.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Itisamystery.gif

Holy shit at all of this.

it's not like the sixties. nobody was radiating any sexuality.

who would they be making eyes at? Lefsetz?

And in the late eighties, fresh-faced Def Leppard was at the peak, they were the apotheosis, the biggest rock band in the world, and they partook of all the warm and moist goodness.

How U2 Blew It

NEWS FOR A DAY

No different from a rape or a murder, but with even less legs.

pubescent site:lefsetz.com

About 30 results (0.18 seconds)

wait

"barely pubescent" site:lefsetz.com

About 27 results (0.24 seconds)

Why is everybody a scumbag?

I think it started with Bill Clinton

ahahahaaa

weird ("weird") how most of the 'barely pubescent' mentions are from the last year and change

here's the earliest one, from 2005
Yup, MTV wasn’t caught flat-footed. They INTENTIONALLY aired lame Live 8 coverage, carefully calculated to keep the barely pubescent at best viewer tuned in. Hell, old farts playing decades old music, that’s ratings DEATH!

I blame this thread for getting the non-word "pubanescence" stuck in my head

well now i have a puberty-themed version of 'bring me to life' in MY head so who's gagging now

(spoiler: both of us)

"Pubanescence" is my favorite Beach Boys song.

Maura: way ahead of you on that one ;_;

I thought Pubanescence was a goth-pop cover band.

Bring Me to Pubes

call me when you're pubescent

Lefsetz having a Puban missile crisis

I'm trying to decide if katherine just ruined Carly Rae Jeppson or Blondie for me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RrA-R5VHQs

I had completely forgotten about that song

oh now I ruined CRRJ and Blondie for myself though ;_;

I blame this thread for getting the non-word "pubanescence" stuck in my head

― stacked as fuck & imposing (DJP), Tuesday, September 16, 2014 1:16 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

jesus christ

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Reel2reel.jpg

http://amandapalmer.net/blog/lessons-of-the-dead-re-printed-from-the-lefsetz/

The free music, the tape trading? That’s been overstated. Most Dead fans had never heard a live cassette.

really.