^ well, wasn't sure i recognized it prior to sleeve's last (excellent) post. lol, i'm sure i've run a similar breakdown at least five time on this site.
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Saturday, 31 January 2015 02:42 (nine years ago) link
that's still the essence of indie rock to me: loud yet accessible noise delivered in a small room delivered to an audience of nerds.
a CIA black site
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 January 2015 02:43 (nine years ago) link
flopson otm re: types
it's always fun figuring out your taste against the backdrop of an archetype, seeing where you cleave to it and where you don't. and seeing where you're perfectly happy to be that archetype vs watching out for the danger of getting calcified in it (the latter especially with people getting older)
― lex pretend, Saturday, 31 January 2015 04:12 (nine years ago) link
types
― gr8080, Saturday, 31 January 2015 05:00 (nine years ago) link
subcultures
genres
memories
vibes
― lag∞n, Saturday, 31 January 2015 05:26 (nine years ago) link
albums
songs
― lag∞n, Saturday, 31 January 2015 05:27 (nine years ago) link
friends
ipods
― 龜, Saturday, 31 January 2015 05:28 (nine years ago) link
retweets
― gr8080, Saturday, 31 January 2015 05:57 (nine years ago) link
carles
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Saturday, 31 January 2015 06:03 (nine years ago) link
Yeah flopson doing god's work --Tim F
flopson otm re: typesit's always fun figuring out your taste against the backdrop of an archetype, seeing where you cleave to it and where you don't. and seeing where you're perfectly happy to be that archetype vs watching out for the danger of getting calcified in it (the latter especially with people getting older) --lex pretend
it's always fun figuring out your taste against the backdrop of an archetype, seeing where you cleave to it and where you don't. and seeing where you're perfectly happy to be that archetype vs watching out for the danger of getting calcified in it (the latter especially with people getting older) --lex pretend
aw :) love u guys
― flopson, Saturday, 31 January 2015 06:03 (nine years ago) link
sometimes i do actually realise that i am becoming quite boring and that's when I am thankful for the people who say the things i want to say but less tiresomely than the way I would put it
― Tim F, Saturday, 31 January 2015 06:55 (nine years ago) link
I did notice that 9 out of the 25 albums I voted for were made by middle-aged women and briefly wondered whether that was me getting old and calcified but then I realised no one else, old or young, is much repping for those middle-aged women so it's more down to patriarchy
― lex pretend, Saturday, 31 January 2015 08:01 (nine years ago) link
Of course you've repped for a few middle-aged men as well (Cohen, Waits)
― the war on me (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 31 January 2015 08:18 (nine years ago) link
(also Quik duh)
― the war on me (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 31 January 2015 08:19 (nine years ago) link
I like to think of myself as being untied to any scene or genre. But that all gets thrown into sharp relief come EOY when I realise I've listened to naff all metal, barely any hip hop and even less r'n'b and pop this year, despite really enjoying these genres when the time comes to hearing them. I started subscribing to Wire two years ago, so among other things it's shaped my listening landscape a lot more than top 40 radio.
― pig∞n (dog latin), Saturday, 31 January 2015 12:41 (nine years ago) link
Being untied to scenes and genres is exactly what would cause you to lose touch with them
― lex pretend, Saturday, 31 January 2015 13:35 (nine years ago) link
dog latin maybe it's time you started following those scenes then. Every year you say you are disconnected but never try to alter that!
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Saturday, 31 January 2015 15:34 (nine years ago) link
Reading The Wire will widen the schism too.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 January 2015 15:49 (nine years ago) link
the non-hipster indies western us version i'm thinking of are over 40, worked in a record store or were in a industrial / neo folk / post punk band in the 90s, love the stooges and nick cave, opposed to hippies and prob. can now just be described as "conservative, eccentric"― languagelessness (mattresslessness), Friday, January 30, 2015 2:47 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Oh man neofolk... That's a whole can of worms on its own, I fell into a wiki/Spotify hole one day trying to understand who was racist & who was into gay Nazi kink & who was just singing about sad trees and snowball
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 31 January 2015 15:58 (nine years ago) link
Lol snow not snowball
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 31 January 2015 15:59 (nine years ago) link
hah i read through the wikis for those guys every so often too just because i don't relate to them in any way
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 31 January 2015 16:02 (nine years ago) link
Stop reading magazines and just see what you find in the woods
― saer, Saturday, 31 January 2015 16:08 (nine years ago) link
what if you find a magazine in the woods
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 31 January 2015 16:11 (nine years ago) link
sad trees and snowball i expect
― ciderpress, Saturday, 31 January 2015 16:12 (nine years ago) link
then you won't have to wipe with leaves
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 31 January 2015 16:14 (nine years ago) link
And don't just look in one place, I often venture out of the woods, and sometimes I got right up on top of the old abandoned viaduct and see whats there too
― saer, Saturday, 31 January 2015 16:15 (nine years ago) link
pro tip: magazines under old board in vacant lot
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Saturday, 31 January 2015 16:19 (nine years ago) link
contendo check yr webmail
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Saturday, 31 January 2015 16:22 (nine years ago) link
Have you ever found porn in the woods?
― the war on me (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 31 January 2015 16:25 (nine years ago) link
areweoutofthewoods yetareweoutofthewoods yetareweoutofthewoods
― dyl, Saturday, 31 January 2015 17:35 (nine years ago) link
woodsporn
― lag∞n, Saturday, 31 January 2015 18:12 (nine years ago) link
best thread ever
― Vic Perry, Saturday, 31 January 2015 19:08 (nine years ago) link
did & done, cs
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Saturday, 31 January 2015 19:43 (nine years ago) link
argh you can't keep the "fascist themes unspoken". are you singing about forests?? you are a nazi!! this is crystal clear.
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― goole, Saturday, 31 January 2015 20:04 (nine years ago) link
Got a copy of Workshop 19 from Hardwax yesterday!
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 1 February 2015 12:42 (nine years ago) link
Being untied to scenes and genres is exactly what would cause you to lose touch with them― lex pretend, Saturday, January 31, 2015 1:35 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkdog latin maybe it's time you started following those scenes then. Every year you say you are disconnected but never try to alter that!― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Saturday, January 31, 2015 3:34 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkReading The Wire will widen the schism too.― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, January 31, 2015 3:49 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― lex pretend, Saturday, January 31, 2015 1:35 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Saturday, January 31, 2015 3:34 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, January 31, 2015 3:49 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Uh... isn't this what I'm saying?
― pig∞n (dog latin), Monday, 2 February 2015 11:29 (nine years ago) link
ah never mind, who cares...?
― pig∞n (dog latin), Monday, 2 February 2015 11:31 (nine years ago) link
I guess what I mean is, who's got the time? If I had more than 2, maybe 3 hours worth of music listening time a day then maybe I'd be able to check out all the latest things I'd like to, but I don't. And I don't see the point in specialising in just one style at a time. I have to be in a specific mood to listen to hip hop or metal, so it would be unnatural to spend a week just listening to one style unless I really wanted to. So I'm pretty happy being a dilettante in that respect.
― pig∞n (dog latin), Monday, 2 February 2015 11:49 (nine years ago) link
You dont have to follow anything, its not a test!
and theres no need to put things in boxes and think i must listen to something in category 7 today.
― saer, Monday, 2 February 2015 12:08 (nine years ago) link
yes. but this is all in relation to flopson and lex talking about archetypes and how we see ourselves fitting into those.
― pig∞n (dog latin), Monday, 2 February 2015 12:11 (nine years ago) link
I worry about being a cherry picker sometimes but ultimately I know I'm culturally a UK DIY indie/experimental plugged-in guy over and above anything else. We're all here bcs we have our specialisations to some degree and want to benefit from the wisdom and research of others with different specialisations imho. Here as in this thread.
― ineloquentwow (Craigo Boingo), Monday, 2 February 2015 12:28 (nine years ago) link
Man I'd love to have 2-3 hours music listening time a day.
― Tim F, Monday, 2 February 2015 12:34 (nine years ago) link
I have a lot more than that...work with headphones on + travel
― saer, Monday, 2 February 2015 12:35 (nine years ago) link
xpost yeah, it's a stretch at that
― pig∞n (dog latin), Monday, 2 February 2015 12:36 (nine years ago) link
most of my music time is done on my commute, with train carriage noise and traffic to contend with. these last couple of years, i've been busy writing and producing my own music as much as listening to others', so obsessively listening to demo versions and mixdowns eats into that time, as well as effecting my listening habits to some extent as well.
― pig∞n (dog latin), Monday, 2 February 2015 12:38 (nine years ago) link