Music Criticism in Video Form

but do allow me the vanity of seeing this dillpickle as like, a version of myself that didn't get over the idea of rating the rhymes of teenagers being a life purpose

accent on the word "rating"

lest it sound like i don't respect music journalism

or more thoughtful critical appreciations of work

i suspect that a substantial measure measure of AF's success owes to his appearance and tone. he has the face of children's show host, unremarkable yet extremely pliable, prone to rubbery, theatrical exaggeration. his expressions seem not expressive of an inner state, but contrived in an actorly manner to illustrate this or that point. while he speaks in a blandly authoritative manner, he's by no means deep thinker, and he throws in plenty of goofy asides to let you know that he's a "fun guy". all of this makes his videos easy to follow and soothing in the manner of crap network television.

oh he could definitely be gene shalit someday

if submitted to looping videos of fantano reviews i would admit to anything, it's absolute t o r t u r e to sit through, like get to the fucking point already - probably his audience enjoys lenghty hyperactive youtube hosts/channels more than i do

can easily see why it's popular though, seems to me it has a very calculated appeal like sean parkers international hipster playlist on spotify

if this is "popular" it's as good an argument for wiping out human beings as any

i suspect that a substantial measure measure of AF's success owes to his appearance and tone. he has the face of children's show host, unremarkable yet extremely pliable, prone to rubbery, theatrical exaggeration. his expressions seem not expressive of an inner state, but contrived in an actorly manner to illustrate this or that point.

not realizing where i was i assumed "af" meant arcade fire. still works kinda

while people praise ebert for all his warm-hearted blogging and support of the indie scene etc, dude got famous being a nonthreatening, amiable nerd who showed sincere respect for the medium while keeping it light and telling people what was worth seeing with his thumb. fantano fits the mold perfectly.

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haha ok that even might be a LITTLE unfair to fantano, of whom i am NO FAN

Yeah, I mean, I kid but you can't really hate on Fantano

Dude found his own lane wherein he actually reviews for an audience that exists instead of the less than 1000 people on planet earth who give a fuck about "rockism" and "pazz and jop" and Wussy

Like he's not trying to get ALL UP IN OUR BIZ pitching clips to Fader or the Oxford American or whatever. Dude exists in his own bubble

a LITTLE unfair to fantano, of whom i am NO FAN

no fan o'?

Fantano? Not a fan.

lotta room for $$$ in a bubble

Wow, I definitely started this thread by posting video with the Needle Drop dude in it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFo0j945vB8

thanks to deej's twitter i see this guy has some kind of latin-borat komedy r&b alter ego

most youth internet culture (aside from the racists) just pass me by w/o any impression but this little dingus makes me so angry

god yes me too

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/music-vlogger-anthony-fantano-mistaken-for-oregon-shooter

i say execute him just in case

ok lol

who wants to look at a music critic?

― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 19:32 (5 years ago)

Just dawned on me this week that needle drop guy is uncommonly beautiful. Looks much better with a shaved head though.

thread title compels me to post that whenever I want to hear a hip-hop review, my first stop is Dead End Hip Hop

https://albumfriend.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/fantano2.png

usually goes down differently when they appear on each other's shows

I decided to give a fantano youtube a try. This guy lost me by talking longer than a minute

Oh shit.., he just sarcastically called me an independently thinking snowflake

I hate when youtube recommends this guy to me now (I found a stop suggesting option but it must still have kinks). I cringe everytime his trendy, bulbous, hipster face gets placed next to content I like

I want to kill him between the eyes

It's impressive how he manages to look so aggressively annoying in every single still image I've ever seen of him, that's some real brand cultivation. I tried watching a video once out of curiosity and made it about twelve seconds, just brutal.

Fantano is (slightly) less obnoxious than this guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s8mhU6P1Ho

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Wow…Fantano is like me without bitches

i hate this stuff

even though i haven't watched any. the youtube screenshot previews in the sidebar are enough

I quite like this guy, he also does unboxings of limited edition box sets and stuff:

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

Never got the point of unboxing videos. Just seems like a boring video blogger ritual.

i think i'm old because i fucking hate all video content produced for social media. except cat videos and comical injury footage.

Yeah, unless the topic really benefits from being in a video form I tend to avoid videos. I shouldn't have to stop the music I'm listening to, or put headphones so I don't bother anyone, just to hear what could have just as simply been typed.

"Never got the point of unboxing videos. Just seems like a boring video blogger ritual."

hi you are not nine years old.

it's the latest in viral capitalist propoganda don't you know

I don't think most people doing unboxing videos are 9 either.

neither are the people doing the gamestop dumpster diving videos that my nine year old was obsessed with.

but yeah some unboxing stuff obviously for the people who are mentally nine. at heart.

dumpster diving videos >>>>> unboxing

But the unboxing videos usually look slow and ceremonial. As if they'd get a separate commentator if they could.

i worked with a guy who was into unboxing videos. basically he was quite an acquisitive, materialistic, fetishizing sort who got a visceral thrill from taking new goods, primarily electronic goods, out of their boxes after buying them. he explained that watching unboxing videos gave him a vicarious buzz.

he was 25 and quite immature/silly