sadly,
― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Thursday, 23 April 2015 03:49 (nine years ago) link
https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=to%3Aian_watkins&src=typd
― Robert Kenedy Nunes do Nascimento (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 September 2015 14:30 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/PartyCity/status/626816076727238656
this is some sort of automated thing, presumably?
― soref, Friday, 18 September 2015 14:38 (eight years ago) link
idk about you but i find it highly inappropriate that a $2bn nasdaq listed party supplies company with 20,000 twitter followers is wishing happy birthday to a notorious child rapist
― Robert Kenedy Nunes do Nascimento (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 September 2015 14:44 (eight years ago) link
Shittle Gaytentions @LI_Band Aug 10
@ian_watkins luv u broah kep pep ponk aleev plz und geet uf off prizon. #itznatdodyot #freiiaiaianwotkinz
― Ray Chard (NickB), Friday, 18 September 2015 14:49 (eight years ago) link
kep pep ponk aleev is killing me
― Ray Chard (NickB), Friday, 18 September 2015 14:50 (eight years ago) link
Ros@ @rosa21005744 Aug 30
@ian_watkins I love my t-shirt ... JUSTICE FOR IAN
uh, i kinda think the justice system knocked this one out of the park tbh
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 18 September 2015 15:59 (eight years ago) link
blimey at that one lone fan (mentioned above) tweeting constantly how he's innocent etc
― Cosmic Slop, Friday, 18 September 2015 16:26 (eight years ago) link
the pep ponk that will be kept aleev
― top doctor (seandalai), Friday, 18 September 2015 16:45 (eight years ago) link
y'all are obsessed with updates about this horrible dude and you should recalibrate your attention toward no devotion
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 18 September 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link
are they kepping pep ponk aleev?
― Ray Chard (NickB), Friday, 18 September 2015 17:01 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sSGG-JH-W0
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 18 September 2015 17:01 (eight years ago) link
needs more ponk in their pep tbh
― Ray Chard (NickB), Friday, 18 September 2015 17:13 (eight years ago) link
― top doctor (seandalai), Friday, 18 September 2015 17:45 (29 minutes ago)
pep guardianista
― Robert Kenedy Nunes do Nascimento (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 September 2015 17:15 (eight years ago) link
sev pep pank!
― sarahell, Saturday, 19 September 2015 20:10 (eight years ago) link
Thibaut Hkt @survivaltribes Nov 16 #MonPlusBeauSouvenirDuBataclan Les concert de @riseagainst et @lostprophets (avant que ian watkins soit incarcéré pour pédophilie :/ )
― Dear Lesbian21 (nakhchivan), Thursday, 19 November 2015 20:59 (eight years ago) link
http://www.hitthefloor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/HYS-LP.jpg
Solomon Radley – Contributor
Well I’m loathe to do this – but the answer to this one comes from the philosophy of aesthetics. When someone asks “What does a work of art mean?” the least problematic answer is “Whatever the artist intended it to mean.” That’s why Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’ isn’t just a urinal, and it’s why John Cage’s ‘4’33”’ is a piece of music, rather than a pretentious four-minute exercise in pointlessness.
It follows that if an artist intends something to be part of a piece of art, it becomes part of that piece of art. What’s more, in some cases you’ll find that the personal lives of a band’s members are part of the art in an even more direct way – for example, The Wonder Years took Soupy’s most personal thoughts and anxieties and made it the subject matter of their last three albums.
If something’s not actually part of an artwork, it shouldn’t really colour your opinion of that art. So if an artist didn’t intend their personal life to be part of the music, you shouldn’t really judge the music by their life ‘off record/stage’.
But that’s the problem – what Ian Watkins allegedly did shouldn’t affect what you think of their songs, but it does. So you can’t help but feel sorry for the rest of Lostprophets now they’ve been forced to call it a day because the charges against him dragged the band’s name through the mud.
I routinely find I enjoy the personalities behind my favourite music as much as the music itself. That’s why I love Fat Mike, Tyler, The Creator and Ke$ha. And why shouldn’t I? Maybe a better definition of the meaning of a piece of art would be “Whatever the listener derives from it”.
To hell with all the complicated philosophical implications – that best-describes the meaning I grasp when listening to music, so I’m sticking with it. It also explains why I can’t listen to ‘Shinobi Vs. Dragon Ninja’ anymore without feeling a shade guilty.
― The term “hitler racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Friday, 27 November 2015 18:50 (eight years ago) link
Solomon Radley, born to write badley
― a moment on the streets, a lifetime in the sheets (DJ Mencap), Friday, 27 November 2015 19:54 (eight years ago) link
http://www.aux.tv/2015/12/taylor-swift-song-appears-on-spotify-credited-to-lostprophets/
― Cosmic Slop, Saturday, 12 December 2015 18:50 (eight years ago) link
Still amazed that any paedophile would use the phrase 'Ifuckkids' to password protect their computer full of child porn. Wonder how long it took GCHQ to crack that one.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, November 27, 2013 2:31 AM (2 years ago)
― sarahell, Saturday, 12 December 2015 19:33 (eight years ago) link
He's back! http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/paedophile-singer-ian-watkins-twitter-12210876
The "Laim McKenzie, Paisley" tag on the soundcloud page has me less than convinced, though
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 22 November 2016 17:45 (seven years ago) link
In Wales for the night and in honour of the occasion can anyone recommend any of the earlier stuff
― virginity simple (darraghmac), Saturday, 22 April 2017 22:58 (seven years ago) link
wasn't it his love of earlier stuff that landed him in jail?
― Odysseus, Saturday, 22 April 2017 23:27 (seven years ago) link
xp - When the band was in its infancy?
― sarahell, Sunday, 23 April 2017 17:05 (seven years ago) link
Let's not make this about that please.
― virginity simple (darraghmac), Monday, 24 April 2017 07:45 (seven years ago) link
Heck of a comeback line, tho.
― Mark G, Monday, 24 April 2017 10:50 (seven years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Devotion
― Mark G, Monday, 24 April 2017 11:03 (seven years ago) link
I wonder if Owen Smith likes to blast them out in the car.
― calzino, Monday, 24 April 2017 11:18 (seven years ago) link
I still don't buy for one second the story that these dudes were in a van with this guy for like 15 years and never once did they consider something was not on the level
― Jay Elettronica Viva (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 24 April 2017 14:03 (seven years ago) link
"Great show, guys! Welp, I'm off to the hotel to have a fully legal sexual encounter with an adult woman who is over the age of 18."
― Jay Elettronica Viva (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 24 April 2017 14:04 (seven years ago) link
"Let's just borrow your laptop for a sec, what's the login password again?"
― calzino, Monday, 24 April 2017 14:08 (seven years ago) link
they travelled separately for a long time so he could do what he wanted.
― Odysseus, Monday, 24 April 2017 14:08 (seven years ago) link
Hey Hey, They were not The Monkees.
― Mark G, Monday, 24 April 2017 14:59 (seven years ago) link
― Jay Elettronica Viva (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, April 24, 2017 9:04 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
had to check to see if these guys ever played the Warped tour, because I'm pretty sure that's a phrase they make bands practice repeating before playing that now
― a landlocked exclave (mh), Monday, 24 April 2017 15:19 (seven years ago) link
the age of consent in wales is 9 btw
― ben "bance" bance (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 24 April 2017 15:44 (seven years ago) link
nah jk the welsh reproduce via parthenogenesis iirc
― ben "bance" bance (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 24 April 2017 15:47 (seven years ago) link
meanwhile everyone's favourite welsh sex criminal has just signed for caek's lot again, glory has truly returned to bramall lane
― imago, Monday, 24 April 2017 15:49 (seven years ago) link
they call it cywldly gwlnthly or something xp
― a landlocked exclave (mh), Monday, 24 April 2017 15:50 (seven years ago) link
take it to the 'incomprehensible britishisms' thread buddy xp
― ben "bance" bance (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 24 April 2017 15:51 (seven years ago) link
Are No Devotion still a functioning thing? I heard they had an actual hit in Romania or something, but surely they're still well fucked
― PaulTMA, Monday, 24 April 2017 17:39 (seven years ago) link
brb gotta head over to the 'posts you has second thoughts about' thread
― ben "bance" bance (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 24 April 2017 17:45 (seven years ago) link
Lots of references to the regrettable actions of Watkins but i was actually hoping for some solid recommendations here folks
― virginity simple (darraghmac), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 00:28 (seven years ago) link
in what sphere? life in general?
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 00:31 (seven years ago) link
Tbf I don't think we are dealing with Wagner or Micheal Jackson here, he was just simply a pile of shit.
― calzino, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 00:37 (seven years ago) link
Wagner, yeah, remember that guy?
http://cdn.images.dailystar.co.uk/dynamic/117/photos/453000/620x/57d2a02acc78d_I121128_135908_192504.jpg
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 00:40 (seven years ago) link
well, exactly - beyond criticism is that fellow - oh shit I thought you meant the Town manager there!
― calzino, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 00:42 (seven years ago) link
#Wagnerknows
― virginity simple (darraghmac), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 01:17 (seven years ago) link
Recommendations?
'Other bands are available'
― Mark G, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 05:54 (seven years ago) link
Ultimately, the Lostprophets produced The Betrayed by themselves at the Los Angeles home of the band's bassist, Stuart Richardson, between 2008 and 2009. Over the course of this multi-year recording process, they scrapped a lot of material, ultimately selecting a dozen songs for the 45-minute album. The first half of the album is uniformly excellent, in particular the full-throttle rockers "Dstryr/Dstryr," "It's Not the End of the World, But I Can See It from Here," and "Next Stop, Atro City." Though less invigorating and perhaps too pop-oriented for some fans, the U2-esque "Where We Belong" and the ska lilt of "For He's a Jolly Good Felon" are also first-rate.
― ben "bance" bance (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 06:30 (seven years ago) link
the ska lilt of "For He's a Jolly Good Felon"the ska lilt of "For He's a Jolly Good Felon"the ska lilt of "For He's a Jolly Good Felon"the ska lilt of "For He's a Jolly Good Felon"the ska lilt of "For He's a Jolly Good Felon"
― ben "bance" bance (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 06:31 (seven years ago) link