Chapo Trap House and the rise of the dirtbag left

when contrarianism and lib-dunking goes wrong, basically

some economist at harvard policy school tweeted his ranked list of candidates and had Liz at number 1 and Bernie at 8 (lowest), when i said ‘your #8 is most similar to your #1 on policy, thought that would be a more salient dimension to you’ he replied ‘I find Warren more thoughtful about most policy issues, agree with her more on the balance between regulation and free markets, and think her record of accomplishments is more compelling (CFPB, for example). Also, less cagey about tax returns.’

Liz is my #1 and Bernie is my #8 too. A lot of it is about demeanor, disposition, and intelligence.

they’re my 1 and 2, i switch day to day

i do think he has a great chance of winning the general

it’s interesting and valid for non policy dimensions to matter, just funny when even ppl who are purportedly all about policy (Klein, a prof in a policy school) put effectively zero weight on it.

Was the tax returns jab from before he released them? Seems odd otherwise

week of

Simon, did you see this one?
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2019/3/14/centrist-society/

“In the (political) climate today,” she says, “everything is so polarized, and it just feels so personal and emotional that it can be very hard to have a rational argument. It’s very hard to beat someone’s emotional argument with rational facts”

Also, JFC the tax returns thing was so fucking stupid

Harvard Future Middle-Aged Republicans Society

of course

I love the Red Scare podcast and the ladies who make it. My primary motivation to go to NYC next time is finally being on this show. It's hilarious, insightful, independent-minded, and scornful of those who deserve it https://t.co/mOjrMMGYcg

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 28, 2019

ooof

their collective fascination with Marianne Williamson is hilarious but also sort of adorable

i doubt ill ever go to a live podcast event but if i were in glasgow in june i might be tempted to catch chapo on their uk tour just because it seems incongruous

I'd never pay to see chapo but I'd def see Street Fight, who've said they're going to come through at some point

i mean i don't even listen to the podcast anymore so maybe i wouldn't i guess lol

who wore it better

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5gfkuLX4AA8l_Z.jpg:small

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5gdUE1W0AMEv3L.png

oran mor. shiter venue

can't fathom how unbearable they'd be live. bad enough recorded

i don't think i've ever heard a good live podcast, live shows are almost always worse

Marianne is going to be appearing at a store near me that sells healing crystals

“Don’t use your phone at all unless you really have to post something” pic.twitter.com/MiaaRhpP2m

— David Klion🔥 (@DavidKlion) May 1, 2019

Marianne just qualified for the debates, which I am choosing to attribute to the Chapo Bump.

apparently no one remembers Sigourney Weaver (and Paul Rudnick) parodying Marianne Williamson in 1995

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6WsyWRXY18

Making new friends in Europe and the UK(and mocking Toby Young):

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jun/03/chapo-trap-house-podcast-interview-trump-socialist-us-comics

They should not keep putting out live episodes if they want people to keep buying tickets to their shows.

tbh I thought that Berlin one was better than their last few "proper" ones

Dennis Perrin is co-hosting a podcast

https://anchor.fm/beautifullies

podcasts have finally arrived

no shit

I’m going to die choking on my own phlegm chortling at a minor exchange like that someday

alan moore has gone on chapo

the crossover event of the summer

saw the title, was somewhat skeptical, and after listening to about 30 seconds: yup, that's Alan

not safe for listening on the way to work. he almost put me into an induced hypnotic sleep state by calmly droning on about his definition of magic

not a surprising get considering Will "edited" his recent tome but still neat

decades of heroic weed consumption, magickal workings and thinking more deeply about the town of northampton that anyone ever has or ever will again have given him eldritch powers which may or may not stand up to the psychich assault of felix biederman's stream of consciousness about fortnite, uncles and knausgaard

good ep albeit tragically felix-free

Downloaded a couple of eps of producer Chris's music podcast (And Introducing), it's pretty good (ie more listenable than Chapo has been lately). I'm halfway through the one about Meet Me In The Bathroom, it's ridiculously long (2.5 hours) and it's endearing to see someone's take on it a few years younger than me/the average ILXor. They still think all the people involved in the early '00s rock scene were kind of cool, it's adorable.

I was going to ask who from the show picked The Fall to end the latest episode, but figured it was Chris.

i feel like everyone involved in chapo has a tragic taste in music

they used to pick pretty good music to end the episodes until they presumably got too big and didn't want to draw attention. distinctly remember an ep ending with "who makes the nazis".

xp to milo

is there a good representative episode of that podcast (And Introducing) that's a good start?

the one about the book, which I've read and have spent all my own commentary on, is simultaneously intriguing because they're younger and making me holler about how they seem to have missed a bunch of experiences of seeing shows in houses, 90s music scenes, whatever

And Introducing is fantastic! My introduction was the one Felix guested on about Kanye's tweets. I thought that one was pretty fun, but it's kind of atypical for the show. I honestly think the show's first episode is still one of the best.

The one about The Hacienda is pretty good too.

I've only listened to that one and part of the Felix Soundcloud rap episode - I think the book one is pretty representative, non-cynical 30-year olds' takes on music

the greatest Chapo running gag is that their producers/engineers have much better radio voices than anyone actually on the show

ilx is pretty much all rockist now isn't it

Should I listen to the hacienda episode though? I do tend to avoid podcasts and only experience them vicariously in forums such as this.

I was going to ask who from the show picked The Fall to end the latest episode, but figured it was Chris.

they should have played "Sinister Ducks"