beer commercial music has improved at leasthttps://www.ispot.tv/ad/Aqfj/michelob-ultra-get-up-song-by-james-brown
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Thursday, 11 July 2019 23:28 (four years ago) link
Its like you can’t even screech in a bagel shop that women won’t let short men smash without someone making a tweet about it anymore
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 11 July 2019 23:29 (four years ago) link
I don't see a lot of difference in American culture between the '00s and the '90s. 1999 lasted until the iPhone came out, pretty much.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Thursday, 11 July 2019 23:30 (four years ago) link
feel like american culture was more conservative in 00s than 90s
Murphy Brown becoming a single mom and Ellen kissing a woman once were major national news stories (because the right flipped their shit).
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Thursday, 11 July 2019 23:32 (four years ago) link
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten)
lol
― Dan S, Thursday, 11 July 2019 23:56 (four years ago) link
xp I know, and don't ask don't tell, DOMA, other celebrities that stayed (glass) closeted. what did the first/second wave of political correctness hit? just academia? sincerely asking. I read Roth's The Human Stain earlier this year, and now Sabbath's Theater, and it feels utterly of the moment despite being from 2000 and 1995 respectively.
the 90s ended on 9/11
― flappy bird, Friday, 12 July 2019 00:55 (four years ago) link
People have been complaining about political correctness since the mid '80s and it was used before that in a different manner. It feels utterly of the moment because it's all been the same play over and over with different actors and slightly altered scenes.
The '90s didn't end (culturally) on 9/11 by any stretch. Even politically, the Bush era was just the fruition of the 1994 House election. 2008ish you get Obama/iPhone-Youtube-social media culture in ascendancy/Great Recession.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Friday, 12 July 2019 01:12 (four years ago) link
my formative years, turning 18 in ‘99, were the 90s
by our definitions now, it was not amazingly progressive. it’d be like asking someone in the 90s if the 70s were progressive and then showing them a tv show where some guy is like “wow, a broad in the office? and she’s my manager! gee, wiz!” and they all wink at the camera. the difference is the wink goes away and maybe no one calls her a broad
the 90s were “pc” in the way a lot of things were given lip service and token social changes happened but there was no follow-through. as always, maybe
― untuned mass damper (mh), Friday, 12 July 2019 04:10 (four years ago) link
There was "PC" stuff on campuses in the 90s, but it kind of felt as much a a reaction against boomer permissiveness as against entrenched patriarchy etc. There was a lot of "Hey, superstar former hippie professor, stop grabbing students' breasts!" which caused a bunch of oldsters to believe the thought police were coming for them.
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 12 July 2019 13:36 (four years ago) link
i'd had drinks and i'm not sure where i was going with that post
in any case, the 90s were notionally progressive in some ways, but you generally can judge the progressiveness of any particular era by the norms adopted that were, in the immediately prior era, pushing social boundaries. the norms didn't change a whole lot, and the things that seemed like they were really pushing boundaries seem pretty quaint by 2019 standards
― untuned mass damper (mh), Friday, 12 July 2019 14:32 (four years ago) link
Matt, Virgil, and Brendan were at the Netroots Nation thing today and dropped on Majority Report, midway thru this clip:
https://youtu.be/jfjaxQrCdb8
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Friday, 12 July 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
the return of brendan would be sweet, always enjoyed his guest appearances/producer insights
― oiocha, Friday, 12 July 2019 20:26 (four years ago) link
biggest get yet, no?
👑 CHAPO X Ilhan Omar 🤩 pic.twitter.com/RmzRpth1Lt— Chapo Trap House (@CHAPOTRAPHOUSE) July 14, 2019
― flappy bird, Sunday, 14 July 2019 05:17 (four years ago) link
well it’s just bc they were all at netroots nation right?
― JoeStork, Sunday, 14 July 2019 05:53 (four years ago) link
Why are you doing this to her— Member of D.S.A.—“Drinking Some Ale!” (@90sSlowJamz) July 14, 2019
― Simon H., Sunday, 14 July 2019 05:54 (four years ago) link
The 90s version of PC was mocked the most for the phrase "vertically challenged" iirc
― billstevejim, Monday, 15 July 2019 02:37 (four years ago) link
re: Ross Perot?
― flappy bird, Monday, 15 July 2019 04:08 (four years ago) link
❤️ Brace Belden
― naus, Friday, 26 July 2019 07:04 (four years ago) link
I find all their Epstein glee pretty distasteful but Belden is a unique kind of edgelord awful
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Sunday, 28 July 2019 01:28 (four years ago) link
I'll take Epstein fever over electoral prognostication any day tbh
― Simon H., Sunday, 28 July 2019 04:55 (four years ago) link
yeah i enjoyed that pod tbh. epstein stuff > virgil talking psephology
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Monday, 29 July 2019 17:39 (four years ago) link
i then listened to the two episodes of true anon and enjoyed them too
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Monday, 29 July 2019 17:40 (four years ago) link
lmao here I was thinking they were canny for keeping Greenwald at arm's length for the last while and then...
at least it's on the subject he's going to be the least annoying about
― Simon H., Monday, 29 July 2019 20:55 (four years ago) link
glenn is actually good on brazilian politics imo
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Monday, 29 July 2019 21:02 (four years ago) link
and good on brazilian doggies
This greenwald story is bananas. Honestly massive respect to him for this.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 01:46 (four years ago) link
Yeah, that was a good segment. for once I genuinely learned a lot
― Simon H., Wednesday, 31 July 2019 05:05 (four years ago) link
There's gotta be a better thread to discuss this stuff, but I'm guessing the Epstein segments are, uh, not going to settle down anytime soon
Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein once spoke to scientists and others of a plan to seed the human race with his DNA by impregnating scores of women at his New Mexico ranch https://t.co/8nsw9HSY3R— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 31, 2019
― Simon H., Wednesday, 31 July 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
real motherfucking genghis khan hours
― another no-holds-barred Tokey Wedge adventure for men (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 19:52 (four years ago) link
“He would abruptly change the subject, A.D.D.-style, dismiss an observation with an adolescent wisecrack,” Mr. Pinker said.
this has been quoted in a number of articles now, but it actually seems like it might not be a negative on Epstein? kind of sounds like Pinker is a blowhard in conversation and he's pissy about how people would cut off his brilliant rants with jokes
― untuned mass damper (mh), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
almost couldn't believe that headline but eventually settled on it making sense, and of course he was interested in eugenics, because why not
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 20:52 (four years ago) link
maybe going to lose all of my casual podcast listener credibility by going to a live CTH event next week
― untuned mass damper (mh), Friday, 2 August 2019 20:23 (four years ago) link
I saw Krystal Ball from The Hill on TMBS, she's good! The Hill is establishment centrist media?
― anvil, Friday, 2 August 2019 20:28 (four years ago) link
I think The Hill's shtick is it's 90% inside baseball and capital water cooler gossip
― untuned mass damper (mh), Friday, 2 August 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
i went to cumtown live after listening to like 4 episodes. it was fun
― flopson, Friday, 2 August 2019 22:15 (four years ago) link
Street Fight Radio, The Trillbillies, and District Sentinelnare doing a live gig down here in Atlanta around the DSA Convention. I’m torn.
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Saturday, 3 August 2019 18:17 (four years ago) link
The Hill is an intentionally dry DC trade publication. I wouldn’t call it a gossip rag or even close; that’s the Axios/Politico schtick.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 3 August 2019 18:23 (four years ago) link
It’s a clickfarm/aggregator that designs its headlines to generate maximum twitter discussion (aka rage)
― jakey mo collier (voodoo chili), Saturday, 3 August 2019 18:37 (four years ago) link
gossip was probably the wrong word. dry, on the other hand, is definitely the right one
― untuned mass damper (mh), Saturday, 3 August 2019 19:09 (four years ago) link
The subreddit got quarantined—what bullshit.
― Dan I., Wednesday, 7 August 2019 01:30 (four years ago) link
Dumb, but I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner.
Nice fiery appearance from Michael Moore on that recent live one. The generational differences between them (eg MM's refusal to totally dismiss Obama) was interesting.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 7 August 2019 01:32 (four years ago) link
Amazing that Moore doesn't have a podcast in this environment.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 02:08 (four years ago) link
yeah that is weird
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 02:14 (four years ago) link
Small mercies.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 02:47 (four years ago) link
I wouldn't listen to it but he could be a useful lefty voice and he'd immediately be one of the most popular political podcasts.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 03:51 (four years ago) link
that fair... but maybe better caucus
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 06:13 (four years ago) link
I was so fuckin’ exhausted I stayed in the hotel. Means TV filmed the show, apparently. I got to meet one of the SF guys on Friday night at one of the parties.
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 08:04 (four years ago) link
Moore was good, but the chapos really need to learn by now not to constantly laugh loudly into the mic during a live show. Three years now, amateur hour is over.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 15:24 (four years ago) link
amateur hour never ends
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 16:31 (four years ago) link
Means TV filmed the showyep they were definitely there. I bet they’re sitting around wondering if they should upload the part where the audience spontaneously broke into chanting “Kill Jeff Bez0s” — which, cathartic as it was, could potentially draw heat were it to go viral I guess lol
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 20:45 (four years ago) link