TS has the inflatable slide market LOCKED DOWN.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 18 November 2019 20:36 (four years ago) link
i like inflatable slides too! omg she's so relatable
― imago, Monday, 18 November 2019 21:08 (four years ago) link
if you have a slide *and* you have a pool, shouldn’t one land in the other? this seems like bad feng shui.
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 18 November 2019 21:41 (four years ago) link
Worth noting (or maybe not) that quote was from 2015, and she apparently stopped those parties after 2016.
― paris geller spinoff pitch (morrisp), Monday, 18 November 2019 22:14 (four years ago) link
With her dwindling sales and popularity she's got to watch her budget, no more spendthrift inflatable pool slide rentals.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 November 2019 22:22 (four years ago) link
US arenas generally have to book about six to twelve months in advance and the amount of money involved in a tour is so much that it doesn't happen unless everyone involved understands the ROI is gonna justify it that far out... that said, i'm certainly noticing an influx of comparatively younger acts graduating quickly to arena status (on the east coast at least) to better/faster capitalize on immediate success.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain
Those chairs are too close to the end, though
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 16:15 (four years ago) link
a good test for new york (which is a skewed market anyway because of industry) might be to see how many acts went from playing the main building to whatever they're calling the former felt forum space now (the theater at msg i believe).
― maura, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
the hulu theater iirc
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 17:09 (four years ago) link
The Carlyle Group Theater at ScooterBraunLive!
― paris geller spinoff pitch (morrisp), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 17:33 (four years ago) link
i only see artisanal artists in living room btw
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 17:55 (four years ago) link
i believe the new york knicks will soon be moving into the smaller space.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
How are their record sales?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 19:17 (four years ago) link
not nearly as good as the portland trail blazers' record sales, iirc
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 19:20 (four years ago) link
ts: Dame DOLLA vs JD & The Straight Shot
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 20:03 (four years ago) link
Grammys: Lack of "Lover" Noms Deemed Snub
― paris geller spinoff pitch (morrisp), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 21:01 (four years ago) link
(do u like my stab at headline writing)
Lol at that article. I didn’t know Bob Iver has lost his ‘cred ‘when collaborator Kanye West started making gospel music.
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 21:57 (four years ago) link
Now here’s a headline for you: https://variety.com/2019/music/news/have-grammys-become-ageist-springsteen-madonna-sheryl-crow-1203410477/
― hip musical crush (morrisp), Thursday, 21 November 2019 04:24 (four years ago) link
"lover" for song of the year is a cool nom, when that song catches me in the right headspace it's fairly great
big wtf at "you need to calm down" being nominated for anything much less pop solo performance
― dyl, Thursday, 21 November 2019 08:13 (four years ago) link
I wish Paul Westerberg did a cover version of "Lover"
― cpl593H, Thursday, 21 November 2019 15:45 (four years ago) link
Braun writes a public letter to Swift, highlighting threats against his family. (Taylor hasn’t spoken publicly since her “Don’t know what else to do” tweet).https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/dthreat.jpg
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Friday, 22 November 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
damn, scooter better strap up
― J0rdan S., Friday, 22 November 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
So did they get this sorted, or...?
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 25 November 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
I kinda think Scooter is right, that this has more to do with advertising the re-recordings of the earlier albums than it has any kind of agreement that could be made.
― Frederik B, Monday, 25 November 2019 18:42 (four years ago) link
The whole thing is so crazy at this point. No matter what is at the core of this agreement, where surely Taylor is in the right, sending a mob of fans after enemies, then staying silent as it devolves into closed offices and death threats, is so beyond defensible. It's abhorrent behaviour. And nobody speaks up about it? Are people afraid that they'll get death threats as well? Or not able to handle more than one villain at a time?
― Frederik B, Monday, 25 November 2019 18:45 (four years ago) link
She performed her old songs at the AMAs last night, so guess she prevailed on that piece at least. Her Twitter feed has moved on, nothing more said about the negotiations.
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Monday, 25 November 2019 18:52 (four years ago) link
I don't think anyone ever could explain how she was supposed to be prohibited from performing her old songs. That's not up to whoever owns the masters to decide, I think.
― Frederik B, Monday, 25 November 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
it was more a matter of whether recording the live performance would break the contract that allows her to begin re-recording the old songs a year from now
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 25 November 2019 19:01 (four years ago) link
But is that a thing as well? Because presumably a lot of artists, who has been on more than one label, do televised/streamed live performances.
― Frederik B, Monday, 25 November 2019 19:09 (four years ago) link
Who knows what Scooter and his lawyers are up to, but would they have had a leg to stand on legally?
Big Machine has been saying no, both in their earlier statement and Scooter's "public letter":
As the world now knows you can and should perform any song you would like at the AMAs. I have never and would never say otherwise. You do not need anyone’s permission to do so legally but I am stating it here clearly and publicly so there is no more debate or confusion.
...but maybe they were originally trying to pull something else.
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Monday, 25 November 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
It's not like I trust a guy named Scooter, lol :) I just don't get the legal aspect.
― Frederik B, Monday, 25 November 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
There is something in the contract which allows Taylor to start re-recording her old songs sometime in 2020. But if she does so before that date she loses the right to do so in the future. I think the fight was over whether Big Machine would claim that if Taylor’s performance showed up anywhere other than the live broadcast it would be a breach of the contract. That’s why their statements kept emphasizing that they could not prevent her from performing old songs in a live setting.
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 25 November 2019 22:31 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmT4Y8w1nho
song is made somehow even more gorgeous here
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 19:26 (four years ago) link
Wow, that is a lovely remix.
I was at a holiday street fair last weekend, and a girl with a gtr & microphone was absolutely murdering this song (like, in a bad way).
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 19:41 (four years ago) link
I wouldn't say this is an improvement because I don't think there's a lot of room to improve on "Lover" (it's already great) but this is a remix that deserves to exist...which is a lot.
― cpl593H, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 12:16 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3rDTAdM2o
― groovypanda, Friday, 6 December 2019 10:53 (four years ago) link
So no discussion of the new Christmas song? I like it a lot, super hooky and bubbly earworm.
― A breezy pop-rock feel fairly typical of the mid-'80s (Dan Peterson), Friday, 6 December 2019 19:28 (four years ago) link
I think it's great. But the song I'm really hearting is the one she and Webber wrote for Cats, which is far better than I expected.
― cpl593H, Monday, 9 December 2019 10:56 (four years ago) link
She has been named Woman of the Decade.
― Inapt Authority (morrisp), Friday, 13 December 2019 14:36 (four years ago) link
uh oh Soros mentions now
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 13 December 2019 14:39 (four years ago) link
"Woman" of the Decade is a qualified, bullshit distinction imo. how bout just "Artist of the Decade"?
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Friday, 13 December 2019 16:13 (four years ago) link
Will they have a Man of the Decade too?
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 13 December 2019 16:25 (four years ago) link
this is tied to billboard's women in music event that happens every year... they normally do "woman of the year." you could do a "people in music" event but there's already lots of those (several of them put on by the same company that owns billboard)
― J0rdan S., Friday, 13 December 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/?list_page=1#list-item-153
I kind of value the enthusiasm Sheffield has for Swift, though he usually gives value to things I find trivial, and overlooks her true strenghts.
E.g. Long Live might probably make my top 10, but to pick the "I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you" line when you could choose springsteenian gems such as " a band of thieves in ripped up jeans got to rule the world" or the true emotional gut punch of the song, which is "If you have children some day/When they point to the pictures/Please tell 'em my name"...IDK what to think.
Anyway, No 1 is really worth it.
― cpl593H, Friday, 13 December 2019 19:33 (four years ago) link
Clicked away as soon as I saw “Bad Blood” came in dead last.
― Inapt Authority (morrisp), Friday, 13 December 2019 20:09 (four years ago) link
"Never Grow Up" at 124 is nuts. "Don't make her drop you off around the block/Remember that she's getting older too", "Take pictures in your mindOf your childhood room/Memorize what it sounded like/When your dad gets home", for christ's sake!
― cpl593H, Friday, 13 December 2019 20:25 (four years ago) link
― Inapt Authority (morrisp), Friday, December 13, 2019 1:09 PM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink
this is one of the ways rob is correct
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 21:24 (four years ago) link
anyway i came here to talk about how good "death by a thousand cuts" is
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link