I blame Alan Parsons
― rob, Thursday, 13 August 2020 23:39 (three years ago) link
make a certain sense from the artist’s pov tho - these days who knows in what form(at) the stuff you’re working on will see the light of day: mixtape? album? EP?
this is otm
― mozzy star (voodoo chili), Thursday, 13 August 2020 23:40 (three years ago) link
The line btw “mixtape” and “album” seems to have become blurred, but that’s another story.
― Washington Foosball Team (morrisp), Thursday, 13 August 2020 23:46 (three years ago) link
I was thinking about how people often start a follow-on sentence with ‘Indeed...’ when they’re writing but rarely when speaking. I’m not a fan, but indeed, it’s often a useful way to show your workings out
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 14 August 2020 00:10 (three years ago) link
It makes sense with the likes of Ty Segall or Ethan Miller, who lead a few different bands at any given time. But for a specific release, no.
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Friday, 14 August 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
I say "Indeed" in face to face conversations all the time. It's a very useful word.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 15 August 2020 01:35 (three years ago) link
I don’t say “indeed” (in speech or writing) — though sometimes I do try to write using my “speaking voice,” and the language ends up sounding impoverished. Hemingway I’m not, I guess.
― Get your filthy hands off my asp (morrisp), Saturday, 15 August 2020 01:49 (three years ago) link
OK, I laughed at it here. I guess she uses the term b/c it’s more than an EP, but less than an album?https://i.imgur.com/vKnc67w_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
― Get your filthy hands off my asp (morrisp), Saturday, 15 August 2020 05:37 (three years ago) link
"classically trained"
I feel like "self-taught"/"autodidact" is the inverted equivalent of this. Brought to mind by:
His mother Susan Collier is a violinist, conductor, and professor at the Royal Academy of Music's Junior Academy.[8] Collier's maternal grandfather, Derek Collier, was a violinist who also taught at the Royal Academy and performed with orchestras around the world. Collier says, "We sing Bach chorales together as family – it's just so much fun."[7]...Collier attended Mill Hill County High School in north London and The Purcell School for Young Musicians in Bushey, Hertfordshire.[11] He briefly studied jazz piano at the Royal Academy.[12]... Collier received the ABRSM Gold Medal for the highest mark in the country for his grade eight singing result in 2008.[14]...Collier is a self-declared autodidact.
Collier attended Mill Hill County High School in north London and The Purcell School for Young Musicians in Bushey, Hertfordshire.[11] He briefly studied jazz piano at the Royal Academy.[12]... Collier received the ABRSM Gold Medal for the highest mark in the country for his grade eight singing result in 2008.[14]...
Collier is a self-declared autodidact.
― Sharp! Distance! (Sund4r), Sunday, 3 January 2021 00:14 (three years ago) link
“jabs”“shots in arms”luv 2 see it happening; but cringe when I encounter those words, for some reason
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link
It’s either that or ‘microchipped’.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:04 (three years ago) link
How do u feel about "fauci ouchie"
― illumi-naughty (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:11 (three years ago) link
lol, the worst
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:13 (three years ago) link
I mean they literally are "shots" so I don't get the second one, unless it's just the "in arms" part you object to
― if you meh them, shut up (Neanderthal), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:13 (three years ago) link
Yeah, maybe there’s something kind of dehumanizing about it? It feels sort of like a military-style figure of speech (akin to “boots on the ground”)... guess there’s nothing inherently wrong with that—a military campaign metaphor is not inapt here—I don’t know why it bugs me. I’d be fine with just “shots.”
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:22 (three years ago) link
pump n dump
― lord of the ting tings (map), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:29 (three years ago) link
sorry
I think "shots in arms" is public health jargon. It does sound kind of militaristic, but it's the way doctors think.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:29 (three years ago) link
Yeah it would refer to vaccine doses actually deployed in disease control, as opposed to available reserves. “Jab” is twee English public school slang and I wince every time I hear it.
― assert (MatthewK), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:38 (three years ago) link
I suppose you can only say “administered vaccines” so many times (especially in a short communication that already uses the words “vaccine supply,” “vaccinated,” and “vaccinators”).
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:53 (three years ago) link
it’s akin to “bums on seats” which is even more unpleasant
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 21 February 2021 01:26 (three years ago) link
Yea who sits that way. I sit on my head
― if you meh them, shut up (Neanderthal), Sunday, 21 February 2021 01:30 (three years ago) link
“tirelessly”
― Wile E. Galore (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 March 2023 13:24 (one year ago) link
^still don’t like this one
― Cosmo’s Hacienda (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 May 2023 14:17 (one year ago) link
"loosies" (for unreleased songs)
― Unidentified rogue Jedi (morrisp), Friday, 19 May 2023 22:22 (eleven months ago) link
Thought it meant singleton cigarettes for sale in a bodega.
― I & I, Claudius (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 May 2023 22:26 (eleven months ago) link
Ok boomer
― enochroot, Saturday, 20 May 2023 02:20 (eleven months ago) link
ok fine, I've only ever heard "loosies" used that way in one place (an ad for a podcast). But that term is absolutely what makes the ad annoying. morrisp OTM.
― enochroot, Saturday, 20 May 2023 02:25 (eleven months ago) link
“unserious”
― just sayin, Friday, 9 June 2023 08:54 (eleven months ago) link
I've never heard this
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Friday, 9 June 2023 08:58 (eleven months ago) link
You should Yahoo unserious
― Alba, Friday, 9 June 2023 13:26 (eleven months ago) link
Joke worked better in 1998
Lol, took me a while.
― CeeLô Borges (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 9 June 2023 13:30 (eleven months ago) link
lol
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 9 June 2023 14:57 (eleven months ago) link
needle drop
― omar little, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 18:02 (eight months ago) link
Yes, when did this become a thing all of a sudden?
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 23:44 (eight months ago) link
when the first Interpol vinyl pressing came out
― earosmith (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 23:53 (eight months ago) link
this is why we can't have nice things
― budo jeru, Friday, 18 August 2023 22:50 (eight months ago) link
…Hoh-nayy
― You have been verified with your voice (morrisp), Friday, 18 August 2023 22:53 (eight months ago) link
Saying a new artist is "very much in dialog with" some shit from the 90's. That's a monologue, they can't hear you.
― enochroot, Sunday, 8 October 2023 23:57 (seven months ago) link
howcum when a band breaks up they "implode"? isn't "explode" more accurate? altho too dramatic i guess.
― donald wears yer troosers (doo rag), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 06:58 (seven months ago) link
'problematic', 'de rieguer (?)', 'mainstream', 'pretentious', 'glitchcore', 'Your round,Geordie !'
― Geordie Racer, Saturday, 14 April 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Ahead of their time (n.b. it doesn't bother me personally)
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 19:12 (seven months ago) link
"exactly"
― calstars, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 19:13 (seven months ago) link
^ exactly
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 19:17 (seven months ago) link
“, right? so”
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 19:18 (seven months ago) link
lol westbury white horse, I almost called that out last time I looked in this thread. if Geordie only knew.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 19:42 (seven months ago) link
Yes to "in dialogue with"
― omar little, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:33 (five months ago) link
Saying a new artist is "very much in dialog with" some shit from the 90's. That's a monologue, they can't hear you.― enochroot, Sunday, October 8, 2023 4:57 PM
― enochroot, Sunday, October 8, 2023 4:57 PM
agree with this discrepancy, but poor example imo. especially at this point (just search "90s infomercial" on youtube). one doesn't have to have lived through or be currently living through something to be in dialogue. putting search stringent rules on it -especially in the context of creativity and imagination- kinda misses the point.
i'm reminded of midge ure, years later, reflecting that, while the song was gaining popularity, he felt a little like a fraud because he had never even been austria at that point. "vienna" was definitely part of that tune's dialogue though.
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 17:06 (five months ago) link
My issue isn't with the concept of an artistic dialogue, it's just with leaning on the phrase as a smarty-pants way to say "is influenced by"...Such as this:
But as much as Infinite Spring is in dialogue with the pop-rock canon...
― enochroot, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:39 (five months ago) link
obviously it's an improvement on "is influenced by", which ppl shd stop saying
― mark s, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:48 (five months ago) link