tesla
Grunting Yowie
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Post by tesla on Mar 6, 2012 23:25:32 GMT -8
Ha ha. Tesla, you've much to learn if you think we give a shit (other than Cbats, of course) about Pitchfork. Gambino is boring to anyone who's dug past the surface of modern hip hop. PS - Cbats, you know I love ya! Ok well for the record I've never thought that you, specifically, were biased by reviews. But I don't know you either... haha.
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Mar 6, 2012 23:29:57 GMT -8
Ha ha. Tesla, you've much to learn if you think we give a shit (other than Cbats, of course) about Pitchfork. Gambino is boring to anyone who's dug past the surface of modern hip hop. PS - Cbats, you know I love ya! Ok well for the record I've never thought that you, specifically, were biased by reviews. But I don't know you either... haha. Who are eachother anyways? ?
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Post by Cbats on Mar 7, 2012 5:21:21 GMT -8
Fucking Mac Miller is better than Childish Gambino. Better beats even. let's not get crazy here. That's like picking between Nickelback and Hinder.
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Post by stamper on Mar 7, 2012 7:13:11 GMT -8
Fucking Mac Miller is better than Childish Gambino. Better beats even. let's not get crazy here. That's like picking between Nickelback and Hinder. I refuse to believe Troy from Community is as bad as either Nickelback or Hinder.
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Post by Cbats on Mar 7, 2012 7:23:26 GMT -8
I kind of have a soft spot for nickelback...
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Post by wompwomp on Mar 7, 2012 7:37:01 GMT -8
I rather like Mac Miller! Haha, I was thinking about going to see him tomorrow night. Dude's got some catchy tunes
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Post by davers on Mar 7, 2012 7:59:03 GMT -8
I kind of have a soft spot for nickelback... You're just saying that to shed your Pitchfork image. No one, and I mean NO ONE, who listens to music outside of the radio can enjoy Nickelback in any way, shape or form.
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Post by Cbats on Mar 7, 2012 8:43:12 GMT -8
You'd be amazed at the amount of shitty music I love. When I'm forced to listen to the radio top 40 or Rap is almost always what I'll gravitate towards.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Mar 7, 2012 8:45:21 GMT -8
You'd be amazed at the amount of shitty music I love. Somehow I doubt that.
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Post by Cbats on Mar 7, 2012 8:49:19 GMT -8
You'd be amazed at the amount of shitty music I love. Somehow I doubt that. Well you wouldn't be.
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Post by alex on Mar 7, 2012 10:04:10 GMT -8
Alex's board suicide of the day (a tribute)
Nickelback holds some nostalgia value for me, and every once in awhile I listen to 'Worthy to Say' and 'Leader of Men' for that very reason. I blame it on growing up in rural Alberta.
Honestly if it started playing on the radio I wouldn't change the station, which is more than I can say about a lot of other, more commonly liked bands.
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Mar 7, 2012 10:32:08 GMT -8
I rather like Mac Miller! Haha, I was thinking about going to see him tomorrow night. Dude's got some catchy tunes In terms of not taking music seriously, I totally think Mac Miller has a brain dead infectiousness going on that I can enjoy, while Gambino has very little to nothing I can enjoy. I would also like to try and establish some form of precedent on this "You're not supposed to take his/her/their music seriously. That's the point". This defense has become so bastardized and irks me to no end lately on how it seems to be the automatic fall back for anyone justifying terrible music that is also saying terrible things. When you say, "The point of the material is that you are not supposed to take it serious", you are very right. That is a thing that totally happens. What you are referring to is an art form. It's based on irony and an artist being self-aware about the material they are writing about. Usually there is an end goal that we as the audience are all aware of why they have implemented this form of art. It is probably one of the hardest themes to execute well. It takes major talent as you are walking a very fine line between entertainment, knowing shock value, commentary, and creativity. Leaning too much in any one direction can completely send this art into the world of ham fisted shlocksville. When it works, it is fantastic! That's why I love artists like Madlib doing Quasimoto or that one of my favorite artists of all time is Frank Zappa. If I took music too seriously, how on earth could I even stomach 5 seconds of these guys. The easy answer is that they are talented and execute their craft with a porpoise that is beyond simply standing in front of a crowd and waiving a dead cat around on a stick with the one dimensional intention of "look at me doing something crazy and shocking" with the added hopes that people will flock and say, "Holy shit that person's waiving a dead cat around on a stick!". The worst part of artists that do this shit is when they seem to relish in laughing at people who take issue with the fact that "All you are doing is waiving a dead cat around on a stick, pfff." and then incorporate in their personality or worse yet (like Gambino) in their work "Fuck all y'all who think I'm serious waiving around this dead cat on a stick", meanwhile their arms are furiously committed and dedicated to waiving that stick as hard as they can. That is when the porpoise is clearly entering the territory of attention seeking. Be it intentional or not. This is them fumbling with their art and coming back with the ever mature retort of flashing you the middle finger when you say, "I'm not trying to say I think you're serious, I'm trying to say you are very bad at what you are doing and possibly getting too serious about not being serious which is embarrassing to watch". It's also not fun.
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Post by Cbats on Mar 7, 2012 11:27:32 GMT -8
I'm bowing out of this conversation because FD has infinitely smarter things to say than I do.
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Post by chud on Mar 7, 2012 11:47:04 GMT -8
I like Tupac.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Mar 7, 2012 11:58:37 GMT -8
I like Busta Rhymes.
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Post by alex on Mar 7, 2012 12:04:30 GMT -8
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Post by Fig on Mar 7, 2012 12:15:41 GMT -8
I like tawtles
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Post by thefrush on Mar 7, 2012 12:58:40 GMT -8
So... how bout that lineup? Any word on Saturday late night addition?
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scough
Man-Eating Higabon
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Post by scough on Mar 7, 2012 13:08:32 GMT -8
I have no idea how tickets are still available. I thought they'd be gone within a week, and it's been a month now. I know there's the theory of them increasing the venue capacity somehow, but it couldn't have been increased THAT much.
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Post by muffinking on Mar 7, 2012 19:42:52 GMT -8
I rather like Mac Miller! Haha, I was thinking about going to see him tomorrow night. Dude's got some catchy tunes Oh god I hope you are joking. Mac Miller is honestly the worst thing I have ever heard
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