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7/30/2010 12:40:02 AM

YEAH

8/2/2010 11:22:30 AM

yo vb

if someone likes orson welles

but HATES citizen kane

does that constitute bad taste or good taste?

BRINGING THE HARD-HITTING QUESTIONS

8/2/2010 1:29:26 PM

it could be either one

i'd need more information

ex: maybe they just hate film

8/2/2010 1:34:54 PM

do you like Animal Farm?

8/2/2010 1:36:11 PM

George Orwell is a hack.

What are your thoughts on The Apostle? I've been meaning to watch it for a long time but just never got around to it.

8/2/2010 1:37:42 PM

Does hearing the word "chiptunes" make you want to choke somebody?

8/2/2010 1:38:53 PM

i was never big on animal farm

the apostle is awesome

i dislike any words that try to describe a genre that's still amorphous in an effort to shoehorn a bunch of reasonably diverse bands into being portrayed as soundalikes

i had the same problem when the media grouped together the strokes, hives, vines, and white stripes

8/2/2010 1:41:57 PM

i was thinking of like an uber-contrarian. the conversation would go something like this:

hypothetical douchebag: "man, orson welles is my favorite director of all time"

slightly naive colleague: "yeah, citizen kane is one of the best movies of all time"

hypothetical douchebag: "ehhhhh, citizen kane is minor welles"

good taste or bad taste?

(for the record, i love citizen kane)

PS i enjoyed your use of the word "shoehorn"

8/2/2010 2:03:36 PM

i had someone tell me i had to read animal farm again because there was "no way i got it"

i'm pretty sure i got it dude.

8/2/2010 2:15:10 PM

i guess it's bad taste

because citizen kane rules

and is essentially flawless aside from the issues with the cockatoo

8/2/2010 2:20:06 PM

Quote :

"i had someone tell me i had to read animal farm again because there was "no way i got it" "

hahaha

8/2/2010 2:22:39 PM

have you seen La Blogotheque, how have I not seen this before, I want to copy them.

8/2/2010 2:53:02 PM

the first thing i saw on la blogotheque was "neon bible" in an elevator

which has to be 3+ years ago

so around there

8/2/2010 2:57:27 PM

how much (if any) have you heard of Best Coast? Thoughts?

Also, will you be purchasing The Suburbs when it releases?

8/2/2010 3:02:05 PM

he hasn't heard best coast

[Edited on August 2, 2010 at 3:03 PM. Reason : ]

8/2/2010 3:02:33 PM

i have literally heard every record best coast has put out

i think "far away" is as fine a 90 second pop song as has ever existed

as for the LP, here's my poorly written review that doesn't really talk about the record much at all: http://tinyurl.com/2bdlbc4

the suburbs will be purchased by me at schoolkids at midnight tonight, because i NEED "the sprawl ii" on vinyl

8/2/2010 3:15:04 PM

I take it then you'll probably go see Best Coast at Hopscotch.

8/2/2010 3:25:20 PM

yes

and then book it next door for akron/family

8/2/2010 3:27:08 PM

Have you heard Mutyumu's "Il y a" album? It might be something you would enjoy.

8/2/2010 3:27:26 PM

i wish best coast didn't conflict with double dagger i really wanted to see double dagger [for more than 20 minutes or so if that]



[Edited on August 2, 2010 at 3:32 PM. Reason : .]

8/2/2010 3:29:32 PM

^^ i've heard a little bit

i like that it's kind of got a mike patton thing going on

but the music itself reminds me of sigur ros

and that's not a good thing

8/2/2010 3:33:04 PM

^^me, too, that masks ep is so fucking good

[Edited on August 2, 2010 at 3:34 PM. Reason : ^]

8/2/2010 3:34:10 PM

If you have to pick only five non-headliners that were MUST SEES from the Hopscotch festival, what would be your choices?

8/2/2010 3:40:02 PM

Best Coast
Sharon Van Etten
Harvey Milk
Dungen
Bear in Heaven

8/2/2010 3:43:12 PM

Iterating, then... have you heard anything by Rome? I think he's consistently brilliant, but he doesn't seem to be much on the radar in the US.

8/2/2010 3:46:23 PM

a guy just came in and brought up a copy of In Evening Air and asked if it was the new Islands album. actual quote: "I know they used to be called something else so I'm assuming Islands was their old name, and Future Islands is the new band name, right?"

is this person retarded?

8/2/2010 3:49:53 PM

^^ since i assume you're not talking about the shitty late '90s r&b singer, i have no idea who you're talking about

^ i have no idea how to respond to that (him, not you)

8/2/2010 3:50:06 PM

Super pumped for the new Future Arcade Fire album to be released tonight

8/2/2010 3:57:23 PM

so did you sell him the islands-album-to-be-released-in-the-future

8/2/2010 3:59:05 PM

sold him the new Futureheads, which i've heard is David Byrne's new side project

8/2/2010 4:03:14 PM

Yeah, Rome is hard to google/youtubes, I'll see if I can find something.

But for basic info, this is the guy I mean:

http://www.darktronica.com/index.php?band=322

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rome+(4)





[Edited on August 2, 2010 at 4:11 PM. Reason : vidyas]

8/2/2010 4:05:56 PM

^^Hahaha, tschudi wins

8/2/2010 4:13:05 PM

Have there ever been two (or more) wrestling gimmicks performed by the same guy that you didn't immediately connect but were later like durr

Like I just realized Hogan's nWo buddy The Disciple was Brutus Beefcake, which is incredibly obvious in hindsight

I don't know if that falls into the music, literature or film category

8/2/2010 4:53:03 PM

papa shango/the godfather comes to mind

there are probably more, but it's hard to separate what i know now from what i believed when i was little

8/2/2010 5:02:34 PM

it took me a long time to realize Farooq as actually Ron Simmons. i think it took a lot longer because i mainly watched wcw and very little wwf at the time.

8/2/2010 5:33:06 PM

mostly i remember thinking name/gimmick changes were weird

like when hall & nash went to WCW and all of the sudden razor ramon's accent and toothpick were gone

8/2/2010 5:45:26 PM

WAIT JUST A GODDAMN MINUTE

papa shango was the godfather?

8/2/2010 5:56:19 PM

yes

and savio vega was kwang (although that one's not so obvious)

8/2/2010 6:06:19 PM

No one in my area is carrying the new Arcade Fire album. Closest place is Jacksonville, the bane of all sentient life, and it's like an hour drive.

Should I just suck it up and go or should I get it off itunes and buy the real goods from Schoolkids in August?

8/2/2010 9:51:08 PM

I'm listening to The Suburbs streaming on NPR.

I guess this can sate me until I get a proper copy.

8/2/2010 10:21:42 PM

or you could not buy it

album is 7/10

the packaging is only 6/10

"sprawl ii" still rules, though

8/3/2010 3:38:45 AM

how does it compare to other Arcade Fire albums on your same scale

8/3/2010 9:43:40 PM

funeral 10/10

neon bible 7/10

suburbs 7/10

8/4/2010 4:08:36 AM

message_topic.aspx?topic=599507#14177942

8/4/2010 8:56:54 AM

^^After listening to the full album today, I definitely agree.

Obviously still very much worth the purchase.

8/4/2010 11:07:07 AM

did you like "the road"?

8/4/2010 11:17:24 AM

book yes

movie's a little wonky

8/4/2010 11:44:28 AM

Omar was such a bitch in The Road

8/4/2010 1:01:55 PM

best electronic album of all time

8/4/2010 3:58:30 PM