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Here are all of the things I saw on the internet and got bummed about/made jokes about this week.
Sad to see this once-hilarious site finally follow in the footsteps of its founder into complete reactionary right wing racist apologist mode with this piece Seven Cliches About Racism. I love how racists are always justifying their racism by explaining that it's important to address these perhaps hard to swallow truths that no one else wants to bring up. Dude, we're well aware of all of your shitty racist arguments, I'm just curious why people like this feel the need to bring it up over and over again. Just be a fucking racist already, I'd have a lot more respect for your honesty. Also, LOL, sometimes feminists fail to conform to the stereotypical ideals of female beauty. WHO KNEW? Haha. HOT SCOOP. Some women look like this, other ones look like that. Nailed it.
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Speaking of Street Carnage, something seems to have gone horribly wrong on the way to the disgusting chicken meat factory. Or horribly right depending on if you're a homeless seagull. Wait do seagulls eat chicken?
Here's a good comment I got recently about the post from a while back Is Lana Del Ray Pro-pedophilia?
I want to marry a little girl. Your country prevents that all around the globe. I resent you for that. I hope the muslims saw off your head.
I hope so too sometimes.
Shorter version of this Boston Herald piece: Somebody died therefore no dancing late in Boston plus dancing puns. That about covers it.
Some interesting responses to my piece about the Skrillex show the other day. Some were good:
Superb Skrillex article
What's up man my name is ___, I'm from ____ Not sure if you truly get these but your article was so outstanding I had to try. That was the most excellent piece of writing about any topic. I felt as if I had attended the performance myself. I have seen Skrillex, Bassnecter, 12th planet, Rusko , Girltalk, Deadmau5 and countless others I am a huge fan of EDM and similar genres. Your analysis of the scene was the perfect explanation for the sophisticated reader. I Hope and Feel that this article will bring new popularity and acceptance to the evolving genre. I look forward to reading more articles from you. If you are able to respond that would be greatly respected. I will be visiting Boston for business the first week of June are there any good shows you can recommend. Most importantly please attend Camp Bisco and write an article on it you will be pleasantly blown away my friend.
Respek, thanks dude! Some weren't so good:
Skrillex is Cooler than You
That was the worst article I've ever read "Dubstep master Skrillex spins and moves in show". People should not comment on things they don't understand and have already decided they don't like without giving them a chance, especially "jurnalists". You sir are an idiot, that show was awesome, play your Kenny G and keep quiet. -- "do or do not, there is no try." -Yoda
Especially jurnalists.
I like how always does such a good job of taking like 8 things and putting them on the same web-site page.
Our Canadian homegirl Tiffy Thompson, who wrote what turned out to be, somewhat hilariously, the most shared post on this blog ever, about living in Canada, is writing funny stuff for the Toronto Standard now, like this bit about butt-dialing.
You can't really tell because why could you unless you can look through the computer and see me, but I've got a zit so big right now that's it's on some Zeus giving birth to a forehead baby shit. You know a zit is for real when you're popping it and you can smell the blood all the way from over yonder across your face.
I like how always does such a good job of taking like 8 things and putting them on the same web-site page.
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Our Canadian homegirl Tiffy Thompson, who wrote what turned out to be, somewhat hilariously, the most shared post on this blog ever, about living in Canada, is writing funny stuff for the Toronto Standard now, like this bit about butt-dialing.
You can't really tell because why could you unless you can look through the computer and see me, but I've got a zit so big right now that's it's on some Zeus giving birth to a forehead baby shit. You know a zit is for real when you're popping it and you can smell the blood all the way from over yonder across your face.
New track from our homeboys Dear Leader. They sing the musics right nice.
I didn't go see Radiohead when they were in town the other night, but I didn't go ironically, so I'm still covered. My friend Kielty did however, and he filmed this great video of "Lucky" for his website Shark Patrol, which is kind of making me wish I had gone.
Speaking of pretentious twats, I reviewed the new Sigur Ros record in the Globe this week.
The Icelandic post-rock outfit Sigur Rós has built its foundation on the skillful manipulation of moods, but its sixth album is more like a dose of musical lithium. Unlike other instrumental post-rock architects (otherworldly Sigur Rós sprite Jónsi tends to deliver musical texture more than lyrics with his voice), who erect elaborate monuments of sound, all soaring and waning explosions, the mood here is largely static. The result is a flattened-out horizon line of sensory deprivation on songs such as “Ekki múkk,” built around a pensive piano chord and the crackle of a spinning film reel. A string section seems poised to lift the proceedings into the ether, but remains anchored. Similarly “Varðeldur” doesn’t stray far from its central idea, a gentle piano riff and the sustained murmur of unintelligibly manipulated vocal sounds. It’s like hearing voices inside your head from a source just beyond the veil of reality. The songs don’t move in any linear progression, but open into a dimension of aural space. Without any sense of grounding, the record seems like an inconsequential fantasy.
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2 comments:
Thanks for disowning that shitty site. Your pieces there were one of the few cool things there... now it's full of articles by jim goad and gavin talking about how we shouldn't tax billionaires because it's theft. That and pictures of weird fashion : P
It is not a good website. Not that this one is that great either, mind.
But thank you for the compliment.
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