Musicological banter

azaghal1981 wrote:
Walkies, what do you think about emojis?

to be honest, at first, like most of human kind, i found them to be endearing and cute representations of laziness . . . but now, like most of human kind, ive grown tired of their simplistic answers to inane forms of neocommunications.  i guess i should sum up such logic by posting one now, here at the end of this sentence, as some sort of reasonational metaphor, but i wont, because wtf, lolz and omg.

So cassettes are officially mainstream again.


Blame/thank the noise/DIY/punk communities for that.

i blame, boredom, and spoiled brats everywhere, who need to be homeless eating out of dumpsters for about a month to slap some fucking sense of actual humanity into their wastes of energy.

walkonby wrote:

azaghal1981 wrote:
Walkies, what do you think about emojis?

to be honest, at first, like most of human kind, i found them to be endearing and cute representations of laziness . . . but now, like most of human kind, ive grown tired of their simplistic answers to inane forms of neocommunications.  i guess i should sum up such logic by posting one now, here at the end of this sentence, as some sort of reasonational metaphor, but i wont, because wtf, lolz and omg.

Well what do you think of my idea to make emoji versions of song lyrics? Cop Killer Add it Up intro and verses 1 and 2

all i see is blank boxes, but then again, all i want to see is blank boxes.

Do they only work on phones? That's no good.

i just joined twitter myself, after a long battle of you must not join because it is dumb.  but i get excited thinking about stuff to tweet, and i dont, know even why.  i actually hang my head in shame that i am having to watch a youtube video on how to get the finer aspects of understanding the whole thing, because besides typing in a ridiculous inane comment every so often, i dont really know what i am doing.  good lord, it sounds, like me here.

From spin.com
State's Most Popular Music Not As Popular Anywhere Else (aggregated from streaming sites).



The source website also has charts to confirm young people listen to shitty music.
http://musicmachinery.com/

I saw that the other day and thought some of them were really weird.  Kurt Vile for Oregon?  Edward Sharpe for PA?

That map is highly misleading…

Another caveat: The map only shows, as Lumere puts it, "the top most distinctive popular artist for a state that hasn't already been selected for a more populous state."

Highly misleading or not PA and DE have a lot to answer for.  And who knew Idaho has become a hot bed for alternative lifestyles. 

Yada wrote:
That map is highly misleading…

Another caveat: The map only shows, as Lumere puts it, "the top most distinctive popular artist for a state that hasn't already been selected for a more populous state."

Yeah, I was trying to figure out with this rational if there are still more people listening to Tegan and Sara in California than Idaho.

Hexenjagd wrote:
I saw that the other day and thought some of them were really weird.  Kurt Vile for Oregon?  Edward Sharpe for PA?

Lot of colleges in PA.  I never heard of Kelly Rowland.  I guess it was smart for Sufjan Stevens to name an album after Illinois. Metric in Minnesota is probably due to Illegal Alien Canadians coming down.

somebody told me that sufjan wanted to name an album after every state . . . i wonder how true that is?

The Yo La Tengo WFMU covers show is on.

Basically, if you donate $100 or more to WFMU, Yo La Tengo will play any cover you ask them to play.

https://www.wfmu.org/marathon/pledge.php?pr=ED

Just put in a request for Swell Maps' Cakeshop Girl. Let's see what happens.

http://wfmu.org

Perhaps this map is more telling. And more depressing.

http://m.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2014/02/map-does-not-show-what-your-states-favorite-band

walkonby wrote:
somebody told me that sufjan wanted to name an album after every state . . . i wonder how true that is?

It isn't working out at all.

The most believable one here is Arizona.

beetsnotbeats wrote:


The most believable one here is Arizona.

I'd add Verhampshire.