tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151168554067782792.post8844191894449203788..comments2023-12-28T01:06:46.642-08:00Comments on Martian Dance Invasion!: It's a Beautiful World...For You, Not for MeDrAwkwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12650605115189254329noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151168554067782792.post-64362463171981741462011-07-13T04:25:50.371-07:002011-07-13T04:25:50.371-07:00Is it all just music hitting you harder due to not...Is it all just music hitting you harder due to not knowing it's history when young, or is it because when we're younger our brains are just more capable of being awed because it's all new and everything is so desperately important? Not just that we don't know influences, just that basically our brains are pop culture sponges at that age. Everything-sponges. And at least for me, I experienced *everything* more intensely, including music and books. Perspective and having a more developed sense of self are gifts of age; they're great in one's personal life and professional life, but maybe the one place they are less beneficial is arts appreciation. <br /><br />(It's not like this split isn't noticeable in things like books; I rarely read a truly life-changing/mind-blowing book the way I did, like, every other month when I was a teenager. I don't think this is the fault of books. I can still love a good book, but it's unlikely to become a part of who I am because who I am is so much better developed now.) (Scott Pilgrim 6, though. Man.)g33kgrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298962280839905296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151168554067782792.post-63521632329564837202011-07-06T23:30:24.130-07:002011-07-06T23:30:24.130-07:00You got on deck though, that's what counts!
I...You got on deck though, that's what counts! <br />I think one of the reasons I beat you up on that so hard is that I don't give ENTHUSIASTIC REPETITIVE RECOMMENDATIONS lightly. Yes, I am excited about music... but for most things I tend to take the audience into account. <br /><br />Helms Alee are the rare band that UN JADES about music, they just love what they do and are so good at it. The music itself is just as important and vital... but the presentation! So great.<br /><br />I actually find that music moves me just as hard as it did back then, seeing a band like Poison Control Center just set the stage on fire is still just as much of a magical thing as when I was 20. (see what I did there?!)<br />Pure joy, and it reminds me why we fight.Conan Neutronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13923924159828777530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151168554067782792.post-24588087311969283242011-07-06T23:15:18.725-07:002011-07-06T23:15:18.725-07:00Last September. AND THEY RULED.Last September. AND THEY RULED.DrAwkwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650605115189254329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151168554067782792.post-57489608464189238242011-07-06T23:13:28.075-07:002011-07-06T23:13:28.075-07:00helms alee played the borg ward, this winter? las...helms alee played the borg ward, this winter? last fall? not that long ago, and i failed to go for no good reasons and that sucked. missing them. also, i used to spend ALL my free time listening to music, hunting down new music, etc, and honestly, i got burned out. got other shit i wanna do, too. and i'm old and grumpy.j a m i ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07711285099110771377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151168554067782792.post-82340900828932115302011-07-06T22:55:47.192-07:002011-07-06T22:55:47.192-07:00I think that's just the cycle of life. When yo...I think that's just the cycle of life. When you're young--and Steve nailed it in the AV Club article--music hits you harder because you're not old enough to know its history (if i were born in 1964 Pere Ubu would be my favorite band, not Brainiac), plus younger people have those eleventy billion hours to spend obsessing. Most of my new music recommendations come from friends too (and since Conan tore me a new one for spacing on his Helms Alee endorsement for a full year, i'm paying a lot closer attention!).DrAwkwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650605115189254329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151168554067782792.post-51936707590314040162011-07-06T22:50:17.997-07:002011-07-06T22:50:17.997-07:001. helms alee rules
2. i never heard of memory ma...1. helms alee rules<br /><br />2. i never heard of memory map until you pointed them out, and i dug them.<br /><br />3. i am bummed cos okkervil river is the same damn night as swans. i don't know what i shall do.<br /><br />4. i am nowhere near up to new music as i used to be because i just don't have eleventy extra hours a day to read and listen, so i rely on friend's recommendations, which sometimes hit, sometimes miss, mix tapes, random run ins with a band at a show i've never heard of, and, just missing out.j a m i ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07711285099110771377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151168554067782792.post-52499108359684663982011-07-06T22:47:42.216-07:002011-07-06T22:47:42.216-07:00Collapse Board! Yes, thank you for reminding me of...Collapse Board! Yes, thank you for reminding me of its name. Travis Keller posted a manifesto of sorts from Collapse last week that i thought was brilliant and summed up a lot of my frustrations with music coverage these days. I'm definitely going to start following that site very closely.DrAwkwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650605115189254329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151168554067782792.post-18368467968075696182011-07-06T22:36:38.042-07:002011-07-06T22:36:38.042-07:00Dj, that's the only way to do it. There's ...Dj, that's the only way to do it. There's scant little coverage in the noise rock world, and what there is has little depth.<br /><br />Read Everett True's Collapse Board... I love reading that board even when I don't know the bands or the albums being talked about, because it's true music crit. not just "music writing."<br /><br />I got "let go" from one of the more semi-prominent mags I used to write for because I totally panned a (VERY WEAK) album by a band whose label was a big advertising contributer. I did the right thing, the release sucked. <br /><br />Anyway, i'm firmly of the opinion that the meritocracy of music being pretty much removed because of EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE, ALL THE TIME. Championing what you love is the only way to go now, and yeah... that's going to mean blurring the lines of peers, friends, whatever... if it's coming from a truthful place it is your DUTY as somebody who can write to put that forward.<br /><br />And yes, i'm going to start applying that to myself more too.Conan Neutronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13923924159828777530noreply@blogger.com