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the other day @selentelechia and i were at a record store buying LPs because i dont follow my own advice https://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1338580414684831744?s=19
she was looking at a Queen greatest hits collection
and i teased her about wanting to buy a greatest hits LP
"oh yes lets buy the Greatest Hits we can take it home and put it in a special section labeled Moons Low Status Records"
and i teased her about wanting to buy a greatest hits LP
"oh yes lets buy the Greatest Hits we can take it home and put it in a special section labeled Moons Low Status Records"
this came across as kind of mean and I apologized a lot (I too had grown up listening to the two CD collection, third CD was the dregs imo)
but the main problem was that I wasn't clear enough about the fact that I was trying to own myself for even being aware of this facet
but the main problem was that I wasn't clear enough about the fact that I was trying to own myself for even being aware of this facet
buying a greatest hits album means you know two songs from the radio
buying the best album means your a normie fan
buying the second-worst album means you are devoted but sufficiently discerning not to buy the worst album
buying the best album means your a normie fan
buying the second-worst album means you are devoted but sufficiently discerning not to buy the worst album
anyway this kind of signalling used to be rampant
im not sure anyone does this with music anymore. maybe two people somewhere. little niche music scenes may still exist.
but overall its not a broad cultural language anymore, music has nearly completely atomized.
im not sure anyone does this with music anymore. maybe two people somewhere. little niche music scenes may still exist.
but overall its not a broad cultural language anymore, music has nearly completely atomized.
gabe duqette has opinions about this but afaik he is no longer on twitter but working at a software company somewhere fantasizing about destroying his genitals. godspeed you glorious misanthropic bastard
in his absence and never understanding him anyway I will rely only on my own views
today I was talking with Moon about this again and she mentioned specifically that she resents specifically pressure from Scenes to Have Opinions about bands or music before really acclimating to any of it or getting her bearings
this transfers directly to twitter
this transfers directly to twitter
afaict Politics is the new music scenes
cool kids have their incomprehensible niche shit
boomers just wanna replay the greatest hits from the sixties
top 40 politic's is uniformly awful, commercialized, forced
cool kids have their incomprehensible niche shit
boomers just wanna replay the greatest hits from the sixties
top 40 politic's is uniformly awful, commercialized, forced
think about the coolest person you knew from scene days who just really enjoyed music and didnt worry so much about signalling through music. they just really liked vibing
maybe theyd gladly listen to any album you suggested, maybe theyd say naw no thanks but be chill about it
maybe theyd gladly listen to any album you suggested, maybe theyd say naw no thanks but be chill about it
what I mean to say is that it is possible and good for each of us to be that person on twitter, instead of a slavering megafan without the good taste to avoid the worst album from the only band theyve ever listened to and around which they have built their entire identity
