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Re: The Also Rans of the 2011 Retrospectives – Part One

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Re: What Sweet Search has to say about the future of SEO

Matt — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 01:36:22 -0000

SEO is a discipline of SEM.

Re: What Sweet Search has to say about the future of SEO

AdWords Management — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:54:45 -0000

Search engine optimisation is a form or search engine marketing. It is common for people to assume SEM includes only ppc structures such as AdWords but that is far from true.

To be honest, SEO is not ending it is just becoming more fair. Websites which have fantastic content now have more chance of ranking based on their content alone. The way I see it, that is how it should have been from the start.

Re: The Top 10 Quotes from English-language Drama This Decade: 5-3

Charlotte Leeman — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:38:52 -0000

Let the pork see the chop x

Re: Why Sleigh Bells Is The Definitive Protest Music of My Generation

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Re: State of Tynan’s Anger

Harrison Ward — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:01:23 -0000

general blogging is the thing i like although i also do niche blogging --

Re: [SONGS OF THE DECADE] #76 Eminem – Stan

Tyler Clarke — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:57:57 -0000

Eminem is a good rap artist eventhough his personal life is a bit complicated"~'

Re: Towards A Precise Definition Of “Hipster”

Julia Kious Zabell — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:48:06 -0000

Love it, Ethan....apparently there was something in the blog ether compelling us into some term/adjective/concept/people dissection.

Re: Towards A Precise Definition Of “Hipster”

Ethan — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:19:13 -0000

George W. Bush was using beatnik slang in the white house, so that says something about how flexible the whole thing is.

Hipsterdom gets tricky when you get into comedyâirony is integral to both, but their not overlapping, some comedians are outcasts to the point where their contrarians to the contrarians (Norm Macdonald comes to mind). Eugene Mirman probably is the closest demographically to what I'm talking about, but it's not a pure fit either. I do know that comedy audiences in Brooklyn tend to be much harsher/jaded than those in Manhattan, and that older comedians complain about them all the time.

But all this confusion is probably why the blanket term is necessary.

Re: Towards A Precise Definition Of “Hipster”

Carrie Griffin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:41:11 -0000

I don't think I've met one person in their 20s who wouldn't fit into this category to some extent. I suspect this possibly has something to do with "hipsterism" being such an important part of mainstream culture now that whatever it was that hipsters were acting AGAINST has been lost and now it's more a tool for consumerism than an active subculture that relates to anything.

I would say most notably for ME is this lack of clear definition--I STILL think after this thing you've written out there are questions. I understand the blanket definition of what a person who is a hipster is. But what makes hipster art hipster art?

You mentioned Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach, and Zach Braff. I can't speak for Braff given that as far as I'm aware he's only ever really made the one movie and then appeared in one thematically similar to it and then just went back to being on Scrubs, but the defining commonality, to me, between these people as writer/directors is an influence from 60s French cinema. BUT that can't be something unique to hipster filmmaking because Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman...plenty of people we wouldn't consider "hipster filmmakers." But you also mentioned Harold and Kumar, which is a pretty straight-forward stoner road movie that happens to star two non-white guys. And, outside of film, Donald Glover and Aziz Ansari who--outside of Glover self-identifying as a hipster--I fail to understand as hipster comedians. Isn't hipsterism somehow rooted in ironic appreciation of things? Isn't Aziz Ansari's stand up almost exclusively celebratory of things that he actually loves?

I don't know enough about fashion to even begin addressing that, and as far as I was aware even hipsters hated Pitchfork at this point.

I also take issue with its use almost exclusively as a pejorative but I tried to write out why that's an issue to me about a billion times and can't get my own thoughts straight so...I guess do with that what you will.

I feel like I'm coming off as...in attack-mode or something. I DO understand the subculture you refer to, I just a) think it needs a more precise word and b) don't understand exactly how the art associated with hipsters is "hipster art" outside of the fact that it is appreciated by hipsters.

I'm also not sure "The White Negro" is particularly relevant here...yes it describes a lot of what subcultures in general ARE but the hipsters of the 40s barely if at all resemble modern hipsters--not least of all because the implication is that countercultural white people are essentially appropriating black culture. If that argument is still relevant today, we're living in a far less post-racial America than I thought.

Re: Sarah Palin On SNL: Good thing, or a bad thing?

William Moore — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:34:42 -0000

i guess Tina Fey is pretty too aside from being a good comedian.:'

Re: Why Pavement’s Music Doesn’t Matter Anymore

Cody B — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:26:52 -0000

I'd sure like to get a vote from someone under 50..the youth is not being served.
http://mog.com/Cody_B/blog/...

Re: Why Pavement’s Music Doesn’t Matter Anymore

Dead C — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:13:40 -0000

It's not a big deal, but your post is completely off. Pavement's set at Sasquatch was 22 songs in length, all of which are great tracks. It's not a situation of them only writing a couple of songs that were "decent" it's a situation of you liking certain bands and or songs more than them and what they've created. I don't listen to Pavement because I want to fuck Malkmus and to post suggestions like that just because you aren't a huge fan of a band, seems like a cop out.

The Meat Puppets aren't "cute" but they'll still making really solid music. The Jicks make great music with Malkmus too, but they are overshadowed by Pavement.

"Cut Your Hair" is poppy, but, if you listen to the lyrics, there's no comparison to a song like "Peaches". These aren't even necessarily their best tracks and there was a lot more variety to their work than is being suggested.

The point is, I'm a man and a bit of a "music nerd" myself. None of the casual fans or successful musicians that I know who are fans of Pavements work have ever referred to the band with anything beyond references to music and the songs itself. Their work still sounds fresher than most of the stuff being released today. So, you're not a big fan? That's fine, but I would argue that the appeal for most of the real fans is musical.

I've from Seattle and I saw Soundgarden in their heyday, but if you think that shit has more dimensions or sounds less dated, you are crazy. Plus, they were way more famous than Pavement was and got way more credit than they did at that time period

Re: Why Pavement’s Music Doesn’t Matter Anymore

cody b — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:26:55 -0000

Phew... being old has some shielding qualities from your wrath...I get a pass.

Rebuttal deleted..nice post.

Re: Why Pavement’s Music Doesn’t Matter Anymore

Ethan Stanislawski — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:43:33 -0000

Let no one say I don't know what I'm talking about!

Re: Why Pavement’s Music Doesn’t Matter Anymore

Pat L — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:41:52 -0000

This is a pretty good playlist, but it's a bit heavy on the Pavement, don't you think?

Re: Theater Review (NYC): The Emperor Jones by Eugene O’Neill (Irish Rep)

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Re: Gerard Butler Not Into the Whole Celebrity Gossip Thing

Luna — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:02:12 -0000

Needs more Lindsay Lohan! No... just kidding. She is such a freak.

Re: Do bands being “nice” make up for them being bad? — The Problem With Grizzly Bear [One of Those Bands Got Paid]

Grover — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:31:28 -0000

just another lame indie band. the same could be said about 99% of these bands. i saw the black keys on letterman. song was lame as hell. rock is dead. no talent cheese forever. velveta!
next time you think you might want to listen to whiney white kids put on some Fela, Squarepusher, Miles Davis, or Silky Vincent.
drink a shot of tequila and the listen to the Who for a real shot of rock.

Re: Do bands being “nice” make up for them being bad? — The Problem With Grizzly Bear [One of Those Bands Got Paid]

Chino — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:26:20 -0000

People stop feeding this troll blogger---it's only making him think people read his blog (which they don't)

end note: grizzly bear is great---denying it only strengthens the case towards ones idiocy

Re: Do bands being “nice” make up for them being bad? — The Problem With Grizzly Bear [One of Those Bands Got Paid]

Andy — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:23:39 -0000

I'll agree that Grizzly Bear have a unique sound: boring as hell

Re: Do bands being “nice” make up for them being bad? — The Problem With Grizzly Bear [One of Those Bands Got Paid]

Mike — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:42:06 -0000

I have to agree here. I've listened to most of grizzly bear's albums at least twice and can't remember a single distinctive thing about the music or even any particular song.

Re: Do bands being “nice” make up for them being bad? — The Problem With Grizzly Bear [One of Those Bands Got Paid]

theumpteenthtimes — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:37:27 -0000

Indie Band, Grizzly Bear, Attacked by Three-Year-Old Child

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Re: Do bands being “nice” make up for them being bad? — The Problem With Grizzly Bear [One of Those Bands Got Paid]

4thdimensionalgirl — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:11:01 -0000

I'm all for people being entitled to their own opinion, but for christ sake are you serious?! Do you really think you can just ramble on about how a band is boring and bland for 9 paragraphs, without giving one point to back up your answer? I didn't know Grizzly Bear were ''nice guys'', until WELL after I started listening to them because I personally never want to know anything about a band until I've decided what I think about their music, and I loved them from them start. They have a unique sound dude, and I think they have music more full with soul then most bands, especially these days. I will say that they take a few listens to really get into most of their songs, and a few more to really actually 'get' the songs, so I get that it might not be some people's cup of tea, but you can't just complain about a band and base their success on what nice people they are. That's being far seriously overly opinionated and idiotic. Grow up man.

Re: Do bands being “nice” make up for them being bad? — The Problem With Grizzly Bear [One of Those Bands Got Paid]

umbrella — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:12:17 -0000

Everything about this article is stupid.