i know, your sweater picture proves that pointLoathedVermin72 wrote:This is my point, though, man. Pretty much all I do is consume art of the past at this point because so little in the present is interesting.doug rr wrote:listen to balki's recommendation of Saint-Saens symphony 3..go back in time, it will blow your mind
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Man I do love Paper Boi
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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I've been having some problems with art lately, myself. I'm starting to think its a distraction from my life. Part of me thinks I'm exposed to too much art. Part of me thinks new art is crap. Part of me wonders if we are entering some new, horrible phase of existence where art is outdated.
Most of the movies I love lately have been bombed, but I guess people will still find a way to get them made.
Oh and memes have ruined other forms of comedy forever.
Most of the movies I love lately have been bombed, but I guess people will still find a way to get them made.
Oh and memes have ruined other forms of comedy forever.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Nah. I like it when it’s good. It usually just isn’t. Louie was blah and True Detective sucked.tragabigzanda wrote:You also have this block with episodic TV, though, and I think that's sort of on you. True Detective, Atlanta, Louie -- there's some really stellar stuff being made right now, but I think less of those great works are getting done in the feature-length format...LoathedVermin72 wrote:This is my point, though, man. Pretty much all I do is consume art of the past at this point because so little in the present is interesting.doug rr wrote:listen to balki's recommendation of Saint-Saens symphony 3..go back in time, it will blow your mind
Like how we were posting about Nolan's misuse of 70mm the other day? Meanwhile I watched Paper Boi on Atlanta get mugged in the woods, and I could see not only the beads of sweat on his face, but the actual pores of his skin. It made his experience more visceral to me, and then that episode took on a deeper significance after I watched the flashback episode that saw his character in junior high.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Thank God we have Scurry
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loltragabigzanda wrote:I love you but I have to quit now.LoathedVermin72 wrote:True Detective sucked.
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DO WE HAVE IT, RUDDO? DO WE???E.H. Ruddock wrote:Thank God we have Scurry
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i cant take this pressure you are putting on me! It's out of my hands!
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I was careful not to say Scurry 2LoathedVermin72 wrote:DO WE HAVE IT, RUDDO? DO WE???E.H. Ruddock wrote:Thank God we have Scurry
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Shit, maybe art is dead
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Jesus, I've only watched 10 movies released in 2018. It's almost June. That is fucking depressing.
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Jordan's opinions on art are mostly bad, but this one....this one is good. At the very least, the ending of True Detective S1 was really cringeworthy and negated a lot of the promise of the show.tragabigzanda wrote:I love you but I have to quit now.LoathedVermin72 wrote:True Detective sucked.
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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Fuck I hope so.E.H. Ruddock wrote:Shit, maybe art is dead
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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I didn't make it that far.