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 couldn’t name one Ariana grande song
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That's a you problem, not an ariana grande problem
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The Argonaut wrote:That's a you problem, not an ariana grande problem
I never suggested otherwise.
Also you are oddly defensive of these two
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I don't feel that I've said anything over the top. He makes me laugh and I like her voice. I think they're both talented, that's all
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I don't know anything about Pete Davidson, I just think "flash in the pan" doesn't fit Ariana Grande's career. Maybe if she had a couple of hits and then flopped, but she's had a pretty impressive run. Yeah pop music is a young person's game and her current level of ubiquity is unsustainable; it will probably naturally fade out within the next half decade. That's just the arc of a pop star's career, with few exceptions. It's more or less what's happened to Katy Perry, and I would also not call her a "flash in the pan". As a sidenote, it doesn't matter to me that she doesn't write her own tracks; I think Dangerous Woman is full of bangers, and I like "No Tears Left to Cry" and "Get Well Soon" from the new one.
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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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Alexa, set a reminder for October 15 2037: "check the accuracy of grumpy-grampa Trag's predictions re:Ariana Grande"
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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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All of his comedy isn't even about himself, and personal comedy is some of the best, most worthwhile stuff anyway, so I disagree with you there. Louis didn't become successful until he started telling personal stories. It almost sounds like your main problem with him is that he is young. It is OK to just think the guy is unfunny, you don't need to make up new rules of what makes a successful comedy career.
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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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That was the best thing about Fallon.
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totes lolverb_to_trust wrote:Nothing is worse than someone who laughs at their own jokes.
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that hurtsE.H. Ruddock wrote:lenny is the Pete Davidson of RM
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Nah, he's funny and was dating a 17 year old for a whilelennytheweedwhacker wrote:that hurtsE.H. Ruddock wrote:lenny is the Pete Davidson of RM
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