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Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Thu February 27, 2020 5:50 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.

Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Thu February 27, 2020 5:54 pm
by VinylGuy
I havent seen e1 yet. Man, im behind.

Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Mon March 30, 2020 1:00 am
by tragabigzanda
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.

Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Mon March 30, 2020 1:04 am
by VinylGuy
i downloaded the second ep. I might watch it tonight...first one was good yeah. The radio story was cool.

Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Mon March 30, 2020 1:11 am
by tragabigzanda
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.

Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Mon March 30, 2020 1:14 am
by E.H. Ruddock
bammer wrote: is this about women
Jeez bammer

Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Mon March 30, 2020 1:24 am
by tragabigzanda
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.

Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Mon March 30, 2020 1:40 am
by VinylGuy
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Mon March 30, 2020 2:06 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.

Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Mon March 30, 2020 2:21 pm
by VinylGuy
tragabigzanda wrote:Ben Sinclair is on today's WTF.
oh cool!!! ill listen to this one!

Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Mon March 30, 2020 8:43 pm
by VinylGuy
tragabigzanda wrote:E2 of this season was terrific. It's two stories that explore a transactional approach to intimacy. The first story was good enough, but then it dovetails with the second story, and that second one was really touching.

E3 of this season was one of the worst yet.
Trag i just saw ep2 and yeah, it was good. I really liked the second story.

Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Mon March 30, 2020 9:11 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.

Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Mon March 30, 2020 9:12 pm
by VinylGuy
Im downloading the rest, and later ill check out that interview.

What a cool show.

Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Mon March 30, 2020 9:24 pm
by Dscans
tragabigzanda wrote:Anybody watch the most recent episode, "Solo"? It's sort of Halloween-themed. I'm curious on your thoughts on
Spoiler: show
the end of the first segment, when the puppeteer opened his closet to find a person in there. Did he get attacked? Was it just his imagination run away with itself?
I have no idea what the fuck happened?

Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Mon March 30, 2020 9:28 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.

Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Thu April 02, 2020 10:42 pm
by Dscans
tragabigzanda wrote:
Dscans wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Anybody watch the most recent episode, "Solo"? It's sort of Halloween-themed. I'm curious on your thoughts on
Spoiler: show
the end of the first segment, when the puppeteer opened his closet to find a person in there. Did he get attacked? Was it just his imagination run away with itself?
I have no idea what the fuck happened?
Right?!
I'm not sure why I put a question mark at the end of my post.

Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Thu April 02, 2020 11:00 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.

Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Thu April 02, 2020 11:38 pm
by VinylGuy
tragabigzanda wrote:Ben Sinclair is on today's WTF.
I listened to half of it, ill resume later but i liked that he bailed on Maron before.

Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Fri April 03, 2020 12:55 am
by VinylGuy
Wow his separation :shock:

Re: HBO: High Maintenance

Posted: Fri April 03, 2020 12:58 am
by tragabigzanda
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.