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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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I was about to say I was impressed with trag's SNL reading, but then he had to make that ultra-traggish McKinnon post and ruin everything.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
wease wrote:That Live From New York book is the tits.
:thumbsup: One of my favorite books. The format they used was A+.
Totally agree. That's why I liked it so much.
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not a strong episode...i like the xx, but really didn't care for the first song...the second was okay
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haha, the bubble
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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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tragabigzanda wrote:I had a whole review in progress, but RM didn't save my draft for some reason. Short version: SNL still blows, and the XX songs were pretty good but their stage presence stinks.
you don't think she has good dance moves?

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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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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:I had a whole review in progress, but RM didn't save my draft for some reason. Short version: SNL still blows, and the XX songs were pretty good but their stage presence stinks.
you don't think she has good dance moves?

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she?
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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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tragabigzanda wrote:
spike wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:I had a whole review in progress, but RM didn't save my draft for some reason. Short version: SNL still blows, and the XX songs were pretty good but their stage presence stinks.
you don't think she has good dance moves?

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she?
Spike's right, the bass player was the buzz kill.
i thought it was three dudes
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spike wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
spike wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:I had a whole review in progress, but RM didn't save my draft for some reason. Short version: SNL still blows, and the XX songs were pretty good but their stage presence stinks.
you don't think she has good dance moves?

Image
she?
Spike's right, the bass player was the buzz kill.
i thought it was three dudes
:|
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
spike wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
spike wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:I had a whole review in progress, but RM didn't save my draft for some reason. Short version: SNL still blows, and the XX songs were pretty good but their stage presence stinks.
you don't think she has good dance moves?

Image
she?
Spike's right, the bass player was the buzz kill.
i thought it was three dudes
:|
jack white's a dude, right?
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spike wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
spike wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
spike wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:I had a whole review in progress, but RM didn't save my draft for some reason. Short version: SNL still blows, and the XX songs were pretty good but their stage presence stinks.
you don't think she has good dance moves?

Image
she?
Spike's right, the bass player was the buzz kill.
i thought it was three dudes
:|
jack white's a dude, right?
this is why nobody wants to see the arrival at the same time as you
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
spike wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
spike wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
spike wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:I had a whole review in progress, but RM didn't save my draft for some reason. Short version: SNL still blows, and the XX songs were pretty good but their stage presence stinks.
you don't think she has good dance moves?

Image
she?
Spike's right, the bass player was the buzz kill.
i thought it was three dudes
:|
jack white's a dude, right?
this is why nobody wants to see the arrival at the same time as you
it's just arrival
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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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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:I had a whole review in progress, but RM didn't save my draft for some reason. Short version: SNL still blows, and the XX songs were pretty good but their stage presence stinks.
you don't think she has good dance moves?

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I'm not entirely sure they were even playing their own instruments during this performance
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spike wrote:haha, the bubble
:thumbsup:
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solid episode overall...i really enjoyed the fischer price wells for boys bit
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I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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