Red Mosquito

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.

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.

tragabigzanda wrote: Why Sasheer Zamata Never Had a Chance on Saturday Night Live
http://www.vulture.com/2017/05/sasheer- ... hance.html

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.

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.

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:The article is worth reading, but I'd like to compare their ranking with my own.

Vulture's ranking:
1975-1980
2000-2006
1990-1995
2006-2013
1985-1990 (this is absurd)
1995-2000
1984-1985
2013-present
1980-1984

My ranking:
1990-1995
2006-2013
1995-2000
2000-2006
1975-1980
1984-1985
1980-1984
2013-present
1985-1990

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:

wease wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:The article is worth reading, but I'd like to compare their ranking with my own.

Vulture's ranking:
1975-1980
2000-2006
1990-1995
2006-2013
1985-1990 (this is absurd)
1995-2000
1984-1985
2013-present
1980-1984

My ranking:
1990-1995
2006-2013
1995-2000
2000-2006
1975-1980
1984-1985
1980-1984
2013-present
1985-1990

85-90 is last??

Heck yeah! By a fair margin. But it's been a long time since I've watched those eps, so I'm open to reevaluating. What stood out to you as particularly strong from that era?

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:

wease wrote:Trag, do you have the SNL app for your mobile devices?

I got it when it first came out, and eventually deleted it. I imagine it's been updated a lot since then. What are your favorite features?

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.

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.

Stickman wrote:

Setlist:
1. FEAR - Beef Baloney/New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones (1981)
2. The Replacements - Bastards of Young (1986)
3. Living Colour - Cult of Personality (1989)
4. Neil Young - Rockin in the Free World (1989)
5. Faith No More - Epic (1990)
6. Faith No More - From Out of Nowhere (1990)
7. Skid Row - Piece of Me (1991)
8. Skid Row - Monkey Business (1991)
9. Nirvana - Territorial Pissings (1992)
10. Pearl Jam - Alive (1992)
11. Pearl Jam - Porch (1992)
12. The Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock (1993)
13. Stone Temple Pilots - Naked Sunday (1993)
14. Pearl Jam - Rearviewmirror (1994)
15. The Cranberries - Zombie (1995)
16. The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings (1995)
17. Foo Fighters - I'll Stick Around (1995)
18. Silverchair - Tomorrow (1995)
19. Rage Against the Machine - Bulls on Parade (1996)
20. Soundgarden - Pretty Noose (1996)
21. Live - Lakini's Juice (1997)
22. Veruca Salt - Shutterbug (1997)
23. Metallica - Fuel (1997)
24. Foo Fighters - Stacked Actors (1999)
25. Radiohead - The National Anthem (2000)
26. P.O.D. - Youth of the Nation (2002)
27. The White Stripes - Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground (2002)
28. System of a Down - B.Y.O.B. (2005)
29. Queens of the Stone Age - Little Sister (2005)
30. Korn - Freak on a Leash (2005)

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.