Not so sure about scrutiny from the government (although you get that in trap in the traditional the feds are watching way 'Who is this?' by Lil Durk springs to mind) but I think the sense of being watched online by your peers must have bled into music amongst the yoof (Cyber-bullying...
THAT'S TRUE! lol
The dark secret re: these alt-right goons, these nerds yearning to be 'alpha', is that I relate to them
They're like me if I had never made any friends at school/afterwards. If I wasn't a charismatic handsome man with a big old penis.
yes you're right, phantom of the opera vibes
tory lanez fits into that end of things too, if only because he rips off travis scott (who rips off everyone else) - gets very wearying over a few tracks
my favourite t-scott choon is the one where he completely rips off swae lee
guaranteed to annoy luka, who despises martin amis, but peterson always reminds me of this review by amis of robert bly's 'iron john' book
https://www.lrb.co.uk/v13/n23/martin-amis/return-of-the-male
been vaguely following this 6ix9ine vs. gangs thing - not checking in with the gangs in LA, e.g. he's cruising for a bruising!
quite like his beats but can't get with his voice at all
still find it bizarre seeing NYers waving red flags
There's a galaxy of interests orbiting the Joe Rogan podcast
it includes
MMA
Hunting (ideally with a bow and arrow) - self-sufficiency
Nutrition/exercise
Psychedelics/weed
Anti-PC/identity politics
Conspiracy theories (flirtation with if not actual embracing of)
I wouldn't say its quite...
In some ways he's comparable to Harold Bloom
A sort of embattled and battling academic, raging against the postmodern machine
Even the mysticism stuff fits with Bloom, actually
Bloom is a great critic (albeit maddening and slightly insane) but his comparatively high profile among academics...
That's the thing about JP, innit, he portrays himself as an ultra rational scientist type while simultaneously banging on about Jungian archetypes
I wonder if he has dabbled in psychoactive substances? Seems like he isn't the type tbh
I've probably posted this before in here but...
Last night I was so stoned and emotional listening to this day-glo trap
Sad not to be young anymore and realising that as you get older it becomes hard to even remember what being young feels like
It takes drugs to access that intensity of emotion and sensory excitement these days
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