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ha! the fact that we got you to listen to this again I will consider a small victory ;) But really, those are all fair points. I think it's pretty much agreed even by people that like her that her voice is an acquired taste and may not be for everyone. the whole album's like a really strong...

See that's the thing, is that i AM a fan of "darker, electronic, less earthy" music. Definitely the majority of my music listening time is spent with some sort of house or techno. And yet Ys was one of the few pieces to come from the indie side of things in the last year that I genuinely...

Before this thread turned into a stalemate pitched battle there were several posts about what people liked about Ys. Also as shudder says, reynolds, woebot, simon sliverdollar and many others have all talked about why they like it. Me, I like long, weird, beautiful songs. Kinda like why i like...

my gog, we should start a volleyball team or something (I have a feeling we'd still get our asses handed to us in basketball despite our collective height...) yes someone please start a 'how tall are you' thread

Depends on the company you keep. I mostly hang out with an assortment of students and snowboarders (not as bad as it sounds, really!) and am about the only one to not subscribe to the jeans 'n' hoodie look...sometimes the scrutiny of looking classy amongst a bunch of "casual" type wear can be...

Today I clubbed a rat to death in my living room with a 2x4. I feel the bloodlust upon me. DEATH TO ALL RATS!!! They are no match for me and a heavy piece of lumber.

Also: influence of the internet, globalization, homogeneity of capatilist culture, etc etc etc... ;)

Agreed that the terminology is pretty shit, but sometimes you've just got use these things as short hand for the much more complicated concepts that are involved behind them, otherwise you'd never actually get around to discussing the music for all the debating about definitions you'd have to...

Though I agree that the whole "getting it right" thing is kinda BS, if you compare dnb/grime/dubstep to the current minimal house/techno scene, there is actually a very big difference in terms of people from different cultures "getting it". Though Germany is still the heart of the minimal scene...

Hmm, that actually sounds kinda interesting...though it's been shown that people can type way better with an actual physical keyboard than a virtual one (being able to physically feel the keys helps a lot). but yeah you'd get the trade off of essentially having a two-page virtual notebook, which...

so...a tablet pc. though i would like to see apple's take on it, as it is true that they do a good job of interface design, i still find the cult of apple a little out of proportion to the actual quality and inovation of their products.

I agree that the development of these all-in-one cellphone-camera-webbrowser-mp3player devices is really exciting and represents, i think, the biggest new thing since the personal computer. HOWEVER, it really pisses me off that it's treated like apple invented this idea, when there are already...

wow. i feel kind of vindicated for my continued support of low given that they could put out a record like this so long into their careers. On first listen i'm really digging it, it's still feels like low, but it sounds quite different from their previous work, exactly as you've described...

you are my hero. :D downloading...

This part, and this part, makes this sound really intriguing. Low is actually one of the few indie acts that I consistently have time for; I agree with you, soundslike, that they seem to have their own take on things and have stuck to it with little regard of outside trends. So I'd be very...

Okay so we've ventured pretty damn far from discussing the MUSIC that newsom makes here, aren't we supposed to be good little post-modernists and disassociate the art from the artist? Of course not, that would be no fun ;) I think one of the reasons that I don't get so annoyed at Newsom, and...

Oh yeah and I wanted to say that I generally hate indie rock type music and Ys is the only peice of music that would fall into that category that I've enjoyed all year. So I think there is something that Newsom is doing that pushes her above and beyond most of the "music that's been beaten to...

who cares? It's even better if it was a committee decision. is that really a terrible thing to be? Maybe I missed the "sofia coppolla is the scourge of human civilization" debate. I'm just commenting that Brian Wilson has seemingly earned the right to be pretentious, while Newsom has not. For...

Wow those video clips are great! Now, I certainly wouldn't want to actually sit down and talk with her too long about her favorite element (my favorite's the back right one on my stove), but I think I've upgraded her from successfully pretentious hipster to bat-shit crazy hipster. Of course, the...

You're both right! Screensavers are no longer necessities, and electric sheep is indeed super sweet. Watch out if you have that running on a computer somewhere in the room, as it will keep grabbing your attention out of the corner of your eye and you will waste more of your day staring at bright...