Please do not come onto a thread in which a bunch of people are talking about something and make "no one cares" retorts. I will punch you.

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No, really. It's the most annoying, childish thing you can possibly do on what's supposed to be a board where a bunch of people get together to talk about music. And please stop bandying the word "relevant." Making some music that some people like is relevant.

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:13 (twenty years ago)

No one cares about the irrelevancy of your argument.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:20 (twenty years ago)

That was uncharacteristically snarky of you, Ned.

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:24 (twenty years ago)

No one cares if ned is snarky.

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:27 (twenty years ago)

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/738/13536ny-c-redd_foxx.jpg
♪ "If I didn't care" ♪.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:31 (twenty years ago)

Is this about sonic youth, pavement, or guided by voices? it has to be one of the three.

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:32 (twenty years ago)

Sonic Youth, but it could easily about any of the three, and it's the same bands that always draw this kind of trolling.

No really, how many threads on the board right now could easily be dismissed as "irrelevant" if someone bothered to do it? Let's see, New Pornographers are touring again. Now THAT's relevancy. New Orleans Brass Bands -- the craze is just around the corner, I tell you! The Stones' new song -- but of course they're SO over the hill that it's cool to talk about them again.

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:40 (twenty years ago)

That was uncharacteristically snarky of you, Ned.

It was a joke! Scott is however correct.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:41 (twenty years ago)

I know, Ned.

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:41 (twenty years ago)

And there is love.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:42 (twenty years ago)

love is not relevant

― jimmy glass (electricsound), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:44 (twenty years ago)

But Arthur Lee is relevant.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:45 (twenty years ago)

if you punch someone with skin as thin as yours they might die.

― keyth (keyth), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:46 (twenty years ago)

(Awaiting the arrival of non-nice-guy types on this thread)

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:46 (twenty years ago)

I happen to really, really like Jim O'Rourke, at least when he's not making micro-listenable quiet noise music. "Insignificance" and "Halfway to a Threeway" are probably two of my favorite discs ever. I think he even has some songs that are fairly fun and catchy. I also think he's significantly improved SY after a downturn and they've actually managed to make two pretty good albums since he joined. I don't get the ire - is it his persona?

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:47 (twenty years ago)

(xpost)

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:47 (twenty years ago)

Hurting, for starting this thread you have to read this ENTIRE other thread and report back:

Indie Guilt: C/D

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:50 (twenty years ago)

I happen to really, really like Jim O'Rourke

please do not come onto a thread in which people are talking about caring or not caring and make "jim o'rourke" retorts.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:51 (twenty years ago)

I like Jim O'Rourke in some contexts- I like his bass playing in the Sonic Youth live show- but he was ubiquitous for a while in a way that made him an easy target of hate. For one thing, he seemed to be the producer of choice on a lot of what some may have called "overpolished indie turds."

(xpost: fcc brought the on-the-moneyness and the roffles)

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:53 (twenty years ago)

xpost The final post on that thread is my own.

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:54 (twenty years ago)

please do not come onto a thread in which people are talking about caring or not caring and make "jim o'rourke" retorts.

"FUCK YOU, CLOWN!"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:58 (twenty years ago)

Please do not come onto a thread where people are talking about Cocoa Beach and start making Hayden Rourke retorts.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 10 October 2005 02:07 (twenty years ago)

at least when he's not making micro-listenable quiet noise music

― Sundar (sundar), Monday, 10 October 2005 02:08 (twenty years ago)

But that doesn't mean it's not "relevant" ; )

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 10 October 2005 02:09 (twenty years ago)

Should the answer post be

Don't say you're gonna punch someone for doing something specific, and then say "No, Really", and then not punch anyone

????????????????

― peepee (peepee), Monday, 10 October 2005 02:15 (twenty years ago)

Please do not come on my thread and hate on my favorite band or I will kill you -with hugglez.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 10 October 2005 02:23 (twenty years ago)

You can hate on any band you like. But calling something "irrelevant" is pretty weak. This entire board is irrelevant.

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 10 October 2005 02:29 (twenty years ago)

And if it wasn't, fewer music writers would need to have day jobs.

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 10 October 2005 02:32 (twenty years ago)

"weren't," rather.

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 10 October 2005 02:35 (twenty years ago)

You can hate on any band you like. But calling something "irrelevant" is pretty weak
This is a good point actually and right after I posted the thing about hating I started to think the same thing myself. Saying "oh, that's so five minutes ago" is one of the lamest laziest ways to avoid having to formulate an actual argument.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 10 October 2005 02:38 (twenty years ago)

And what's worse is that on this board, even three years after that indie guilt thread was started, seems that "irrelevant" is usually shorthand for music that 'hipsters' like, or, perhaps even music that the most up-to-date hipsters no longer admit to liking and deride other behind-the-times hipsters for like.

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 10 October 2005 02:45 (twenty years ago)

You're Too Hip, Baby

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 10 October 2005 02:52 (twenty years ago)

Ah, hypertextuality.

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 10 October 2005 02:53 (twenty years ago)

I know no one cares, but it was John Lennon's birthday today. He would have been 65.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 10 October 2005 02:55 (twenty years ago)

I totally made up that stuff about Paul McCartney and "Sara Smile" on the other thread, just to tweak Tim.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 10 October 2005 03:02 (twenty years ago)

oh i think this is just b/c some folks here were the recipients of numerous wedgies during their youth and now can go on the internet and get respect via being overly judgmental and dismissive. so no matter that you're right its just the trajectory that is and will always be. the only real antidote is punching.

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Monday, 10 October 2005 03:07 (twenty years ago)

http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/images/Radios%20Page/radio-punchyno.JPG

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 10 October 2005 03:08 (twenty years ago)

That appears to be a radio of some sort.

― M. V. (M.V.), Monday, 10 October 2005 03:11 (twenty years ago)

I will Paunch you.

http://www.dhahranhomepage.com/images/PAUNCH.JPG

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 10 October 2005 03:13 (twenty years ago)

Denzel Washington looks pissed

― gear (gear), Monday, 10 October 2005 03:17 (twenty years ago)

Objection: relevance!

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Monday, 10 October 2005 03:24 (twenty years ago)

You will experience the full fury unleashed of The Wrath Of James Caan!

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 10 October 2005 03:27 (twenty years ago)

Haha ken, you did indeed get me there a bit!

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 10 October 2005 03:29 (twenty years ago)

And that of nature as well, when all the birds of the air descend upon you to peck at your flesh and eyes, as they did unto Tippi, mother of Melanie.

(xpost)

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 10 October 2005 03:40 (twenty years ago)

I think a thread about people complaining about people filling threads about specific complaints with things that are direct examples of that complaint is soon enough going to be in effect.

― Tokyo Ghost Stories (Tokyo Ghost Stories), Monday, 10 October 2005 03:55 (twenty years ago)

Monty Python to thread!

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 10 October 2005 03:59 (twenty years ago)

"get respect"

"on the internet"

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Monday, 10 October 2005 04:07 (twenty years ago)

I think a thread about people complaining about people filling threads about specific complaints with things that are direct examples of that complaint is soon enough going to be in effect.

-- Tokyo Ghost Stories (AbXy600...), October 10th, 2005.

Wha?

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 10 October 2005 04:12 (twenty years ago)

i really care about this

ok not really you buttmuncher

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!, Monday, 10 October 2005 04:16 (twenty years ago)

i'm only 7 short hours away

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Monday, 10 October 2005 05:22 (twenty years ago)

(she will punch you)

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 10 October 2005 05:34 (twenty years ago)

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