sixteen different flavours of hell

[contrasoma]

If I have to see Conor Oberst's milquetoast mug one more fucking time I'm going to seriously lose my shit. I guess the masturbating-whilst-crying set need music too, but if Bright Eyes debuting atop the Billboard singles chart is a sign of things to come, then we're all seriously fucked. Are these people planning on breeding? I've got nothing

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[misspriddy]

hahaha

:)

[contrasoma]

Heh. Thanks. You guys aren't making it up to Van this time, are you? I wanna get my mitts on the LP and the 7"s. I've had naught to DJ but Glide Screamer since you were here last!

[misspriddy]

very good!

we wanna come up soon. I will probably give Jack an email and see when the lovely radioberlin will be playing!

xox

[contrasoma]

That'd be a great show! I think things are pretty quiet on the RB front, at least until sometime in January. Jack's been pretty busy with his new PRIMES project.

[jean_djinni]

Hah! That was great!

(for what it's worth, I still don't get what the big deal is with Nancy Sinatra)

[contrasoma]

I'm not sure why everyone's fawning either, but you've gotta admit that they're a stylish pairing. ;)

[aretardedvargas]

Nancy Sinatra is one of my favorite singers of all time. Nancy & Lee Hazelwood were the first "couple" I remember performing alongside each other next to Sonny & Cher. He wrote so many amazing songs, and her voice was so awesome. "Some Velvet Morning..." I mean christ, how can you argue with genius shit like that?

I love the fact she's hanging with Morrissey. Jarvis Cocker and Bono, and others have written stuff for her new album (alongside Moz) and I'm still anxious to hear it.

It'd be cool if she toured...

She also is featured in the documentary "Importance of Being Morrissey" in a rather cute tea time with Moz.

[contrasoma]

...I might be out to lunch, but didn't she sing the original version of "Sand", later covered by EN? Didn't realise Jarvis and Bono were also involved in her new reocrd. I knew Moz sings backup on her version of "Let Me Kiss You"...

...I loved "The Importance Of." So much better than the shite MTV and Much Music try to pass as music bios. The bit about Moz stealing the Mael Bros' toast was brilliant.

Conor and Billboard

[anonymous]

I just can't make any sense of that shit. I can see how the occasional emotionally fucked up kid with questionable taste might latch on to a song or two (sound familiar? Hmm?), but it boggles the mind that the bastard is actually enjoying any kind of legitimate popularity. Oh, and I don't know if I'm the only one here, and I may well be, but that whole Phil from accounting thing was completely lost on me.

-Scott.

Re: Conor and Billboard

[contrasoma]

Heh. I felt a bit guilty writing this, knowing that at least one Bright Eyes fan would be reading it. ;) But you're off them now?

The whole Phil from Marketing thing just references (1) the new office culture that tries to be personable and human but is invariably invasive and demeaning (see "Office Space", "Dead Like Me" and countless Onion articles), (2) The Simpsons (Lisa: Don't you think there's something weird going on here? We spent all day selecting fabric swatches, and then our guest speaker was Phil from marketing.) and (3) the eternal human condition of continuing to connect our identities with our job titles, which as they grow more abstract serves only to abstract ourselves from ourselves.

Re: Conor and Billboard

[anonymous]

Bright Eyes: Off them? Fuck man, I started to hate the whiny bastard long before I was ever on them. My sister walked into my room and asks if I was listening to her Dashboard Confessional CD. Needless to say, I haven't touched the thing since. I realized pretty quickly that I didn't have the time or patience to deal with my own shit, let alone his, so what's the sense in listening to him cry about some girl with a well-earned restraining order.

Phil: Right. Okay, so it wasn't lost on me. I had assumed you were referencing something specific. No worries.

-Scott.

Re: Conor and Billboard

[contrasoma]

I didn't have the time or patience to deal with my own shit, let alone his

BOOM!

I think you've actually stuck on a pretty important flaw with emo with that comment. A large chunk of the depressing music that's released remains abstract or poetic enough to be transferable; it's very easy to imagine yourself in, say, "Heroes," while the "I said/you said/I got a Slurpee and cried" approach of emo gets too specific. Some types of music, namely country, are capable of being specific and depressing ("Long Black Veil" always gets me sniffing), but that's because they're rooted in the tradition of storytelling, not diary postering.

...Did you ever listen to that Swans stuff I uploaded for ya?

[contrasoma]

Thanks, dude. If you ever feel the inclination to 'Shop up some images of the Mozfather whuppin' emo-boi's ass, be sure to pass 'em on. ;)

[aretardedvargas]

that was so amazing.
i almost started crying.

DEATH TO CONOR!!

[contrasoma]

Heh. I do what I can. It started off as incredulity at what passes for introspection these days, and just grew into a catharsis of hate.

[theredrighthand]

I'm seeing it now: some highly reputable music magazine cover, big picture of you (b&w natch), words underneath:

"It started off as incredulity at what passes for introspection these days, and just grew into a catharsis of hate": BRUCE LORD on how love, respect, and tolerance drive his passion.

I'd buy it.

[contrasoma]

Hah! Hell, I could write enough of this vitriol to write a book. Not sure how well it would sell...