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Zseni wrote:
Why does it matter where they came from or who likes them? Very very intelligent, beautiful, and cool people like albums I can't stand. Very very dorky, boring, and stupid people like albums I like.
It matters because your dork friend who likes cool music is an exceptional case. 95% of dorky people don't like cool music and vice versa. These probabilities are why people are careful about sharing their music preferences.
Also, music's harder to discuss than movies, computer games, etc because there's less to talk about. It's just guitars and shit. Most people end up "JUST LIKING IT, OK!?!?" and leaving you with little else but their taste to disagree with. Don't you dare.
In short, music is contentious AND almost impossible to argue about, which explains why finding and preserving common ground is more important in this medium than any other, and why who shares your common ground matters.
Zseni wrote:
Liking good and interesting music doesn't make you a good or interesting person, just like liking bad or boring music doesn't make you a bad or boring person.
No, but it signals that you are probably a good or interesting person to anyone who's watching.
Zseni wrote:
Correlation is not causation. It only helps you identify trends.
Liking the wrong shit will get you misidentified by strangers. If you let people in on your cute stuff after you've established you're familiar and comfortable with a lot of 'safe edgy' material, perhaps they'll give you the benefit of the doubt.
Ray's posted some album lists here that have been all over the place and people think less of him because of it. More isn't better when you're sharing musical tastes; it's just riskier. So, be brave and tell us you like K-Pop.
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Roots Manuva / Spank Rock albums by Zsenicorpse 07/20/2006, 1:06pm PDT 
It's bad enough that you write about your terrible taste. by Fullofkittens 07/20/2006, 5:29pm PDT
Bad Caltrops Rules (a series): #1 No liking things allowed! by Zsenicorpse 07/20/2006, 6:20pm PDT
I can see music rating communities from here by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 07/20/2006, 6:47pm PDT
Why wasn't this in quotes? It boggles the mind. by Worm 07/20/2006, 7:02pm PDT
Roots Manuva is the point guard of the Safe Edgy All Stars. by Liz Enkittengasm 07/20/2006, 9:25pm PDT
My point is that I don't care what's Safe Edgy or not. by Caltrops Welcome Wagon 07/20/2006, 10:34pm PDT
ATOR NT by Zsenicorpse 07/20/2006, 10:34pm PDT
It has nothing to do with who's listening by Liz Enkittengasm 07/20/2006, 11:04pm PDT
Re: It has nothing to do with who's listening by Zsenicorpse 07/21/2006, 8:19am PDT
Re: It has nothing to do with who's listening by Fullofkittens 07/23/2006, 5:14pm PDT
Re: It has nothing to do with who's listening by Zsenicorpse 07/23/2006, 8:43pm PDT
Re: It has nothing to do with who's listening by Liz Enkittengasm 07/23/2006, 9:53pm PDT
Then... don't download the stuff I upload! by Zsenicorpse 07/24/2006, 12:13am PDT
Waiter! There's a pussy in my soup! by Entropy Stew 07/24/2006, 2:12am PDT
This is almost as unclever as the original post :( NT by Jerry Whorebach 07/24/2006, 4:00am PDT
I should have stopped at the title :( NT by Entropy Stew 07/24/2006, 10:44am PDT
Re: Waiter! There's a pussy in my soup! by Zsenicorpse 07/24/2006, 1:48pm PDT
Re: Waiter! There's a pussy in my soup! by Entropy Stew 07/24/2006, 10:55pm PDT
Hm, someone seems cowardly all of a sudden, in a very Caltrops way. :( NT by I need clarification 07/21/2006, 3:47pm PDT
You are what you eat. NT by Zsenicorpse 07/21/2006, 4:03pm PDT
So that would make you a coprophage? NT by Obvious Joke Brigade 07/21/2006, 5:55pm PDT
Re: My point is that I don't care what's Safe Edgy or not. by Quentin Beck 07/21/2006, 10:04pm PDT
WRONG by I think you're brilliant 07/21/2006, 10:43pm PDT
Re: WRONG by Quentin Beck 07/22/2006, 7:55pm PDT
Re: WRONG by Quenten Beck 07/22/2006, 8:55pm PDT
Re: WRONG by Samuel L. \"el_jay\" Jackson 07/23/2006, 12:02am PDT
Re: WRONG by Zsenicorpse 07/23/2006, 2:13am PDT
Re: WRONG by Jerry Whorebach 07/23/2006, 2:30am PDT
Re: WRONG by Zsenicorpse 07/23/2006, 2:34am PDT
It might not be Ocean's Eleven, but stealing is stealing. NT by Jerry Whorebach 07/23/2006, 2:57am PDT
All the really cool criminals are, like, TOTALLY unorganized. (And cool.) by Zsenicorpse 07/23/2006, 3:35am PDT
cool by Fussbett 07/23/2006, 4:37am PDT
Re: cool by Zsenicorpse 07/23/2006, 11:36am PDT
Re: cool by Fussbett 07/23/2006, 3:16pm PDT
Translation: uncool is the new cool by Entropy Stew 07/23/2006, 7:17pm PDT
Huey Lewis: right all along. NT by Fullofkittens 07/23/2006, 8:22pm PDT
Re: blah blah blah we got to get organized <-----------NAZI by Jerry Whorebach 07/23/2006, 5:26am PDT
Re: blah blah blah we got to get organized <-----------NAZI by Zsenicorpse 07/23/2006, 11:45am PDT
explaining cool : Big Lebowski refs :: explaining comedy : Monty Python refs NT by Entropy Stew 07/23/2006, 7:46pm PDT
YOU LAZY BASTARD NT by Tony 07/24/2006, 2:01am PDT
Were it possible, I'd have expressed the point with a single word NT by Entropy Stew 07/24/2006, 2:22am PDT
I was ready to discuss this list two years ago, but NOW? Fuck you all! by Ray of Light 07/23/2006, 7:12am PDT
Re: I was ready to discuss this list two years ago, but NOW? Fuck you all! by I need clarification 07/23/2006, 11:42am PDT
Re: I was ready to discuss this list two years ago, but NOW? Fuck you all! by Zsenicorpse 07/23/2006, 11:46am PDT
Oh, man, sweet. A new Ratatat album. NT by Mysterio 07/23/2006, 12:04pm PDT
Ask me if the new Wilco album is good. by Todd Barry 07/24/2006, 12:16am PDT
YES! by Jerry Whorebach 07/22/2006, 12:25am PDT
That's disgusting. by Zsenicorpse 07/22/2006, 1:21pm PDT
Re: That's disgusting. by Quentin Beck 07/22/2006, 7:47pm PDT
Okay. NT by Zsenicorpse 07/23/2006, 12:13am PDT
Re: Roots Manuva is the point guard of the Safe Edgy All Stars. by Choson 07/20/2006, 11:36pm PDT
Without Zseni's earnestness to attack, we're pretty dull. NT by The Happiness Engine 07/21/2006, 9:07am PDT
Hey I'll download these albums and review them for everyone. ^_^ NT by Creexul :( 07/20/2006, 6:52pm PDT
I downloaded them, but I think I'm gonna call off the review. :( by Creexul :( 07/24/2006, 12:13am PDT
Re: Roots Manuva / Spank Rock albums by Choson 07/20/2006, 7:12pm PDT
Dag, I don't know. This is the only Roots album I've heard so far. by Zsenicorpse 07/20/2006, 10:35pm PDT
MC Amanda Blank rips shit up to a nontrivial degree. NT by condescending white hipster 07/20/2006, 7:31pm PDT
While I was checking that out... by Zsenicorpse 07/20/2006, 10:59pm PDT
But what about Phife Dawg? No love for his album? Does he even have an album? NT by I need clarification 07/21/2006, 3:45pm PDT
I'm enjoying the Roots Manuva album. Thanks Zsenicorpse. NT by JATGS 07/25/2006, 8:34pm PDT
Both of these albums are not worth the time spent looking at the covers. NT by Creexul :( 08/02/2006, 5:24pm PDT
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