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Re: It has nothing to do with who's listening by Liz Enkittengasm 07/23/2006, 9:53pm PDT
Zsenicorpse wrote:



So you're still letting other people control what you listen to, and you'll continue in your cootie-like superstitious belief system even when you admittedly have no clue what you're talking about.

That's so stupid and unnatural it makes Stoo look like Euell Gibbons.


So, your evidence that I "let other people control what I listen to" is the fact that I don't take music recommendations from you? I'm not going to listen to what you recommend, simply because what I have heard of what you like was all bad music. It could be good and it could be bad - if somebody whose taste I trust tells me it's worth my time to examine it, maybe I will. In your case, no.

All I said about what *I* listen to is that I have no interest in discussing it here (though I did give an extra secret hint that I like The Books). There's a long list of bands that I like, some of whom I recommend to some people. The people on this forum, whose tastes I know pretty well, would not enjoy most of it. When I come across something that say, creativepig or stew might like, I typically post a quick review to it, and I don't know if they ever listen to it, and I don't care if they do or not. If people aren't into what I like, it's their loss, and I'm past the point in my life where I want to expose people to new bands or be exposed to new bands by other people.

If my existence taints fields of music for people, that's not actually my problem at all. I don't get any prizes for treading carefully over your delicate net of neuroses and retarded branding needs. Besides, my concept here isn't to sell anything to anyone. It's all free and contains no hidden idea-poison. Nothing in an album will turn you into Zseni. Liking the same music as Zseni still doesn't turn you into Zseni, just like disliking all of Zseni's music doesn't cleanse you of all possible Zseni-like characteristics. I'm not an alien and I'm not after your fucking crystal shard.


It's actually not free, BTW - it's stolen. It's not exactly the same thing. I will sometimes download stuff that I can't find in stores but I'm not really stoked about some stranger asking me if I want some of their stolen beer, even if it is beer I would normally try. I might not have a perfect record of not stealing music, but if a band was good enough that I would recommend it to someone, I would recommend that they buy it, to support the artists that you're getting all this enjoyment from. As it is, you're not really trying to support the artists; you're trying to create an image for yourself as the type of person that recommends said artists.

Rather than a Manichean good-versus-evil, cool-versus-clumsy style duality - endlessly and pointlessly rehashed throughout the centuries - I have a humanist concept in mind where it's possible to just disagree with someone without attempting to expel them from the human race. Music forums are a good place for this concept! Because there really isn't any good, firm, logical rock on which to stake your position - there are only more eloquent and less eloquent exponents. You can keep trying to make a Law Of Coolness happen with me, but I'm not going to go along with it.


I'm not the one pushing the coolness idea, I don't know what cool means and I don't care about it. I do know bad music when I hear it and I don't want to waste my time listening to bad music. I've listened to music you recommended before and it has always been bad, and I don't have all day to listen to garbage. If I get 25 minutes a day to listen to music I'm going to listen to stuff that probably *is* good, as opposed to stuff that almost definitely isn't.
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Roots Manuva / Spank Rock albums by Zsenicorpse 07/20/2006, 1:06pm PDT NEW
    It's bad enough that you write about your terrible taste. by Fullofkittens 07/20/2006, 5:29pm PDT NEW
        Bad Caltrops Rules (a series): #1 No liking things allowed! by Zsenicorpse 07/20/2006, 6:20pm PDT NEW
            I can see music rating communities from here by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 07/20/2006, 6:47pm PDT NEW
                Why wasn't this in quotes? It boggles the mind. by Worm 07/20/2006, 7:02pm PDT NEW
            Roots Manuva is the point guard of the Safe Edgy All Stars. by Liz Enkittengasm 07/20/2006, 9:25pm PDT NEW
                My point is that I don't care what's Safe Edgy or not. by Caltrops Welcome Wagon 07/20/2006, 10:34pm PDT NEW
                    ATOR NT by Zsenicorpse 07/20/2006, 10:34pm PDT NEW
                    It has nothing to do with who's listening by Liz Enkittengasm 07/20/2006, 11:04pm PDT NEW
                        Re: It has nothing to do with who's listening by Zsenicorpse 07/21/2006, 8:19am PDT NEW
                            Re: It has nothing to do with who's listening by Fullofkittens 07/23/2006, 5:14pm PDT NEW
                                Re: It has nothing to do with who's listening by Zsenicorpse 07/23/2006, 8:43pm PDT NEW
                                    Re: It has nothing to do with who's listening by Liz Enkittengasm 07/23/2006, 9:53pm PDT NEW
                                        Then... don't download the stuff I upload! by Zsenicorpse 07/24/2006, 12:13am PDT NEW
                                            Waiter! There's a pussy in my soup! by Entropy Stew 07/24/2006, 2:12am PDT NEW
                                                This is almost as unclever as the original post :( NT by Jerry Whorebach 07/24/2006, 4:00am PDT NEW
                                                    I should have stopped at the title :( NT by Entropy Stew 07/24/2006, 10:44am PDT NEW
                                                Re: Waiter! There's a pussy in my soup! by Zsenicorpse 07/24/2006, 1:48pm PDT NEW
                                                    Re: Waiter! There's a pussy in my soup! by Entropy Stew 07/24/2006, 10:55pm PDT NEW
                    Hm, someone seems cowardly all of a sudden, in a very Caltrops way. :( NT by I need clarification 07/21/2006, 3:47pm PDT NEW
                        You are what you eat. NT by Zsenicorpse 07/21/2006, 4:03pm PDT NEW
                            So that would make you a coprophage? NT by Obvious Joke Brigade 07/21/2006, 5:55pm PDT NEW
                    Re: My point is that I don't care what's Safe Edgy or not. by Quentin Beck 07/21/2006, 10:04pm PDT NEW
                        WRONG by I think you're brilliant 07/21/2006, 10:43pm PDT NEW
                            Re: WRONG by Quentin Beck 07/22/2006, 7:55pm PDT NEW
                                Re: WRONG by Quenten Beck 07/22/2006, 8:55pm PDT NEW
                                    Re: WRONG by Samuel L. \"el_jay\" Jackson 07/23/2006, 12:02am PDT NEW
                                Re: WRONG by Zsenicorpse 07/23/2006, 2:13am PDT NEW
                                    Re: WRONG by Jerry Whorebach 07/23/2006, 2:30am PDT NEW
                                        Re: WRONG by Zsenicorpse 07/23/2006, 2:34am PDT NEW
                                            It might not be Ocean's Eleven, but stealing is stealing. NT by Jerry Whorebach 07/23/2006, 2:57am PDT NEW
                                                All the really cool criminals are, like, TOTALLY unorganized. (And cool.) by Zsenicorpse 07/23/2006, 3:35am PDT NEW
                                                    cool by Fussbett 07/23/2006, 4:37am PDT NEW
                                                        Re: cool by Zsenicorpse 07/23/2006, 11:36am PDT NEW
                                                            Re: cool by Fussbett 07/23/2006, 3:16pm PDT NEW
                                                            Translation: uncool is the new cool by Entropy Stew 07/23/2006, 7:17pm PDT NEW
                                                                Huey Lewis: right all along. NT by Fullofkittens 07/23/2006, 8:22pm PDT NEW
                                                    Re: blah blah blah we got to get organized <-----------NAZI by Jerry Whorebach 07/23/2006, 5:26am PDT NEW
                                                        Re: blah blah blah we got to get organized <-----------NAZI by Zsenicorpse 07/23/2006, 11:45am PDT NEW
                                                            explaining cool : Big Lebowski refs :: explaining comedy : Monty Python refs NT by Entropy Stew 07/23/2006, 7:46pm PDT NEW
                                                                YOU LAZY BASTARD NT by Tony 07/24/2006, 2:01am PDT NEW
                                                                    Were it possible, I'd have expressed the point with a single word NT by Entropy Stew 07/24/2006, 2:22am PDT NEW
                                    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 NEW
                                        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 NEW
                                            Re: I was ready to discuss this list two years ago, but NOW? Fuck you all! by Zsenicorpse 07/23/2006, 11:46am PDT NEW
                                        Oh, man, sweet. A new Ratatat album. NT by Mysterio 07/23/2006, 12:04pm PDT NEW
                                            Ask me if the new Wilco album is good. by Todd Barry 07/24/2006, 12:16am PDT NEW
                        YES! by Jerry Whorebach 07/22/2006, 12:25am PDT NEW
                        That's disgusting. by Zsenicorpse 07/22/2006, 1:21pm PDT NEW
                            Re: That's disgusting. by Quentin Beck 07/22/2006, 7:47pm PDT NEW
                                Okay. NT by Zsenicorpse 07/23/2006, 12:13am PDT NEW
                Re: Roots Manuva is the point guard of the Safe Edgy All Stars. by Choson 07/20/2006, 11:36pm PDT NEW
            Without Zseni's earnestness to attack, we're pretty dull. NT by The Happiness Engine 07/21/2006, 9:07am PDT NEW
    Hey I'll download these albums and review them for everyone. ^_^ NT by Creexul :( 07/20/2006, 6:52pm PDT NEW
        I downloaded them, but I think I'm gonna call off the review. :( by Creexul :( 07/24/2006, 12:13am PDT NEW
    Re: Roots Manuva / Spank Rock albums by Choson 07/20/2006, 7:12pm PDT NEW
        Dag, I don't know. This is the only Roots album I've heard so far. by Zsenicorpse 07/20/2006, 10:35pm PDT NEW
    MC Amanda Blank rips shit up to a nontrivial degree. NT by condescending white hipster 07/20/2006, 7:31pm PDT NEW
        While I was checking that out... by Zsenicorpse 07/20/2006, 10:59pm PDT NEW
            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 NEW
    I'm enjoying the Roots Manuva album. Thanks Zsenicorpse. NT by JATGS 07/25/2006, 8:34pm PDT NEW
    Both of these albums are not worth the time spent looking at the covers. NT by Creexul :( 08/02/2006, 5:24pm PDT NEW
 
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