Comments On: The L Magazine

Re: The L Magazine Nightlife Awards

whateves — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:35:59 -0500

If you jealous dumbasses hate The L Magazine so much, why the fuck are you even on this site reading this?! Grow up!
Posted by whateves

Re: Trouble

BostonAmy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:39:25 -0500

Fantastic review. You are spot on about the treatment of forty-something women too. Kate Christensen is such a wonderful writer that she makes it seem so effortless and real. She tends to allocate equal time to the good and the bad in her characters and turns in riveting reads every time.
Posted by BostonAmy

Re: Breaking: American Woman Doesn't Want to Be on Television

kiki — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:38:12 -0500

she is. not she's is. woman gets me all worked up.
Posted by kiki

Re: Breaking: American Woman Doesn't Want to Be on Television

kiki — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:37:10 -0500

i just want to let you know that oprah is on the verge (march 2010) of having her own TV network. discovery health is becoming the oprah network. don't get too excited, folks. she's is not leaving.
Posted by kiki

Re: Jim DeRogatis: "The Pixies Are a Cynical Corporation Cashing in on Blatant Nostalgia"

jesse — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:31 -0500

Well, it is kind of a ridiculous comparison (to Journey, or Creedence Revisited, or Beach Boys Family and Friends or whatever) when all of the original members are still there. Saying it doesn't mean any more to him than those would be fair, but saying it's a "hipper version" seems like a pretty poor analogy. Your Kiss comparison is more apt.

Also, the "you don't have to buy it" argument is pretty legit. I have no use for KISS whateversoever but I wouldn't accuse them of dicking their fans out of money. Some Kiss fans love that shit. Some of them probably wish they'd called it quits years ago. I don't really get how it's on par with extortion, except maybe to the most compulsive of fans, and really, should we judge anyone by those people?

Also, none of the comments on DeRogatis's review (so far) are particularly ill-mannered or irrational.
Posted by jesse

Re: Happy Robert Ryan Centennial, Everyone

vilma — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:55:37 -0500

Robert Ryan has always knocked me out He was so talented Brutal handsome tender sexy .amazing! I am astounded at his range of film roles plus such a long fine career..Happy to know about his family and social conscience too. I am quite proud that he is a son of Chicago and not forgotten.
Posted by vilma

Re: Neue Galerie Reaches New Millenium: Free Nights Start Next Month

Benjamin Sutton — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:10:56 -0500

You're correct (although I still think the Neue Galerie is over-priced). I'm simply saying that for a museum whose branding has often courted an air of exclusivity, this seems a little out of character (in the best of ways). (Also, isn't the New Museum's free night now brought to us courtesy of someone other than Target? CIT, whatever that is, if my mental image of my last ticket stub is accurate.)

Posted by Benjamin Sutton

Re: Neue Galerie Reaches New Millenium: Free Nights Start Next Month

mhkt — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:45:38 -0500

It's not as if the Neue was being stingy or stodgy in not having a free night until they had a sponsorship or grant. NuMu's, Brooklyn Museum, MoMA free nights are underwritten and heavily branded by Target.
Posted by mhkt

Re: This Dude from the Fiery Furnaces Hasn't the Slightest Idea When to Shut the Fuck Up

Jeff K. — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:33:32 -0500

You know, I'm actually sort of rooting for Friedberger in this one, he keeps digging so hard, in the face of zero support, against more graceful sacred cows. It's almost endearing. It's like Andy Kaufman wrestling or something. He's gleefully being a clueless villain, and people are reporting on every single thing he says. I think it's sort of funny.
Posted by Jeff K.

Re: This Dude from the Fiery Furnaces Hasn't the Slightest Idea When to Shut the Fuck Up

JonB — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:20:12 -0500

worst band feud ever.
Posted by JonB

Re: MTA Has the Best New Fake Twitter

Mark Asch — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:41:46 -0500

Except that the L Train doesn't stop at Metropolitan, the G Train does.

If they meant Lorimer, that's only one stop. Jefferson would have been a better cut-off.

Warriors joke was pretty bitchin' however.
Posted by Mark Asch

Re: This Dude from the Fiery Furnaces Hasn't the Slightest Idea When to Shut the Fuck Up

Hannah — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:45:40 -0500

The well-captured photo says it all. On the Myspace, I presume.

Ugh.

Posted by Hannah

Re: Your Andy Rooney Moment: Bike Lanes On One-Way Streets ARE ALSO ONE WAY

hewins — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:26:41 -0500

I wholeheartedly agree with this. The thing about being on a bike is that it's very fast and easy to, say, go one block over from Bedford to Driggs to go the proper way on the street. This is one of those things that really gets me fired up. I ride my bike quite a lot and it's really not that hard to go the correct way on a one-way street.
Posted by hewins

Re: NYC's Best Bodega: An L Magazine Contest in Which You Can Win Lots of Free Beer

Lee McAlilly — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:05:24 -0500

awww hoooo!
Posted by Lee McAlilly

Re: 28 Hours of Innovative Art Begin in Approximately 27 Hours

gjk — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:34:25 -0500

Front loaded with heavy hitters, from Sex Mob to Aki Onda/MV Carbon. Do you know MV Carbon? She is amazing, check this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JkOo0Uoeus
Posted by gjk

Re: Can Electric Literature Save the Short Story?

kateyschultz — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:47:16 -0500

Wow - This is a fantastic interview. Informative yet intimate, and really useful, too. I'm going to email this link to my entire grad school alum listserve. Then I'm going to submit to EL! Thanks, Katey Schultz
Posted by kateyschultz

Re: Pitchfork's Review of the Hall and Oates Box Set Is 762 Words, and Not One of Them Is "Rich" or "Girl"

gjk — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:58:39 -0500

Correction to the pitchfork writer: "Maneater" was the biggest hit of their career, not "I Can't Go For That".
Posted by gjk

Re: Fluffy Lumbers, Average Girl, Family Portrait, Liam the Younger

garbagegirl — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:24:16 -0500

no more fakegaze! average girl brings the noise and the lyrics to back it up, plus all three are super steamy. it's like townes van zandt, but with explosions!

Fluffy Lumbers, Average Girl, Family Portrait, Liam the Younger
Rating: 5 Stars
Posted by garbagegirl

Re: Oprah to Save the Music Industry, the Rest of the World

WebScribes — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:38:25 -0500

You are right. Oprah has good taste and is true to her viewers. Another high profile example: I'm sure Celine's Madison Square Garden concert would have sold-out after being features on Oprah when Celine via satelite invited Charice to sing with her. Except, I would assume it was already sold-out! Maybe not, as somehow a load of Filipino-Americans managed to get tickets.
Posted by WebScribes

Re: Twilight of the Gods

Daniel Boone — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:53:18 -0500

I love Alexander Sokurov's films, and it's as easy as breathing.
Posted by Daniel Boone

Re: Fluffy Lumbers, Average Girl, Family Portrait, Liam the Younger

stollmaster27 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:51:29 -0500

AG is INCREDIBLE. I've been waiting to catch these guys again for months, ever since I happened upon their show at Maxwell's over the summer. They're the long lost children of Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy, the masters of the New York alt-country scene. And for the ladies out there, you will not be disappointed...all three of them are VERY easy on the eyes...

Fluffy Lumbers, Average Girl, Family Portrait, Liam the Younger
Rating: 5 Stars
Posted by stollmaster27

Re: The Pixies to Fans: "Fuck You, Fuck You, Fuck You, Give Us All Your Money"

jesse — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:59:32 -0500

I, too, am confused about what is so "embarrassing" about this. I have mixed feelings about the reunite-to-tour-a-lot-but-not-record thing in artistic terms (see also Pavement), but hell, I, like Henry, saw one of those 2004 shows. I was really fucking excited! It was awesome! I bought a t-shirt! I have personally no interest in seeing a Doolittle show (if they didn't play all of Doolittle at the show I saw, they must've played 80% of it, so really a different set order is a lot more interesting to me in this case), but hey, some people do, and why shouldn't the band make some money off of that? I don't really find it that cynical, even. If any of the band members were giving up their own endeavors in favor of nonstop nostalgia touring, that might count, but we got a new Breeders record last year and doesn't Frank Black put out records like every eight months? So basically, they're doing what they did before, except they get some extra money. There's no reason the Pixies shouldn't be financially rewarded for making music that's endured well after they broke up.

In any case, this particular move is no kind of fuck-you to anyone. They Might Be Giants often do this (albeit at less expense -- ten bucks a show!), and as a fan, it's fun. If these bands can figure out ways to actually make money off of doing something they love (or even used to love), good for them! I've never made much of any money doing things I love or used to love, so I can't begrudge anyone that out of some ridiculous indie-purist stance.
Posted by jesse

Re: Job Growth Update: Guantanamo McDonald's Now Hiring!

mike — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:48:42 -0500

Sounds like the foundation for the next Chuck Palahniuk book and shitty movie adaptation starring Topher Grace.
Posted by mike

Re: Can Electric Literature Save the Short Story?

amyelizabethbennett — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:37:32 -0500

A great read, thanks Gabrielle! I'm particularly glad you asked the gender question as I feel more and more that the only authors I read are men, unless I want to read more Twilight (I don't), and that literary journals sometimes perpetuate this. I'm definitely going to add this one to my reading list, even though I have to go the old-skool paperback route. ~Amy B
Posted by amyelizabethbennett

Re: Record Labels: "No One Reads Those 6.9 Pitchfork Reviews"

Angus — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:27:21 -0500

When I posted this - http://www.angusbatey.com/index.html?id=558&category=blog - a few weeks back, I had various people email me or Tweet me to say that I was utterly wrong in suggesting that ratings gave readers and excuse not to read. Interesting to see that label owners back me up.
Posted by Angus