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—"what that was" live in brooklyn (5/21/13)

jennpelly:

Lately I have tried really hard to not take photos or videos or look at my phone at all while watching a band play. Sometimes the impulse to document a moment is too strong though and I feel like I have to do something, so I have been making little voice recordings on my phone. I have tons of them. Here is one I took last night at the Majical Cloudz record release show at Glasslands. Devon sang “What That Was” a capella after performing Impersonator from front to back. There’s honestly not a single new band I’ve seen this year who come off as so completely devoted to what they are doing while playing, squeezing every ounce of life/emotion they’ve got into the performance so that everyone there can feel more alive etc. It reminds me a lot of what John Maus tries to do live but with songwriting that is way more interesting and specific. Impersonator is one of the best records of the year and this was a perfect moment.

Daft Punk

—Horizon

nobpm:

Daft Punk - Horizon (Japan Bonus Track)

deadgirlfriends: no no no no no no no no fucking NO this is SO WRONG it’s not technology that makes “magic” like this is the most problematic thing i have maybe ever heard anyone say about music like have they even thought about this? like if you define “magic” or like the quality that makes music affecting or interesting or worth listening to as something that is purely the result of someone using tools or operating technology, a process that can be fully and completely democratized to the point where every single person on earth no longer needs to listen to music made by other people because they can hit a few buttons at punch up a masterpiece themselves not through creativity or cognitive breakthroughs or god forbid any kind of emotional/spiritual anything but through the straightforward application of technology, then what are they ACTUALLY doing by holding 70’s soft rock on a pedestal above everybody? what are they actually saying when they imply that period of time was more “magical” than the one we live in now because if recording technology being less accessible and therefore more exclusive  makes things more “magical” then making a record glorifying and romanticizing a more “magical” time is basically like glorifying and romanticizing the idea that pop music is more “magical” and interesting if class/race/gender barriers prevent most people from even being allowed to try and make it did not like the record either, discovery and the accompanying film are one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of pop music and i love everything that was happening there, i mean if you’re creating a monument to the relationship you had with music in your childhood then creating a revisionist history of disco from the point of view of white europeans can create dazzling results but when it comes to dudes actually straightforwardly purporting to offer a history lesson i’ll take terre thaemlitz every fucking time thanks

deadgirlfriends:

no no no no no no no no fucking NO this is SO WRONG

it’s not technology that makes “magic” like this is the most problematic thing i have maybe ever heard anyone say about music like have they even thought about this? like if you define “magic” or like the quality that makes music affecting or interesting or worth listening to as something that is purely the result of someone using tools or operating technology, a process that can be fully and completely democratized to the point where every single person on earth no longer needs to listen to music made by other people because they can hit a few buttons at punch up a masterpiece themselves not through creativity or cognitive breakthroughs or god forbid any kind of emotional/spiritual anything but through the straightforward application of technology, then what are they ACTUALLY doing by holding 70’s soft rock on a pedestal above everybody? what are they actually saying when they imply that period of time was more “magical” than the one we live in now because if recording technology being less accessible and therefore more exclusive  makes things more “magical” then making a record glorifying and romanticizing a more “magical” time is basically like glorifying and romanticizing the idea that pop music is more “magical” and interesting if class/race/gender barriers prevent most people from even being allowed to try and make it

did not like the record either, discovery and the accompanying film are one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of pop music and i love everything that was happening there, i mean if you’re creating a monument to the relationship you had with music in your childhood then creating a revisionist history of disco from the point of view of white europeans can create dazzling results but when it comes to dudes actually straightforwardly purporting to offer a history lesson i’ll take terre thaemlitz every fucking time thanks

paulftompkins: Honestly can’t tell if this is a double feature or an emotional plea from the sign itself. I’d prefer the latter (I also would have accepted HELP I’M BEING HELD PRISONER IN A MARQUEE FACTORY).

paulftompkins:

Honestly can’t tell if this is a double feature or an emotional plea from the sign itself. I’d prefer the latter (I also would have accepted HELP I’M BEING HELD PRISONER IN A MARQUEE FACTORY).

I’m Sucking On A Sour Patch Kid Listening To Music Getting Ready For Tonight :D

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(Source: kathybethterry, via mileyhighrus)

Don’t know about you, but we could use some good news today

ccindecision:

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1. Check out this guy. Bill Iffrig is a 78 year old runner who was knocked off his feet by the first Boston Marathon blast but finished the race anyway, walking the last 12 feet to the finish. (Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe/Getty Images)

2. The “I have a place to offer” Google document, in which hundreds of Bostonians are advertising a free place to stay, may be the first spreadsheet capable of producing an emotion other than boredom.

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3. New Yorkers have love for Boston. Offer expires during next Yanks v. Sox game. (Photo by @stopmotionsolo)

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