Music journalism is for listeners, not the artists. And listeners will be reading between the lines, too. Music journalism has developed enough where we all understand these are not consumer reviews; we read them because they're interpretations. Trust that your listeners are smart enough to make their own decision and like what they like, especially in an era where trying something is essentially free.
I guess we all have this idea that Jack White would be less fussy?
I can understand wanting champagne flutes and wine glasses; you're a big star, you like the finer things, you'd like to enjoy them before and after a show. It's the little things like "Must be real glass" and "no fluorescent lighting" and "handmade guacamole with this recipe" that seems a little weird/pedantic/fussy.
So instead of arguing about which albums are objectively better than others we're arguing about which albums feel like they have the potential to be objectively better than others
If those comments don't justify calling someone a racist/misogynist/anti-semitic than nothing short of full klan wardrobe with a contract detailing their prejudices signed in blood is racist/misogynist/anti-semitic.
Actions and choices are indicative of your character! Not just how you feel in your mind's eye! Most assholes feel like they aren't assholes and find ways to justify it!
Music awards will never make sense again with the amount of access out there. There's just no way to accurately recognize and reward all the music out there especially when so much of it is hard to agree on. So when they pick from the same upper crust of pop music every year it feels hugely inadequate.
It's like if there was an awards show for "Best Food" every year and the nominations routinely picked "Salisbury Steak," "Mashed Potatoes" and "Skittles"
the reaction is interesting in how people draw the line between what is and isn't graphic; whether it's the concept and emotion or if it needs some explicit visual imagery for people to get bothered
anyway
I can't imagine two normal people having the conversation that led up to filming this. "You know what would be good? If we filmed an assault scene, like, I would be the one assaulting you." "Yes okay good idea"
Boy look at all that smoke.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Smoke_column_-_High_Park_Wildfire.jpg
Must be a someone with a fog machine.
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