I know I'm gonna get cooked for this but I found a bunch of armchair psychologists on r/Jung (after Aruji reminded me that he's bipolar) trying to to make sense of his current headspace and it was kinda more useful than anything else I've read or considered so far. I don't know much about psychology but I'd imagine Kanye is a fascinating case.

That felt more like an exquisite progression than a pivot

Damn i haven't listened to a Burial EP in a while. Wish he would do b away with all the singles and EP's and release another proper album for once

It's the second best Ye collab album. We all know which is number 1.

Never heard of them I'll listen later this week

Mid-80s jangle pop worship but they’re prob my favorite modern band in that lane

It’s not. I’ll take the L lol

Sounds up my alley

Alex Chilton is probably my favorite male vocalist. Cuts through me in the same way Judee Sill does.

@Riffwanker that Crawl poster :datass:

Those first three albums are all perfect in their own ways

Yeah agreed. I’ve been listening to all 3 a lot again lately. Each one is my favorite depending on my mood. It’s Radio City more often than not, but Third is just so ambitious and emotionally powerful that it always feels like the best after I’ve listened to it in full.

I miss @op

@Galaxy @Aruji you guys mention Scaruffi a fair amount, you ever gotten into Robert Christgau? Anyone else?

That’s the first time I’ve seen anyone say that in months

Have never dug that deep into his reviews at all but he's real for running Pazz and Jop for such a long time

Is Al Green on your list?

“Not that the related ideals of broad-based appeal and stardom and eclecticism have been abandoned. On the contrary, the last two years have seen the development of a new phenomenon, which I call semipopular music. Semipopular music is music that is appreciated--I use the term advisedly--for having all the earmarks of popular music except one: popularity. Just as semiclassical music is a systematic dilution of highbrow preferences, semipopular music is a cross-bred concentration of fashionable modes. I'm not putting it down, for this is the music I am always praising ecstatically--the r&b takeoffs of Van Morrison and Randy Newman and Nolan, the easy electronicism of Terry Riley, the Wayne-Newton-with-a-bite of Nilsson, the self-conscious hillbilly plainsong of Tracy Nelson Country and (a very convoluted case) the Everly Brothers' Roots. Indeed, since writers and musicians usually prefer semipopular music, some of it even becomes popular; The Band and the Grateful Dead and Rod Stewart could all be argued into the category. My favorite examples, however, are untarnished by such associations. First is the Flying Burrito Bros., who on their first album offered the most outrageous combinations of pedal-steel and wah-wah distortion, verbal obscurity and country soul, all through the medium of a lot of ex-Byrd not-quite-stars. But even better is the Stooges, whose sole purported attraction, Iggy, continues to possess every star quality except fame.”

robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-aow/obsolesc.php

Ngl i ain't reading all that but I saw Flying Burrito Bros mentioned so I'll assume he called it a masterpiece

ive never really been a fan. im sure theres plenty of cool stuff to be found through him but i dont like the witty blurb format

Work on your ladies lists you pricks