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good, hopefully that means it will be easier to get tickets for nye next year.
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yes. as am i
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Meanwhile, in a parallel universe not too far from here, Skrillex is winning Grammys
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@johnnyd said: Meanwhile, in a parallel universe not too far from here, Skrillex is winning GrammysDon't forget about that piece of shit Chris Brown
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Seriously
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I love Phish and the Raconteurs. Me not intelligent.
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Music is subjective and not something that can accurately ranked.Bullshit'd
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In case anyone else feels the need to voice their concerns directly to the blogger...Elano Pizzicarola
Email: ElanoP.25@gmail.com
Twitter: @ElanoP
Facebook: facebook.com/elano.pizzicarola
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@johnnyd said: Meanwhile, in a parallel universe not too far from here, Skrillex is winning Grammys
He really won a grammy?
::Worries for the future of "music"::
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that's just like, your opinion man.
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thats harsh. im super offended.
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That was the laziest piece of musical criticism I've ever read. I can't believe they can write "we take this shit seriously" at the beginning of the article with a straight face. Not to mention, in what way is the Down with Disease lyric bad?
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I'm not offended. I'd be offended if LA Weekly did sing the praises of Phish.From now on can we copy and paste articles like this into the forum along with an email address for those that choose to comment so that this type of shameless hit trolling won't achieve it's desired effect? Much like Lauren Ober in 7days this was posted simply because this fool knew that ranking them as a worse band than 4-non-blondes would get the community out in droves to defend the boys to deaf ears. If you want to defend the band then send them an email or something so that your voice is heard without indirectly paying them. Clicks = $$$$ and we're filling the pockets of those who shit on the band we defend.
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Mainstream publication's music blogger misunderstands Phish and writes nonsensical claptrap about the band, film at 11.
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...What's wrong with the Down with Disease lyrics?
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@Magilla94 said: In case anyone else feels the need to voice their concerns directly to the blogger... Elano Pizzicarola Email: ElanoP.25@gmail.com Twitter: @ElanoP Facebook: facebook.com/elano.pizzicarolaYou're way ahead of me my friend.
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@the_Landlady said: ...What's wrong with the Down with Disease lyrics?They could have at least chose a song with hardly lyric, instead of ones that actually make sense. Shows their incompetence from the start
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Orchestras are going bankrupt. Jazz has been more marginalized than ever. Band like Phish get snorts and eye rolls.Meanwhile, The Apple MacBook Pro is winning Grammys.
Keep calm and carry on.
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@the_Landlady said: ...What's wrong with the Down with Disease lyrics morons that write and publish these articles?
@PricklyHairs has got it right, don't bother giving them a click.
I guess one cool thing about being a jaded vet* is that I am also jaded to all the dumb criticism. Hey, knucklehead, 1995 wants its 2 sentences back.
Meh - hippie-hating music "writers" were better in 1.0. I haven't read anything new in over a decade.
*extremely kidding
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Oh hey, it's a music journalist decrying Phish while comparing them to The Grateful Dead suggesting that their opinion is based entirely on hype and cultural perception rather than actually listening to the music. People saying Phish is terrible wouldn't even piss me off if they could do it without talking about the Dead. The write goofy lyrics, they have a lot of prog-rock styled material, and they're tracks sometimes go for a while. It would be much more apt to compare them to Rush, another band I love that gets a lot of shit from publications. At least the criticisms of Rush tend to make sense. I think what really puts me off about these kinds of things is they don't provide erudite discussion of popular music so much as they reassert consensus, often a consensus that seems completely off base to anyone with any amount of direct experience of the subject.
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Who gives a shit what some"music critic" has to say.one less ass hole to deal with at a show
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Damn, now that 4 Non Blondes tune is stuck in my head.
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Damn... This offends me to the fullest degree. Guy has no substance to this article.
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When I read shit like this I just laugh out loud. And I'm thankful. I'm thankful that my favorite band is playing together. I'm thankful to have met a handful of likeminded individuals here on .net. And I'm VERY thankful that Phish will never appeal to mainstream assholes like the "author."
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@johnnyd said: @Phish1 said:And I said HEEEYY AAAAYYYY AYYYYYYY!!!!!Damn, now that 4 Non Blondes tune is stuck in my head.Whats going on, now?
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In a related story... http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/02/the_eagles_hotel_california_wh.php
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@Phish1 said: Damn, now that 4 Non Blondes tune is stuck in my head.I heard that tune on Lithum the XM station a week ago and am still signing it. It will not go away
And I said HEY YAY YAY YAaaAAY,
HEY YAY YAY Whats going on?
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@Jayem said: @Phish1 said:And so you cried...?Damn, now that 4 Non Blondes tune is stuck in my head.I heard that tune on Lithum the XM station a week ago and am still signing it. It will not go away
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That is straight f*cked!
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@phan83 said: In a related story... http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/02/the_eagles_hotel_california_wh.phpI'm a dumber person for having read that. Thanks.
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@johnnyd said: @Jayem said:...only sometimes, you know...when I'm lying in bed just to get it all out...@Phish1 said:And so you cried...?Damn, now that 4 Non Blondes tune is stuck in my head.I heard that tune on Lithum the XM station a week ago and am still signing it. It will not go away
What's in my head.
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Being from L.A. She should have atleast quoted Tube!! This lady is a moron obviously and must have had a bad experience with the wrong fella that she trusted, I understand DWD might have been the only MTV video she found on youtube. More tickets for the Hollywood Bowl and Greek shows. Haha Keep loving our band and leave these ignorant writers for Coldplay or Maroon 5. Last point being, are the Foo Fighters really the mainstream eqquivaalent of rock n roll/ heavy metal/ eargasms? Enjoy yourselves a nice Lizards to get over this mistake of a blogger
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@Phish1 said: Damn, now that 4 Non Blondes tune is stuck in my head.Twenty five years and my life is still, trying to get up that great big hill, of hope. Forward destination.
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Giggles giggles giggles...love it! Don't like it? Don't come! Hope more of these articles come out so that people who actually read this crap won't come to the show and talk all night. Cheers!
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:::contemplates starting a 4 non blondes summer tour rumor thread:::
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this thread went type II
LA Times Blog > 4 Non blondes
LA Times Blog > 4 Non blondes
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@DanceTheJig728 said: @johnnyd said:FYI, Skrillex DID win 3 Grammys last night. and I know Im probably gonna get shit for it, but I think its rightfully so. he's a young, talented producer of the young generation and clearly making his name known. Better yet, and contrary to popular belief, he's not a sellout. He's on his own label, never signed a major contract, and releases all of his track online via beatport. Its not his fault that millions of people happen to like it.Meanwhile, in a parallel universe not too far from here, Skrillex is winning Grammys
He really won a grammy?
::Worries for the future of "music"::
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@WGphan92 - Well, its ok if you like him, I won't fault you for that. Not gonna argue taste.But just as points of fact:
1.) he came up on Deadmau5' label, that's how he got his break.
2.) Beatport definitely has a "pay for play" element to it, much like pop radio stations.
3.) A lot of people had been morphing dubstep into brostep for a few years before he started doing it. He didn't invent that sound. He did put it together in a way to make it pop more or less in the mainstream, so all due credit there.
Its just a new flavor of pop music at this point. To the extent that that's that the grammys do, capture and reward whats going on in pop music, I guess one could argue they got that right.
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@johnnyd said: To the extent that that's that the grammys do, capture and reward whats going on in pop music, I guess one could argue they got that right.Exactly. They are based in pop music, and pop music only and when I mean only, I mean only. (99.9%)
Hell, when Tim Reynolds was nominated a few years ago it was for a solo acoustic song he performed @ radio city when he played with DM. On the nomination D. Matthews's name was next to Tim's when Dave literally sat next to Tim on stage and watched him perform it. Point being, they didn't even credit Tim by himself when it was a completely original tune performed solo.
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Part of why I love phish is the fact that they are so under the pop culture/Rolling Stone/mainstream radar. Trey's quote from Bittersweet Motel summed it up best:
"When Rolling Stone puts out their "who's on tour" now list, we're not even on it. We're completely off the map. And we're having the best tour in years"
"When Rolling Stone puts out their "who's on tour" now list, we're not even on it. We're completely off the map. And we're having the best tour in years"
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@Vets, like folks seeing Phish from 93 and before. I jumped in in 1999, though was a pretty big Phish fan before that. Were there similar articles about Phish then? Have "alt weeklies" etc. just become too cool for everything? I live in the Bay Area, and fans jumped (rightly) all over the dude from SF Weekly who said Phish was a band "to avoid" for the Outside Lands Fest.
Oh well, some folks will never get it. That's fine.
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...no chance of enjoying them sober? I've never done drugs, ever...I don't drink. Phish is my favorite band; logic = flawed.
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"You brought bad reviews?"
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Hahaha. This reminds me of the scene in Bittersweet Motel when the source of the scathing review Trey had to read is revealed to have been Entertainment Weekly.
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@jerryguscia said: ...no chance of enjoying them sober? I've never done drugs, ever...I don't drink. Phish is my favorite band; logic = flawed.Every show I've attended since the end of '98 or so..I've been 100% sober for....wouldn't want it any other way...just my preference though....Quite a few of my non-phish friends have a hard time grasping this...For me..the music comes first...everything else plays second fiddle...
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it's funny how one of the 'worst' bands is still consistently one of the highest grossing touring acts, with virtually no outside press (favorable press anyway) or advertising.... suck a bag of d's LA weekly.and, just FYI, it really sucks working in a mainstream music retailer the day after the Grammy's...
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@johnnyd said: @WGphan92 - Well, its ok if you like him, I won't fault you for that. Not gonna argue taste.Well played sir. I can't disagree with anything you said in that post.
But just as points of fact:
1.) he came up on Deadmau5' label, that's how he got his break.
2.) Beatport definitely has a "pay for play" element to it, much like pop radio stations.
3.) A lot of people had been morphing dubstep into brostep for a few years before he started doing it. He didn't invent that sound. He did put it together in a way to make it pop more or less in the mainstream, so all due credit there.
Its just a new flavor of pop music at this point. To the extent that that's that the grammys do, capture and reward whats going on in pop music, I guess one could argue they got that right.
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