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What if people's sincere appreciation for something was a political matter? And why should I care about the personal preferences of someone I'll never know, and why should I do the work of linking those preferences to the product at hand? Is making a political point "less" than something else? Why should it be "valueless noise" if it's political? Don't you "like" at least one politics? That said, the actual political weight of vaporwave is pretty much 0 in my opinion. well my comment was directed at the reviewer, who bases his interpretation of the album on the assumption (based on his own tastes) that most of the material is "so cheesy and so bad that, even when reframed, it’s cheesy and bad. Or, at the very least, forgettable and inconsequential." "This indifference to taste is flaunted throughout the album (...) to the point where this direct and, importantly, chosen confrontation with the bland becomes a large part of the sensually jarring, hyperreality-by-proxy experience that is listening to 札幌コンテンポラリー." "I mean, is this stuff a critique of capitalism? Is it a way of expressing the shortcomings of technology? Is it an attempt to reclaim the spaces in which this otherwise insufferable music is normally played?" He brings up good points, but it doesn't occur to him that the music could actually be enjoyed for what it is. Yeah, I think it's interesting as a personal review, but I fucking loooooooove that album. At the same time though, I think aesthetically I like it for the reasons he points out. I feel the vapidity of the music, and even though he doesn't I don't think that that means his interpretation isn't valid.

oh yeah lol i already told that story in this thread. hey, it was an important moment for me.

I just want to say this: A few years back, I think 2009 or 2010 and before I'd heard any vaporwave or eccojams, I turned my television with my friend to channel 21. This channel was 100% text slideshow and shitty MIDI music. And it only had two backgrounds and about 10 songs. We sat there watching it for hours, and I told him that we had to make this shit. Somehow we had to do this (I never did, of course; I don't really do things that I plan to). For ages I was obsessed with this, and people thought that it was just as a joke somehow, but I really loved it. Sitting there as the bland screen lit up the room to songs made on one $100 Casio keyboard was an incredible experience. When I learned about "vaporwave", I fell in love. It started with Eccojams, and then as more things came out I loved the more muzak-ey stuff. It wasn't about being some online fad, and it wasn't really political. But it was hollow in a way that nothing else manages, cold and relentless and i hit me at a time where I was already very depressed. All I'm trying to say here is that this music isn't just a fad for me. I really do like it that much. And it wasn't one person coming up with an idea that was latched onto. It was something many people felt on a core level, something bred by culture. I was always one for examining the philosophical, postmodern edge of things, the destruction of meaning through pop and the void left by technology, but it really did hit me on an emotional level, and I really do love it. poblequadrat mentioned something about carpeted flooring and generic concourses. I love that shit to death. Idk what my point here is really, nor do I think people are at odds with me. But fuck, I love vaporwave. PS Nebraska, Midnight Television, the person who made the song for that video, is the same as Vektroid, and she made that album while she was homeless. edit: like when I listen to this shit, I'm not trying to like it even though I don't while thinking "This is making this sort of statement", I'm crying at the chorus because of how much I like it. Although I totally do like to think of all the pomo and political shit lol.

#SecondInternet http://soundcloud.com/daytime-television/dawn-of-the-new_ugly

I agree, but at least that's more than most pop music. Maybe it'll do something good in the end.

It's good music, Kanye is just a fucking idiot. The fact that he is extremely talented has nothing to do with the fact that he thinks he's extremely talented, both just happen to be independently true.

He corrected it and said he meant to say Set Pieces, not Motions. I was personally hoping more Nightmare Park kind of stuff.

He's releasing a new one soon. White Mask tells people about it.

hobobaby who are you, just coming in here and posting future bass videos

haha MDE + Frank Yang that's great. May have posted this here before but w/e http://youtu.be/Fm3Dik_JRRg

Haven't listened to them too much yet, although from what I heard I didn't like these as much as Vektroid's other stuff under names that aren't Vektroid. My favorite thing by her so far is either Laserdisc Visions or Virtual Information Desk (in Japanese). Or if you count Sacred Tapestry then that, but it was never officially released. Just on Soundcloud.

So this stuff is still going on. From Wikipedia: 21 April North Korea moved two mobile missile launchers for short-range Scud missiles to the coast in South Hamgyeong province. 23 April North Korea demanded recognition as a nuclear state as prerequisite for dialogue. 25 April North Korea warned that it may use kamikaze nuclear attacks. 26 April South Korea announced that it will withdraw its remaining workers from the Kaesong Industrial Region to protect their safety after the North Korean government rejects talks. 29 April American Kenneth Bae held in North Korea could face the death penalty for allegedly conspiring to overthrow the government. All but seven South Korean workers leave the Kaesong Industrial Region. 30 April The annual Foal Eagle joint military drills between South Korea and the United States came to a close with both nations continuously monitoring the situation on the Korean penninsula.

Remi annoys me because he's a huge attention whore. That kind of stuff can be funny, but Remi always makes the extra step to say "Hey, look at me guys! Aren't I funny?". Anyway, here's this.

New Merzbow track

Greek yoghurt with sugar, honey, and bananas and a chocolate soy milk and banana smoothie.

http://forum.watmm.com/topic/392483-italo-disco/

We've been talking about things like that, but there's no reason to take things to the extreme. For now, people just need to remember that you have to give some to get some, and they don't then their threads will be closed. Well my thinking is that many people come here and go "oh cool I can post my stuff" before they really understand, to some degree, the ins and outs of the forum. If they have to get to like 30-100 posts, they'll more likely understand how things tend to go, especially since this place attracts people who like music but aren't really forum-goers.

Can you block people from posting topics in this subforum until they have a certain number of posts?

Mainly the ones where the posters barely have any posts at all, not even just in YLC. There are probably others from people that have many posts but have not actually commented on other tracks, but that's harder to check for. http://forum.watmm.com/topic/77925-my-fingers-are-all-thumbs/ http://forum.watmm.com/topic/77936-coloscopescapade/ http://forum.watmm.com/topic/77941-hiv-hunk-celestial-suck/ I technically don't know about this one, but it seems highly suspect: http://forum.watmm.com/topic/77831-hubaa-free-download/

Can you start deleting the topics of people who have not done this? Or locking them until they do?