#16

Cultural importance.

I made this point in the music thread yesterday - music journos now have less authority to tell you if music’s any good (because you can access it for free) so their MO now seems to be to establish their authority by telling you how contextually important an album is.

Not saying this as a criticism, just seems observable by my reckoning.

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#17

I feel like it’s not nearly as smugly irking as :thinking: tbh

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#18

“We need to discuss the political significance of emoji.”

Do we now? Need? To discuss that? The political significance of emoji? Righto.

:smile::gun:

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#19

really Theo? :thinking:

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#20

Or take on commissions which kind of make you less sympathetic to the fact she’s got a massive credit card bill to pay off

Always the first to get the shots in, you say… :thinking:

#21

Pollution is contributing to global warming, slowly killing the planet and everything on it.

Idiots.

#22

Oh hey it’s that one who called me a dickhead that time.

And also the journalist!!

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#23

And I’d do it again. Don’t think I wouldn’t do it again!!

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#24

What the fuck is this from the Radiohead review:

“While Hail to the Thief skewered the Bush-Blair era, it’s possible A Moon Shaped Pool will provide the accidental soundtrack to the time of Trump.”

Like… erm… I’m lost.

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#25

Did you see the thing about him on the telly at the weekend, with the clip showing the Late Review Dream Team of Mark Lawson, Alison Pearson, Tom Paulin and Tony Parsons? All absolutely laying into him, except Parsons, who I bet has every one of the books. Probably all the maps and shit too.

#26

There are 6 albums in there that were in the top 10 before they were released (regardless of how good they are) - Beyonce, Frank Ocean, Radiohead, Anohni, Rihanna, Kanye - The ‘reviews’ are just attempted justifications innit

#27

I have to point out that Slater does precisely zero for the Guardian. His weekly recipes for salads with a piece of cheese on appear exclusively in the Observer.

#28

Jonathan Jones thought Pratchett was shit having not even read a Discworld book, which was the real kicker.

#29

Prat, shit

#30

In the time I was away, DiS seems to have gone a bit alt-right.

#31

Christ can’t you just fuck off

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#32

think there’s a link?

#33

Don’t make me tell my dad on you.

#34

I won’t, he’s been through enough.

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#35

Hold on.