Lemon Mahler has a blog (google it), if you want to know where he's coming from. It's not a shtick. Although at one point he does notice how ridiculous he sounds.
this quote describes him well--
"Suppose you are an intellectual impostor with nothing to say, but with strong ambitions to succeed in academic life, collect a coterie of reverent disciples and have students around the world anoint your pages with respectful yellow highlighter. What kind of literary style would you cultivate? Not a lucid one, surely, for clarity would expose your lack of content"
don't you see how your logic is flawed? your biases towards him are invisible to you
you are also setting up a few straw-man arguments ("he likes rock music that is similar to Shostakovich", "classical music as a gold standard of music") or hugely inaccurate generalizations.
Yes, well some people prefer their fluffy songs.
This poll would be worthwhile if it included Sister Ray. I'm protesting by not voting
lukeprog, please don't pay too much attention to the criticisms of the "newbie" who emailed you. your content is very useful, as is, to a lot of us.
but, then, you're no scientist!
"People can't feel the same emotions when they listen to both, because the Rihanna piece just doesn't stimulate certain emotions."
how could you possibly know what emotions a song can or cant stimulate in other people?
this would've been more accurate:
"People I can't feel the same emotions when they i listen to both, because the Rihanna piece just doesn't stimulate certain emotions *in me*."
you could hardly be less objective.
this guy is more condescending than *i* am!
he wants you to delete it? "humorous fodder"?!
Unless there are multiple Lemon Mahler's into Les Rallizes Dénudés, this guy is 19 years old ...
http://www.last.fm/user/LemonMahler
This helps put things into perspective
you're an authority once other people consider you to be one!
as he said, some/most of the lists on this site don't have any discussions or explanations. this site must drive you crazy.
why pick on lukeprog in particular?
Lemon Mahler has a blog (google it), if you want to know where he's coming from. It's not a shtick. Although at one point he does notice how ridiculous he sounds.
this quote describes him well--
"Suppose you are an intellectual impostor with nothing to say, but with strong ambitions to succeed in academic life, collect a coterie of reverent disciples and have students around the world anoint your pages with respectful yellow highlighter. What kind of literary style would you cultivate? Not a lucid one, surely, for clarity would expose your lack of content"
are you sock-puppeting?
can you suggest a history that has the same scope that was also written by one person but without these flaws and biases?
i doubt it.
don't you see how your logic is flawed? your biases towards him are invisible to you
you are also setting up a few straw-man arguments ("he likes rock music that is similar to Shostakovich", "classical music as a gold standard of music") or hugely inaccurate generalizations.
"when I have not experienced anything like that and can only really picture those things in my head"
it sounds like you're describing an imagination
his "bias" should be compared with other critics
he does very, very well
you really don't think that the music he recommends is eclectic?
wow. just wow.
contrarian