They also won't watch more than a quarter of your 40 minute video...
But enough of them will. And that's what actually matters.
(and if you piss off enough of them early, you'll be surprised how many stick around)
I stand by this song as the only one where using an LLM actually made the lyrics work.
And only in context of the album, and only because said LLM was trained exclusively on 4chan. youtu.be/uW4EfjBI4bk?...
The only appropriate place to read an evisceration so thorough is in a Toronto sports bar walking distance from the arena when you're on your second IPA before therapy.
Although one of the most flattering things to hear are the folks who reach out and say "I watched your reviews ten years ago in high school, will you review my new album"...
And then the album turns out to be great and makes my year end list! :)
You know the insane thing?
I'm 35, but I also know I have usernames and irc handles that are older than some of the teenagers that watch me.
Sometimes aging ain't so bad :)
Today is Bandcamp Friday.
Episode of the Trailing Edge for February is live! Still have a lot of albums to write about at some point (from today and throughout the previous month), but if you want to hear about my favourite songs the past month, here you go! youtube.com/shorts/qr957...
New @bdolan.bsky.social album day. bdolan.bandcamp.com/album/fight-...
Pair that with The Scythe and that's a fucking hard slice of rap to beat (pun intended)!
My next long-form video - the Bruno Mars one kind of derailed my plans this week - is about Gorillaz.
And boy do I have things to say.
I mean, Imagine Dragons, obviously.
They already have all the trailer music ready to go!
Not even close. One of the few cases where the early LLM material (trained on 4chan of all places) wound up more incidental to the album as a whole but worked to augment the twisted unreality of its closed off myopia.
Justice for Hold It Against Me, that song is way better than its reputation (and the majority of Femme Fatale).
So this is one of those cases where Moises' work is less 'generative AI' (at least as far as I can tell) and more for production tools where you can isolate and tweak specific tracks...
But it's jumped into bed with calling all of this AI, which I find just as cynical and gross.
...well, that freed up my schedule from covering him this Friday!
Yes, Charlie Puth has a new album this Friday, going toe to toe against Harry Styles because apparently his label hates him.
Not sure they hate him enough after this.
And now we're live to everyone - yes, a faster turnaround time to make public, but this was one I'd like to get out and get past quickly (another longer piece is planned for later this week).
So yeah, enjoy! youtu.be/1a_fmnZrQfE
Alright, new episode of Billboard BREAKDOWN is here and it's eventful - enjoy! youtu.be/Y2tlDaw-IZI
"The CIA conspired to make me less cool than I was when I was 25" is the most succinct Gen X manifesto I've ever heard
And now we're live to everyone - yes, a faster turnaround time to make public, but this was one I'd like to get out and get past quickly (another longer piece is planned for later this week).
So yeah, enjoy! youtu.be/1a_fmnZrQfE
I mean, you could watch the State of the Union... or you could watch a new episode of Billboard BREAKDOWN that's up early for once, enjoy! youtu.be/2e0p5iISO20
A thumbnail for a Bruno Mars "album review"
...yeah, this one got away from me a bit. For Patrons and members for now, for everyone else coming soon!
Bruno Mars, 'The Romantic', and "Why Music Isn't Fun Anymore"
Yes, the title is referencing another recent video. And yes, the gloves are coming off.
I am reminded that a startling number of people believe that if you’re a member of the military and you don’t like something your government did, you can just throw up your hands and quit the next day like any other job.
It Does Not Work That Way
Also thematically, it "feels" like an ending. As if they're utterly out of ideas and are struggling for anything left to say.
By your definition of it feeling like an "end", absolutely.
The end of their relevance, desire to experiment, basically the last moment before they started living in the past.
Sup Patrons, schedule is live, enjoy! www.patreon.com/posts/151892...
Episode of the Trailing Edge for February is live! Still have a lot of albums to write about at some point (from today and throughout the previous month), but if you want to hear about my favourite songs the past month, here you go! youtube.com/shorts/qr957...
...nice to hear from you again, buddy. :)
(also it was a 5/10 in 2014 - probably would be a bit warmer to it now, but I think even Tinashe fans would agree she's gotten way better since Aquarius)
It has to do with Father John Misty, Lana Del Rey, and a hotel in 2017.
If you know, you know.
And no, it's not on the tier of Carly Rae Jepsen's best either - we all know about the Matthew Koma connection, it was a cute observation, but this is also where performance matters.
The best word to describe this new Hilary Duff album is 'frothy'.
I've also seen a lot of comparisons to Tortured Poets Department and as the long-winded defender of that album, I would NOT put it on that tier (mostly because Taylor Swift's performance is the underrated factor of that album).
I mean, you could watch the State of the Union... or you could watch a new episode of Billboard BREAKDOWN that's up early for once, enjoy! youtu.be/2e0p5iISO20
