Official Skrillex 2012 Thread!

[themanflounders]

I don't think anyone's ignorant here. I think in your heart of hearts, you really gave Skrillex a chance, but you don't like him for this reason or that. I'm not a fan at all, and I have my reasons. What I'm saying is: Inforoo has a regular and predictable habit of letting a guy like Phi know that it hates someone like Skrillex....over, and over, and over, and over again. It's an annual tradition of fluidly mixing love and disgust of music, where most passionate music fans in my life have always been really supportive of other people's tastes without having to make these ridiculous "please don't add so and so" threads that become new venues to trash music other people like. They become dozens of pages of hate and making fans of a certain artist feel really small. Sure, the internet can be a cruel mistress, and that's why I feel like on an anonymous message board this sort of thing is inevitable. But, if some people are allowed to create a whole thread about how tired they get of Skrillex fans letting everyone know about their enthusiasm, then I can have this same conversation annually in a few posts.

You said people aren't doing it for fun, but I disagree. For some people, hating the type of music that they don't listen to, and letting everyone around them know it, is as much a part of enjoying music as putting on a new record, and that attitude is very well represented on this board. Don't get me wrong, I love inforoo and read it all the time, and I've learned about some great bands from people who really know their music, and really, really hate other people's music.

We all have very strong opinions about what we like, but, ya know, it's all about the love, man.

[itrainmonkeys]

Feb 19, 2012 18:00:01 GMT -5 rosko said:

Feb 19, 2012 17:58:49 GMT -5 itrainmonkeys said:

How about you start discussing the music and stop discussing other posters? You just complained about negativity in another thread and here you are being negative towards a poster.

Cut him some slack, dude. It was a funny image and not that malicious.

Phi knows we're just givin' him shiz, he's got a thick skin.

I was under the impression Phi wanted the discussion in this thread to be about Skrillex (and not him personally) but if you guys are having fun then that's fine. Enjoy.

[DoesntNeedAnyone]

Feb 19, 2012 18:05:16 GMT -5 Phi said:

Feb 19, 2012 17:54:50 GMT -5 DoesntNeedAnyone said:

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

I hope this wasnt meant to piss me off, if so it backfired, cause I quacking LOVE this!

it was simply meant to be funny. glad someone finally likes something i have to contribute. to you PHI!

[Phi]

Feb 19, 2012 18:06:59 GMT -5 itrainmonkeys said:

Feb 19, 2012 18:00:01 GMT -5 rosko said:

Cut him some slack, dude. It was a funny image and not that malicious.

Phi knows we're just givin' him shiz, he's got a thick skin.

I was under the impression Phi wanted the discussion in this thread to be about Skrillex (and not him personally) but if you guys are having fun then that's fine. Enjoy.

Im actually enoying the discussion the past few pages, just cause its been CIVIL and CONSTRUCTIVE and not just blind hating.

[rosko]

Feb 19, 2012 18:02:00 GMT -5 DoesntNeedAnyone said:

Feb 19, 2012 17:58:49 GMT -5 itrainmonkeys said:

How about you start discussing the music and stop discussing other posters? You just complained about negativity in another thread and here you are being negative towards a poster.

how about i realized this is how you fit in here. this obviously isnt a civil peaceful board. its a heckle zone. i just wanna have fun.

It's not un-civil, though. Teasing and poking fun at each other is one way of building camaraderie, one that tends to work particularly well on the internet for whatever reason. For instance, I (like everyone else) like to tease Phi all the time, but do I think he's a bad person or do I want to fight him? F*ck no.

[rosko]

Time and a place, ITM. The kid's having a rough time right now. That's why I suggested easing up on him.

[DoesntNeedAnyone]

Feb 19, 2012 18:13:55 GMT -5 itrainmonkeys said:

In this case I was wrong. Phi is fine with it so continue on....

new avatar?

[Phi]

I'm not gonna lie, I actually went to give you a "Friday" but you didnt have them activated. And yes, def a new avatar.

[DoesntNeedAnyone]

Feb 19, 2012 18:27:51 GMT -5 Phi said:

I'm not gonna lie, I actually went to give you a "Friday" but you didnt have them activated. And yes, def a new avatar.

i ran out of butt band-aids an opted-out.

[thisismyname]

Feb 19, 2012 18:06:54 GMT -5 themanflounders said:

I don't think anyone's ignorant here. I think...

Good response, you raise some good points. I do feel I need to clarify myself again just a bit though...

First, and this is really my main point and my main point all along, you're right to a point, people do make fun of skrillex on here for the fun of it. BUT, they don't hate skrillex for the fun of it. They make the opinion first, and then they have fun with the expressing of that opinion. Just like others support their opinion by having fun with it. I think this is an important distinction to make, and I just thought your original post suggested otherwise, which is what I didn't like about it and the general 'discussion' for months.

Obviously this only works when both parties are in on it, and for the most part that's what has been happening (For example, Phi's been a great sport, and has been retaliating in a similar fashion, which I think is 100% ok). But then again, that's always a very blurry line, so there's usually going to be problems along the way.

On an unrelated side note, I will say this has to be the cushiest/nicest/most accepting multi-genre music forum (that actually sees real traffic) I've ever posted on. You haven't seen music 'snobbery' and 'trollin' if you've only stuck to the hippie music boards.

And with that, I think I'm done rambling for a bit. ;D

[themanflounders]

Ha! I've never thought about other message boards. I should stay away, I think. The good thing about music snobbery is that, like I said, it usually comes from people who have pretty advanced knowledge of a wide swath of music. Where I live, I can't even get to the snobbery point with my crew because it's pretty monochromatic, musically. So it can be a good thing that leads to new music. I love living in Peru, but man they listen to radically different things down here. Great Cuban and salsa stuff, though. Electronic, no sir. I tried playing FlyLo's Cosmogramma to a buddy of mine and it was like turning on a vacuum cleaner next to a cat.

But, back to the subject at hand, I will check out Skrillex this year to give him a chance. Onwards, to new threads.

[The Original Wolfman Jess]

Feb 19, 2012 18:06:54 GMT -5 themanflounders said:

I don't think anyone's ignorant here. I think in your heart of hearts, you really gave Skrillex a chance, but you don't like him for this reason or that. I'm not a fan at all, and I have my reasons. What I'm saying is: Inforoo has a regular and predictable habit of letting a guy like Phi know that it hates someone like Skrillex....over, and over, and over, and over again. It's an annual tradition of fluidly mixing love and disgust of music, where most passionate music fans in my life have always been really supportive of other people's tastes without having to make these ridiculous "please don't add so and so" threads that become new venues to trash music other people like. They become dozens of pages of hate and making fans of a certain artist feel really small. Sure, the internet can be a cruel mistress, and that's why I feel like on an anonymous message board this sort of thing is inevitable. But, if some people are allowed to create a whole thread about how tired they get of Skrillex fans letting everyone know about their enthusiasm, then I can have this same conversation annually in a few posts.

You said people aren't doing it for fun, but I disagree. For some people, hating the type of music that they don't listen to, and letting everyone around them know it, is as much a part of enjoying music as putting on a new record, and that attitude is very well represented on this board. Don't get me wrong, I love inforoo and read it all the time, and I've learned about some great bands from people who really know their music, and really, really hate other people's music.

We all have very strong opinions about what we like, but, ya know, it's all about the love, man.

Very well said.

[Dave Maynar]

Deleted because I forgot how to read.

[Phi]

lol nice try. 2011 sir.

and he actually never even played that Nashville date. Quacker.

[Dave Maynar]

Feb 19, 2012 19:48:31 GMT -5 Phi said:

lol nice try. 2011 sir.

and he actually never even played that Nashville date. quacker.

Damn it. I didn't look at the year because it was linked from an article about the upcoming Mars Volta album, so I figured it was current.

[Phi]

Yea I saw that on CoS too and figured thats where you got it from. Not sure why a 2011 tour is a popular article on CoS right now lol.

[ΔSTRLPITCH]

Feb 19, 2012 18:08:53 GMT -5 Phi said:

Im actually enoying the discussion the past few pages, just cause its been CIVIL and CONSTRUCTIVE and not just blind hating.

Are CIVIL and CONSTRUCTIVE Phi's new favourite Brostep acts? They sound like DJ names.

Sorry, I wasn't paying attention.

[Phi]

You're thinking of CAMO and CROOKED.

[ΔSTRLPITCH]

Feb 19, 2012 20:38:37 GMT -5 Phi said:

You're thinking of CAMO and CROOKED.

Actually, no.

Have a friend who dj's with these guys at this bar called Le Belmont.

www.jaimeledubstep.com/calendar

[.]

Skrillex = The Sasquatch of Sodomy

christwire.org/2012/02/skrillex-releases-new-music-video-gang-bangarang-gothic-hipster-homostep-club-orgy-song/

[BRCHLD LFNT]

I...I think I like Mac Miller a little bit. Maybe more than Danny Brown, who might be a little too crack rap for me. I just didn't know where else to turn. I figured the Skrillex thread would understand...

[Phi]

lol thanks for the link i didnt even realize Skrillex had released a video for Bangarang yet

[ΔSTRLPITCH]

Feb 19, 2012 20:58:30 GMT -5 BRCHLD LFNT said:

I...I think I like Mac Miller a little bit. Maybe more than Danny Brown, who might be a little too crack rap for me. I just didn't know where else to turn. I figured the Skrillex thread would understand...

Obvious troll is trolling. I hope.

[.]

Feb 19, 2012 20:58:30 GMT -5 BRCHLD LFNT said:

I...I think I like Mac Miller a little bit. Maybe more than Danny Brown, who might be a little too crack rap for me. I just didn't know where else to turn. I figured the Skrillex thread would understand...

Sorry, even braindead Skrillex fans have to draw the line somewhere.

[Phi]

Sorry, the Skrillex fan club is closed. You'll have to take the Mac Miller love elsewhere.

[BRCHLD LFNT]

Ha. Please, like the 12 page Skrillex thread needs any more trolling. Based on what I read on these boards, I just was expecting Mac Miller to throw shiz into my ears when I watched his video. Instead it was just standard, getting rich, Quack the haters rap. I still won't see it, but I don't hate it. So I guess I lose somewhere between 20 and 35 cool points.

Currently, Das Racist's - Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell syncs up perfectly with Deadmau5 dancing though. Which is pretty cool.

[BRCHLD LFNT]

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[volta803]

Feb 19, 2012 20:56:19 GMT -5 . said:

Skrillex = The Sasquatch of Sodomy

christwire.org/2012/02/skrillex-releases-new-music-video-gang-bangarang-gothic-hipster-homostep-club-orgy-song/

that is one of the funniest quacking things i have ever read. thank you for showing me that site, it will provide hours of entertainment and procrastination as i should be writing a paper.

[baconus66]

Christwire is always a good way to pass the free time

[Adultishgambino]

Feb 20, 2012 9:58:55 GMT -5 baconus66 said:

Christwire is always a good way to pass the free time

Have you seen their piece on bonnaroo? Quacking hilarious.