Men are really not sending us their best people. 

Good. His non-denial denials—pretending he didn’t understand she was 14 and pretending he didn’t know he was hurting his girlfriends—are pretty much creepy-sensitive-guy-next-level-humble-brag bullshit and I hope he goes to jail.

If the universal age of consent in the US were lowered to 15, men would truly be out there trying to get with high-school freshmen and see nothing wrong with it. 

Liz has been saying for a while now that the Adams material’s not coming out, but she’s been pretty tight-lipped about the whole thing. Supposedly she’s got a whole new batch of songs that she’s more fired up about that she’s been recording. But this news certainly leads to some sad, frustrating speculation. Maybe…

And Elisabeth Moss haaaates Armisen now. I forget what exactly she said in a couple of interviews after they broke up, she was brief but made clear she thought he was a monstrous piece of shit. Love to know what the hell happened there.

Pop-emo music was absolutely crawling with these sorts of guys back in the 2000s, hiding their... issues with women behind a veneer of sensitivity. A big part of why the Warped Tour fell apart in the last several years is because its musicians kept getting caught with underage groupies. It’s no wonder My Chemical…

I also really liked Whiskeytown and the stuff through Cold Roses. You’re not alone there. I’ve seen him live a handful of times (mostly in high school, last time I think was 2004) and got to meet him a couple of times. The first time he was plastered backstage after an outdoor day show and was a truly a douche to me,…

I had the same thought about that song when I read the article.

YES. This is what makes me so fucking angry. For every shitty abusive man whose art we fall over ourselves to uplift, there are countless women who are completely silenced. Now we’ll never get to hear what those women could have created, and I completely mourn the loss of those voices and talents in the world. Fuck…

Bridgers has consistently open about that song being about him in a way that I really respect. It’s not very surprising to learn that he’s been doing it to other women too.

If he was messing up women’s careers if they refused his sexual advances as alleged, it’s fair play for those women to make that public.

...meanwhile, Phoebe Bridgers’ current tour with Conor Oberst sold out in minutes. Thanks for the come-up, Ryan!

This has been pinpointed elsewhere, but every lyric in “Motion Sickness” lines up with this story. I’ve played this song frequently the last couple years, but never made the connection until just now, and geez if it doesn’t take on a whole new meaning now:

Literally the only good news for Ryan Adams today: the name Ronan Farrow is not in that byline.

Leaving aside the fact that one of the people he targeted was fucking 14, lines like:

“She never played another gig.”

AND (from a different person)

“We should respect the privacy of a 40-year-old man having phone sex with a 14-year-old girl” is certainly an interesting take!

I feel very conflicted about this. On the one hand, I’m not convinced Ryan Adams is a real person. On the other hand, I’m not convinced he and Bryan Adams are different people. On the third hand, I love Mandy Moore, so this guy can go straight to hell.

“Two additional female singer-songwriters, who declined to be identified for fear of retribution, described a similar pattern of behavior from Adams: raving about their work and offering tour spots amid aggressive romantic pursuit, followed by harassing messages and threats of professional retaliation when the…

This makes me sad. Summer of ‘69 was such a great song, not sure I can enjoy it in the same way.

The guy smelled funny, probably literally and figuratively. Bridgers has been pretty open about what a (put generously) a weirdo he was. She’s said in interviews that when a mutual friend tried to first connect Bridgers (~20 years his junior?) and Adams so the former can get a shot at recording a couple of songs,…