I appreciate the conspiracy theory, but no, I am an actual human. And yes, following bands for the sake of being aware of the next big thing is not something that gets me going. I’m looking for something I can love, you know?

Interesting! I don’t know really anything about that process or about music theory, but it really just all sounds SO quiet to me. Like, it seems antithetical to the point of music that the biggest trend going is the drop—an actual moment of silence, rather than the creation of sound. I know its one of those things…

Interesting! I work in fashion so my colleagues’ answers range from “painfully hip” to “blank stare” to “Beyonce” generally. But Wikipedia is smart!

Those people are AMAZING at their jobs, actually. Good call.

I agree, and I said as much. I think he’s an old fart who kind of got some internal notes on positioning confused with something he was supposed to say in public.

Hahah I know what you mean. I could too, and I probably will. But I do miss the social aspect! Knowing what people are talking about, getting to really enjoy myself at concerts, try out these festivals, etc. I know many of those bands still play, but I don’t necessarily want to spend hundreds of dollars to sit…

I know, I should be more assertive about that, you’re right. It’s also like...intersecting with a weird subset of our social circle, in the sense that my friends who all go to concerts together are also my friends who do drugs together. We are all like, 28-33, so this is not anyone’s new and exciting party phase,…

“Enjoy your internet access” = the “So long, and thanks for all the fish” of our generation.

Haha, aww, well, thanks. I’m going to keep trying. Maybe it’s just one of those trend things. Like, I’m currently taking a pass on 70s-style earth tones, being gluten-free, and all music recorded since 2011. Just entire cultural moments, passing me by. Fuck it. I’ll wait for the next thing.

Haha yeah...I said this downthread but all this discussion is making me wonder if I actually WANT to find new music, or if I just miss that feeling of being like, 17 and loving a band so much you can just get lost in an album for days and feel like your life has been changed.

I like Pandora! I’ve definitely found it’s great about recommending new songs, but I rarely find that those songs lead me to entire albums or bands that I really get INTO. I don’t know, maybe what I actually want is to find something that makes me give a shit about music like I was 17 again. Is there a service for…

Yeah—I think that’s probably the way to go, if you have someone who can do that for you! The other thing I’ve noticed is that my overall amount of music listening has dropped drastically over the years. I feel like I used to constantly have music on, but I’m not able to concentrate at work with music playing, I have a…

Hahah yes I have a smartphone and an internet browser. I am a social media manager; I’m generally someone who is fairly plugged in. This is just a weird, embarrassing blind spot. I’ll try it though, thanks!

No, not really. I tried listening to whatever they’re listening to on Spotify, because like you, I assumed that would be a logical starting place, and it kind of ranged from a bunch of EDM that all sounds exactly alike to me to a bunch of indie stuff that I’m sure is really exciting if you’re singing the chorus with…

I’m pretty torn here because the part of me that is a lady recognizes that what Jimmy Iovine said is dumb statement on its face—a gross generalization, a total crock of bullshit, a complete lie cooked up by a marketing department.

This needs many more stars.

Martha Stewart clears AND puts away her Thanksgiving dishes the night of??

You have quite a good swim team, actually. Top-ranked in their conference, and a pretty respectable ranking within Division I generally. My high school swim team was a pretty competitive program, and we regularly sent people on to Towson to swim.

I’m a little surprised Jezebel made the dumbassed assumption that consultant = male. My female consultant friends are equally pissed about this, because they spend just as many nights on the road, with the expectation that they would receive a certain kind of treatment for the vast sums of money their companies spend…

I just used it for the first time for two weddings this past October. It still feels a little indulgent to me, because I’m NOT the girl who needs a new outfit every time she thinks someone might take a photo of her, so I limited my search to dresses under $100. I paid $80 to rent a $960 dress from Nicole Miller and…