[MP3]
Beach House Norway

Analysis of the Cultural and Critical Impact of this Song:
This mp3 is the ‘beginning/launching point/kickoff’ of the 2k10 music season. The first step on an annual cycle to attempt to understand ‘who is the best/most culturally relevant/buzzworthy/meme-able’ band of the year. It is this cycle which gives the blogosphere purpose, giving us a reason to live/evaluate/judge even though ‘time’ is irrelevant on the internet.

Beach House’s PR/marketing team should be commended for setting the tone for 2k10. In the post-chillwave era, we will be looking for meaningful music that has substance–lyrically, emotionally, musically. No more ‘going to the beach and chilling’ music by bands who we will never hear from again. 2k10 will be all about people ‘overcompensating’ and ‘wanting a full album experience’ after spending the last 2-4 years scavenging for mp3s in the hypemachine world. Wonder if the XX will be cited as the end of chillwave since their album was so meaningful/vulns.

2k10 will feature releases by the established tier 1 bands such as Arcade Fire, Panda Bear, MGMT, Of Montreal, and Vampire Weekend. It seems like Beach House is on tier 2 of the indie band power chart, with a ‘beloved’ 1st and second album. I think the Beach House Theory of 2k10 would predict that Beach House is ‘the front runner’ for 2k10’s album of the year because of the criticism-sphere’s desire to ‘anoint’ a band that they ‘created.’ It seems ‘too predictable/boring’ for most web outlets to continue to gush over the same bands over and over, unless they are AnCo/PandyBear. We love to ‘watch a band grow’ into ‘artists who can put together a complete album.’ We will reward them for their efforts, and their willingness to share with us. If they are good to us during their buzzband phase and don’t do anything too inauthentic/gimmicky, then ‘deliver’ on a second album that demonstrates progress, we will ensure that by their third album, we will grant them Alternative Tenure–our gift to them which includes ‘guaranteed coverage’ of releases/tour dates/miscellaneous tidbits, minimal negative/attacking coverage of your brand, and the promise to band that our website will link to the website that is selling their album for years to come.

Wondering if a major label/marketing team will see the appeal of Beach House, and attempt to turn her/them into Feist 2.0 + bro who plays guitar and has an interesting drum machine in a suitcase. Wonder if this post-TingTings era will ‘embrace’ them. Seems like they wouldn’t have a poppy/ghey girly song on this album, so their chances of ‘crossoverability’ are diminished. Dark tones/vulnerability will keep their appeal strong within the indiebrocriticismsphere during 2k10.

If u had 2 bet ur entire bank account, who would yall ‘bet on’ as album of the year creator in 2k10? Do u buy the theory that critics need 2 ‘pick something new 2 seem fresh’, or will they just have predictable favourites that demonstrate their unwillingness to move forward into our modern era. Is Ratatat the ‘wild card’ in the 2k10 album of the year race?

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missing u.

Srsly tho… do yall feel like Ed Droste’s twitter suicide is the indie equivalent of Heath Ledger’s murder/suicide, Michael Jackson’s death, or Miley Cyrus’ internet suicide?

However, WashedOutBro is ‘chilling’ on his honeymoon with his wife. He is only accessible to the woman that he loves.

I wonder if ‘having a wife/serious GF’ makes you a better artist. Like you can focus on your craft, instead of seeking out rewards [via tugjobs] from entry-level alt fan girls at every stop on your North American tour. I feel like we could call this theory the AnCo Relationship Theory. All three members of Animal Collective are in ’serious relationships/marriages’ (some with kids). It seems like they have only become ‘mad relevant/successful’ since they have found people who probably give them the space and support system that they need to be ‘artists.’

It’s kinda weird how Washed Out ‘gave up on alt celeb perks’ before his touring/entire career had even taken off. Do u think he will begin 2 regret ‘what could have been’, or will he be happy with his decision since it will allow him to ‘truly chill’ for the rest of his life?

Maybe the chillwave genre is more about ‘moving forward with family values’ as opposed to ‘escapism’ [via chilling]. Maybe chillwave is more about ‘chilling with a wife’ as opposed to ‘chilling with a group of bros.’ Maybe chillwave will help the former altbros of electro begin to transition into adult life.

What would do if u were in a budding hype-band? Would u ‘use it to get alternative sex’? Would u try to marry some1 who ‘knew u before u were an alt celeb’? Would u try to marry some1 who ‘only loved u because of ur status as an alt celeb’? Were Ben Gibbard + Zooey Deschanel married for ‘public relations/marketing’ purposes?

When u become a buzzband, so many ppl who u don’t know ‘want something from u.’ Maybe u just need some1 who wants/likes/loves u for u, even if you weren’t a buzzworthy, monetizable artist.

See unwatermarked photo here.

(wonder how much pitchfork paid for these exclusive wedding photos. wonder when an alternative website will pay for baby photos. Can’t believe the alt blogosphere has entered the paying for wedding/baby photo meme era.)

Wondering if Panda Bear ‘invented’ chillwave back before we even knew it…

[MP3]
Panda Bear Untitled (eventually AnCo’s Guy’s Eyes)

I really want to do just what my body wants to
I really want to do just what my body needs to
I really want to show to my girl that I want her (and I do)
I really want to show to my girl that I need her (and I do)
If I could just hold all the thoughts in my head and just keep them for you
If I could just purge all the urges that I have and keep them for you
I really want to show to my girl that I need her
I keep it locked right now

Need her
-Panda Bear/Animal Collective

//////feeling it all around
////maybe being alt famous/artistically relevant is not a gateway to a meaningful/sex-filled life…
////maybe u need to ’shack up’ with some1 before u r ’successful.’
////LoVe iS a HiGhWaY

I will make a list of potential ‘Best’ Artists/song writers/album makers/meme generators of 2k9, and evaluate the evaluation process of each product.

/////WHAT WILL BE THE BEST ALBUM/MP3/SONG OF 2K9?
Animal Collective - I feel like websites that select AnCo as their #1 album will end up doing the usual AnCo ‘Journalism’, which addresses ‘the hype bubble’ on the internet, but then switches to a ’serious tone’ that refocuses on the ‘brilliance/textures/genius’ of the album. It seems like this is a ’safe pick’ which will keep your readers happy, and feeling relevant. Possibly ‘too boring’ of a selection for some readers, but also possibly ‘the correct decision.’

Grizzly Bear – It seems like their album Veckytemmy was ‘very well received’, but people only really learned 2 evaluate them in comparison to AnCo.  Maybe this is more indicative of the flaws in the US Educational System, not really teaching kids how to evaluate and analyze products for ‘what they are.’ Instead, we can only ‘compare’ stuff/events/people/places/nouns/ideas to ‘what already exists.’ It might be a ’somewhat controversial’ selection to put them at #1, but also possibly ‘bold’, like u could really ‘get ur music journalism on’ in an impassioned blog/blurb. The product seems transcendental of eras, so it might be the sort of album that does better on a ‘best of decade’ list, as opposed to a ‘best of year’ list (This does/does not make sense).

Atlas Sound - I feel like I ‘enjoyed’ this band/album, but wonder if it was ‘overrated.’  Feels like it followed the model of having 2.5 ‘obviously good songs’, then sorta just existing in positive chillspace for the rest of time, with a few ‘kewl sounding parts.’  Possibly music that appeals to college students who need some ambient shit 2 study 2, then they have a ‘positive memory’ of the album, since it helped them get a B+, even though they ‘only studied the night before.’ It still seems ‘very good’, but feel like we are possibly entering an era where most semi-conceptual artists can poop out this kind of album every 6 months.  Feel relieved that Panda Bear ‘takes his time’ on his personal albums.  Really preserves his brand. I feel like another positive blurbing tool when blogging about Atlas Sound, is that u can say something like ‘Georgia-based frontman Bradford Cox is also the mastermind behind indie rock band Deerhunter’, or a similar sentence.

Neon Indian - It’s kinda weird how u can have a ‘good band’/'good song’/'good album’, but not every product is worth paying attention to, or convincing people that it is ‘worth their time’ to say that they are a ‘fan.’  Now that Neon Indian has reached the point where ‘every1′ likes them and ‘knows about them’, they could enter a backlash phase where their original fans [via blogCulture] are reluctant to ‘commit to them’ as a band that they will cover for the next 5-20 years.  It’s always scary to commit urself to a band that was once only ‘buzzworthy’, and say ‘I am looking forward to looking forward to this band in the future’ and ‘I will consider overhyping their next album.’ I don’t think Neon Indian really ‘resonates’ enough with music criticism aged bros, but will do well in emerging consumer demographics (so u can’t really leave them out of ur top 10).

VEGA - I wonder if electro bros would select Vega as ‘electro’s last hope’, or if critics would rather just ‘focus on Neon Indian’ since that aesthetic is ‘way cooler/coverable’ now. Seems like it would be ‘kewl’ to say ‘Yeah, I liked Vega before Neon Indian’ in 2-4 years when Neon Indian has to go into conceptual hibernation.

Passion Pit - I wonder if we ‘expect greatness’ from this band, of if they are they have an existence where they aren’t really ‘expected to be great’, but we ‘know what we get from them.’ Seems like they might be the new type of festival band that can sort of just chill indefinitely as long as their music stays positive/poppy and they don’t get too ‘dark.’ Feels like they are a band who ‘u got 2 see for free’ and then u ‘became a big fan of theirs.’

The Very Best - Don’t really want to cover/think about the type of people who ‘love’ this band/album/mp3.

Here We Go Magic – I feel like these bros were probably ‘the best’ of the conceptual-core flareup of mid-2k9, and people might select them as a ‘hey… remember this was kinda good’ way (not as #1).

Washed Out - possibly ‘too chill’ to feel like a ‘historical selection’ to listmaking music bros, but could be ‘very definitive’ based on your perception of what happened this year.

Girls – If I owned a major publication in San Fransisco, I would require my Indie Journalism writers to make Girls the #1 artist of the year, in order to make it seem like San Fransisco’s scene was hella important. I feel like Girls are sorta like ‘chill out music’ for those Gen X alts who like garage rock. It seems like it might be ‘cool’ to know about them, but I don’t know if your readers will value your list if you pick them #1, unless they are over-40 and looking for something ‘cool, but not isolating.’ I think they ‘look like a band’ to it might be sweet to have a picture of them on your blogpost/article.

The XX - Selecting the XX as the #1 ______ of the year would be very bold. The band hovers on the ‘fringes’ of ‘indie greatness’, but it is probably a more logical decision to ‘hype them’, encourage people to consider them a ‘band 2 watch’, then ‘gush’ over their future releases, whether or not they are as good as/better than their debut. They physically ‘look like’ a relevant band, and their music is also easy to explain/’gush’ about in a generic indieblurb way so those are huge pluses for your blog/magazine layout. Wonder if any indie debut could ever be considered ‘album of the year’, or if indie websites have an established hierarchy/progression of buzz that no band will be able to shatter.  How long does it take for a band to ‘change the aesthetic of relevancy’?  (How long has AnCo been a band?)

Yacht – Seems like this album really went ‘in one ear and out the other.’ Probably ’sounded kewl’ or something, but seems ’shameful’ to select as a seminal album of 2k9.

Dirty Projectors - I feel like the people who select the Dirt Projjies as #1 probably ‘believe in their decision’ the most. They think that there is a ‘right answer’ to “Who is the Best _____ of 2k9?” and they are the only bros to truly understand the criteria and have the critical thinking skills to come to this decision. But it seems like it is ‘easier to enjoy’ AnCo than it is to enjoy the Dirt Projjies, so you don’t want people 2 h8 ur alt website/magazine if they buy the album, and it is just these people ‘wailing’ over complex guitar stuff. It still seems plausible to describe/pan the DirProjjies as ‘a Jack Johnson-sounding bro with broads wailing in the background.’

Phoenix - ‘I really want to remember 2k9 as being a peppy, poppy time.’ I feel like this is a ‘feel good’ album to put into your top 10, like you want people to say ‘oh ya… that was a lil fun… totes love phx… great pop music.’ Probably something that female blogger would put at #1, but most male music journalism bros ‘need to seem like they are yearning 4 more’ than what Phoenix gives them.

St Vincent - I am not sure if her latest album was really ‘that identifiable’ to men or women. It seems like if it was, she would have ended up with a Feist-like existence, since she is potentially younger and more attractive than Feist. I am proud of Feist for becoming the ‘gold standard’ for indie female artists.

Fever Ray - I feel like this product is ‘too dark’ to ever be an ‘album of the year.’ No1 wants to select a gothy product as being ‘definitive’ of an entire year/era. It seems like society approves of ‘escapist’ art, but doesn’t want stuff that sounds ‘too dark.’

Bat for Lashes - Never really listened, but seems like it would be ‘acceptable’ to be the lone female in your year-end list. If you have a top 10, it seems healthy to have no more than 2 female singers/artists, since the majority of your readers are men.

Wavves – The Wavves Bro might have been the ‘human meme’ of the year in terms of the zany headlines that he generated 4 the altosphere. Hope he ‘keeps it up’ in 2k10. His music is also ‘theoretically memorable’, but I think his genre is not really era-defining. It sorta just will ‘exist forever.’

The “Dark Was the Night” compilation - Think that this was a ‘big deal’ and ‘for a good cause’ or something. I feel like it might be worth mentioning again if you feel like ’seeming like a good person’ based on the brand of your website/magazine. This probably appeals to people over the age of 28. ‘Know ur audience’ -music journalism editors when coming up with their lists

The Big Pink/Florence and the Machine - I am not really sure who these bands are, but it seems like something a UK publication would select. Seems like those bros always ‘try to take credit’ for top American artists, but also ‘hype up their own shitty bands/comedians’etc. Wish we could set up some sort of artistic trading guidelines with them. Wonder if the Spice Girls/The Office were ‘good imports.’ Worried about Amy Winehouses, etc.

Julian Casablancas - Wonder if bros who pick this solo-debut to ‘define 2k9′ are the kind of bros who ‘are too impatient’ to wait to excessively value the next Strokes album.

Kings of Leon - Can’t believe they are ’s0 mainstream’ now. Wonder if it would be ‘cutting-edge’ to write some indie journalism about ‘why we should still appreciate them’, or if u should just pretend they don’t exist n e more [via Nickelback].

Lady Gaga - It seems like it might be trendy/cutting edge to select her as an ‘artist of the year’ if you had an altWEbsite, then talk about her art/concept/ability to create pop Art, or something.

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/////////Did I miss n e 1?
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Can’t believe 2k9 is done. U were a good year, 2k9. U did ur best.

What/who do u think should be remembered as ‘the Most 2k9′ album/song/mp3 of 2k9?
R u gonna miss 2k9? Will 2k10 be any better or any worse?
What is the ‘most likely’ artist to be pitchforked to the #1 spot?
What is the ‘boldest’ album of the Year selection?
What is the ‘fucking obvious’ album of the Year selection?
Are ‘lists’ the future of music journalism since they get ’so many eye balls’/it is easier for normal readers to ‘catch up’ with new music on an annual basis?

A key element of the chillwave era was that the members of your band/project were required to be unknown/from an obscure place. Sorta weird how these bands consisting of ‘Jim Nobody from Nowhereville USA’ are now becoming ‘must-see’ acts on ‘the festival circuit’, etc. Sorta feel pressured to see them before ‘too many people know about them.’ I honestly feel like the first time I see a blogbuzz band live will be the last time I see them. I guess the Arcade Fire was right when they said, “Funeral.”

These are the three ‘largest’ chillwave artists, and an analysis of their live performances.

Live Performance: Washed Out (A much ‘hyped’ CMJ debut in NYC).

As you can see, WASHED OUT bro went with a ‘1 man band behind a Macbook’ setup, utilizing some ’sweet visuals’, and also doing some live singing. It seems to be a good representation of the music, but how can Washed Out convert his show into a ‘touring machine.’ Maybe he could ‘only play concerts in water parks [via wave pools] or something. I am not sure if WashedOutBro will have enough money to purchase a ‘daft punk pyramid.’ Maybe he could rent it while Daft Punk is not touring.

I sorta wish all bands had some sort of megastructure, similar to the Daft Punk Pyramid. It seems like concerts might be more exciting that way.

Photo via rez avissar

I have heard live reviews calling Ernest Greene ‘very attractive.’ It seems like he has the opportunity to brand himself as ‘one of the most handsome men in indie music’, sort of attracting tons of females to his shows, and building up alternative resentment [via untalented/angsty altbros]. Ultimately, this model was ‘very successful’ for Panda Bear’s live show. I think Washed out should ‘build solid visuals’, and then protect his brand by ‘only playing relevant shows where he can make mad bank.’  Possibly try to crowd out the ‘generic DJs’ and steal their potential earnings.

Live Performance: Neon Indian

Neon Indian was apparently ‘1 bro making an album in his bedroom’, but his live performance consists of 3 additional band members. It seems like the ‘4 person band’ model is ‘very cross-over-able.’  This is important to capture the attention of mainstream bros, etc.  Most mainstreamers can really only consume live music if there is ‘a band of 3+ members’ or if there is a rap crew milling around on stage.

I am not sure what my expectations of Neon Indian are. Did I want them to ‘be a band’, ‘be 1 bro on stage’, or maybe just ‘be the next AnCo.’ It seems like it might be ‘economically feasible’ to lay off one of the band members and work towards a mainstream+conceptual textural live show.  It seems like they really ‘look like a band.’  I feel like the Neon Indian bro might be implementing a boy-band-esque formula, where the members of the band are disposable & constantly feel pressure to add value/’look like a member of an alt band’/understand their role in the overall project.

Seems like Neon Indian might become one of those ‘bands that plays at every festival’/comes to my local alt scene 2x per year.  Has the genre of ’sorority girls who go to music festivals’ already caught on to Neon Indian?

Live Performance: Memory Tapes/Memory Cassette

Apparently, this ‘chillwave’ band does not perform live. I feel like this band was actually ‘pre-chillwave’ but sort of got ‘lumped in afterwards’ just cuz they had a few chillwave characteristics, but didn’t really make pure chillwave music. I will probs download free MP3s by this band 4evr, but won’t buy their vinyls until I am a rich bro in a meaningful loft with a shelf of vinyls.

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Which chillwave band has the best/worst live model?
Which chillwave band will ‘make it’/'go mainstream’/be ‘the most authentic’?
Which chillwave band will u see first?
Which chillwave band will lead to the implosion of the chillwave genre?
Which chillwave artist will escape/out-live the chillwave era?
What’s ur #1 musical memory of 2k9?

Previous Chillwave coverage
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/07/is-washed-out-the-next-neon-indianmemory-cassette.html

Yall might recognize this bro as the bro from the popular 2k9 indie blogpitchfork buzz band ‘The XX.’ He seems chill, like he is just a bro playing ambient minimalist spacey earnest dark guitar rock. I couldn’t help but notice his soda can tab earring. I went to the store to buy a 6 pack of sodas so that I could make my own [via weekend arts+crafts session].

It seems like it would be easy to pierce my own ear at home, then find a way to create an earring out of an aluminum can tab. Really feel like aluminum can designers are ‘fucking geniuses’ for designing recyclable mixed-use products.

While I was creating my personal dangly earring, I started to ‘put together the pieces’ and made a huge realization…. I had always thought that you pronounced the name of the band “the ex-ex.” But then I started 2 think…maybe u say it ‘The Dos Equis’, named after the popular adult alcoholic beverage.
I feel confused, like the DosEquis band is some sort of ‘marketing project.’ Like they created an indie buzz band to appeal 2 alternative ppl. It seems like this band might have been constructed by ‘marketing wizards’ to establish their brand within alternative circles. I have read that alcoholic beverage companies are trying to ‘break thru’ on alt-websites, so it makes sense that Dos Equis is attempting to ‘get referenced’ every time some1 says/tweets the band name ‘The XX.’

While part of me is ‘resentful’ and ‘hurt’, the other part of me is kinda in awe that Dos Equis was able to harvest this band/meme so well. Overall, I’d give the Dos Equis marketing department an A+ for this summer/fall ad campaign. Not sure if they will ‘retire’ the band, or if they will continue on forever as brand ambassadors.

Do yall still support The Dos Equis?
Will u still call them ‘the XX’/the ‘ex-ex’?
Do u feel like a victim in our modern world since everything is ‘potentially marketing’?

Are u going to start drinking Dos Equis instead of PBR?
Do yall know if The XX became ’so successful’ this year because of
a) ‘blog love’
b) ‘p4k love’
c) ‘british magazine buzz love’
d) the band’s ‘look’
e) taking advantage of an indie recession
f) a ‘huge marketing budget’ from Dos Equis
g) choose.ur.own.response

Previous XX Coverage
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/05/the-xx-seems-chill.html

Have u heard of horrorcore? It seems like it is probably a ‘bad thing’ that I am first hearing about it because some horrorcore bro just murdered 4 people; there is a 0% chance that I will like the music, unless I enjoyed murdering people.

This bro is a horrorcore rapper named Syko Sam. People in ‘the real world’ know him by his birthname “Richard Samuel McCroskey.” Based on an article I read on the CNN news source, he apparently killed 4 people.

CNN: Richard Samuel McCroskey III — a 20-year-old rapper in the underground genre of “Horrorcore” who sang of chopping people into pieces — has been arrested in connection with the slayings. The crime scene was so horrifying police would not even describe it, saying only that the victims died of blunt force trauma.

I had never heard of the Horrorcore genre, so I had to go to the wikipedia to find out what it was: “Horrorcore defines the style of hip hop music that focuses around horror-influenced topics that include Satanism, cannibalism, suicide, murder and rape.” It seems to make sense that this bro ‘murdered some1′ based on his affinity towards that genre of music.  It’s like we all have a self-concept, and we can use music to reinforce our perspective of the world.  Just want to feel ‘normal’/like some1 ‘gets’ me and my problems. (Are musicians role models?)

Horrorcore seems like a very unchill genre. Like only ‘very stupid people’ would listen to that. People who ‘did not fit in’ and never really had a brain that developed after they turned 11 years old. It seems like if you went to public high school, horror-core fans were the people who were the highest on the ‘I think 1 day this person will shoot up our school’ list.  You sort of just hoped that they were ‘too dumb’ to plan out some sort of massacre, or that they turned to a life of drug abuse that crippled any sort of massive undertaking beyond ‘getting a job at Taco Bell.’

CNN: McCroskey is a young man with no criminal record who took delight in the blend of horror hip-hop that celebrated macabre killings. He went by the name Syko Sam. In one YouTube video, he holds a hatchet and sings about killing people and putting their remains in black bags: “Last night I was the murderous rage. Now, I gotta get rid of the bodies before the corpses start to get to rotting.”

Just listened to a Syko Sam song called ‘Murderous Rage.’  Seems like a good title, based on the lyrical content.

The song seems to be ‘dark’, describing the act of murdering of some ppl, then the always difficult process of hiding their corpses and trying not 2 get caught. Feeling very troubled about Richard McCroskey’s existence. Starting to get the feeling that there are tons of Syko Sams out there, all with some sort of repressed hate of the world, eager to kill people since it is the only outlet of their feelings that they will ever be capable of enacting.

Listened to some other song by Syko Sam (Honestly think that he believes ‘psycho’ is spelled ’syko’ [via failed standardized testing]). The song sorta sounds like some Eminem song since it is about ‘every1 in the world sucking’ and killing ppl. I feel like most human beings ‘wish that other people would understand them’ and their request is probably reasonable since most humans are generally the same, but I feel like these cries for understanding/empathy are ‘completely retarded.’ Probably ’subhuman’ cries for attention, since they are not yearning to be in touch with humanity.

Now that I have heard these horrorcore songs, I feel like I can understand Eminem as an artist + his appeal + his contribution to society.  He is sorta like mainstream horrorcore bro, and sort of ’softens’ his brand by dissing pop culture a lot instead of rapping about hate and murder.

These horrorcore songs really make me ‘feel ill’, I think.  It is the opposite of chillwave music. I remember when ‘cop killer rap’ was destroying society, but it seems like some African Americans might have a reason to resent cops/the white man. I am not sure if Horrorcore bros deserve to feel the way that they feel.  I think that they seriously are the bros who ‘cannot distinguish between reality and Grand Theft Auto.’  I even find the Dirty Projectors to be insanely more listenable than Horrorcore.

From what I have read, HORRORCORE BROS are actually known as JUGGALOS. They seem to take pride in being ‘misfits’, wearing baggy pants, painting their faces to look like clowns who are insane, and sculpting their hair with gel. Recently, juggalos have become an internet meme, since they are white trash with a LOLable brand.  I think that juggalos are not just whites, but any colour–the only requirement of their clan is that u ‘feel like no1 gets u’ in a dark way.  I feel like no1 ‘gets’ me, but I still don’t want to be a juggalo.

You can see that Syko Sam is a Juggalo/horrorcore bro. He is dressed in black, has a frumpy figure, and gels his bangs into lil spikes.  Most of these bros wear ‘baggy ass’ clothing cuz they come from a broken home and have only eaten fast food their entire lives’.

Juggalos are s00 misunderstood.

Photos via LOOK AT THIS FUCKING JUGGALO

There are even female juggalos.  Check out this ‘freakie ass bitch’

I think there is a ‘natural order’ that establishes where we will fit into a particular social group. I think that juggalos are ’seriously at the very bottom’ of the social totem pole.  Like you genuinely have to be born into the perfect storm of tragedies to become a juggalo.

I feel sad that I wasn’t able to go to the ‘Gathering of the Juggalos.’ It is apparently the #1 gathering of ‘the most misunderstood people on Earth.’

This photograph was probably taken at a horrorcore performance where a heavy set 34 year old man rapped about having sex with dead bodies.

I feel very troubled by this ’subculture.’ I feel 0% of juggalos have a college degree, or even an associates degree.

Even some krappy local news man ‘interviewed’ a horrorcore juggalo after the Horrorcore murders.  It seems like the horrorcore bro is trying 2 say ‘just cuz we sing descriptive tales about wanting 2 kill ppl, it doesn’t mean we would actually  murder people.’  Fortunately, he wore a sweet mask for the interview.

I am overwhelmed by these horrorcore bros.  Seriously feel ‘ill’ after reading about Syko Sam.  About to throw up after looking at Juggalo content.  I feel like I just wiped my ass, and examined my feces on the toilet paper, and noticed some sort of Gathering of Juggalos on my skid mark, then looked into the toilet, and saw that my log of feces consisted of juggalos.  It’s kinda weird how there are so many ‘dangerous ideas’ floating around in ’smart people circles’, but it seems like no1 wants to do anything about this ‘dangerous way of life’ celebrated by volatile second class citizens.  We must find a way to ‘go horrorcore’ on horrorcore.

The mind of Syko Sam
Seems like an unchill place
where I don’t want to visit
like he is probably a bro who pleasures himself
while thinking of murdering people

We must put an end to horrorcore
Barry Obama must do something
To eliminate this subculture so that uneducated people
don’t have this dangerous outlet
where acts of cannibalism, rape, and beastiality are trivialized
and turned into ghey rap songs with an Eminemy voice.

Feel very worried about the interests of society’s ‘afterthoughts’
I realize that we all can’t be gifted and talented
but we must monitor the ‘less-privileged’
Sorta would make me ‘relieved’ if my son/daughter was into the Jonas Brothers+HannyMontanny
instead of music abt killing ppl and fucking them/eating them

We must take a stand against horrorcore.
The Earth must be cleansed of Juggalos. Since we are smarter than them, we must create a new trend/fad/cultural movement that they can identify with that isn’t so dark. U srsly can’t trust stupid people with dangerous ideas because they ‘take them seriously’ and end up being more ‘effed up’ than they have 2 b. Would rather have my son/daughter turn out ‘a little bit ghetto’ and just turn into a ‘hardworking person’ after prematurely having a kid instead of compensating for their ‘lack of a place in the world’ by succumbing to the juggalo way.

When he was being led to jail, McCroskey told reporters, “Jesus told me to do it.”

[Horrorcore Killings]

‘The world would be a better place if every1 appreciated indie music because it truly is the best music on the planet. It is a healthy form of expression, celebrating ideas and themes the right way. Indie music will save the world.’
- Carles, 2009

I am not sure how to feel about this video. Sorta is like some sort of time machine, or a vessel to the past. You watch it and remember ‘how the electro blog scene used to be.’ U sorta want to move to L.A. and try to become internet friends with altCelebs. I think this song is like from 4 years ago. From what I understand, Uffie’s appeal was to be some sort of ‘lolita’ type of figure since she was a [BARELY LEGAL] teen when she ‘first came on the scene.’ Now it seems like her brand is ‘cougar.’ Not sure if her product/brand will be able to ‘penetrate’ as deep as it once could have now that electro sorta died and ppl want ‘conceptual shit.’ Miss when Uffie used to ‘chill out’ with her nipples hanging out all the time.

I feel like even the market for female raunchy slutty crappy myspacey rap acts bubble ‘burst’ a while ago. I’m not sure if alternative girls still want to ‘be like that.’ I think they have new aspirations, and don’t want to hear skanky girls rapping about getting drunk and letting men put their erect peepees into them.

(This music might still be popular with Californian females.)

I am not sure how long the ’shelf life’ of an aesthetic/genre/band is supposed to last. Once you have a ‘fan’, will that fan buy something from you for the rest of his or her life? I wonder if a chillwave band will ‘release’ a video/single for one of their 2k9 songs in 2k13. Really ‘baffled’ that Ed Banger is ‘back on the scene.’ I think it is generally a ‘good thing’ for music websites to have a 6 month turnover on a genre, so that ‘we’ can appear to always be on the lookout for something totally new and different. I just wish more blogs and music site zines would be willing to ‘throw artists under the bus’ and ‘act like certain artists never existed.’ It’s okay to be ashamed of who u used to be. Distancing urself from bands that u used to like is ‘just part of growing up’ in the modern world.

Just because u were ‘relevant’ once doesn’t mean u earn the right to be relevant 4evr. I wonder if modern indie bands ‘want to last forever.’ It seems difficult, like the forces that helped u become a buzzworthy band would be the same forces that tore u apart/made the world 4get abt u.

Speaking of Ed Banger products, I also feel ‘very confused’ by this video for Justice’s remix of Lenny Kravitz. Sorta just ’skimmed’ through it and saw a lot of confusing parts and heard a lot of Justicey sounding music. Seems like a gimmicky conceptual music video that I ‘don’t really have time’ to try to watch in order to ‘get’ the concept. S0 many memes, not enough time.

Wonder if an older version of me would have thought this was ‘kewl’ and ‘blggbl.’ Or if I would have been proud that ‘bloghouse had finally made it.’

I wonder if ‘bloghouse’ and ‘bangers’ will come back after the chillwave era. Seems like we are still searching for ‘what is next’ for the winter months.

If there was some sort of alternative stock market, would u invest in bloghouse? Would u buy shares in Uffie/Ed Banger?
How much would AnCo stock be worth?
What would the ‘google’ of alternative stocks?
Would Am Appy stock be worth more in ‘the real stock market’ or ‘the alt stock market’?
Is now the time to buy stock in Horchata Core?

‘WTF is horchata?’

My vocal delivery would really enable me to ‘make an impact’ on the indie scene, appealing to girls who were just like me (independent spirits) except they are 80% more creatively worthless than me, since they wouldn’t have any technical talent that would enable them to ‘make something artistic.’ I am not sure how to feel about music that fits into this aesthetic. It seems like the content doesn’t always matter, it sort of just has to sound ‘organic/stripped down’ and have a kute lil girl voice on top of it. I am not sure what women want out of music. It seems like this song would have been a ‘totally different type of hit’ if some indie girl sang it. Guess it is better that Beyonce ‘made it mainstream’?

I’m not even sure what women expect out of music. It seems obvious that the best bands are comprised of male members, but . It seems like ‘all girls’ (mainstream + alt + maltsream) like the same music, even if it is ‘fucking terrible.’ It’s sort of like the television series ‘Sex Inside of the City’, a story that glorifies the sexual pursuits of women. Even though the show is probably ‘mediocre’, the fact that it is a brand that women can rally around and ‘feel special’ that there is a show about ‘them’/their ‘feelings.’

Do yall ever miss the formative stages of ‘indie’, back when the smokey/cutesy/vulnerably quirky female voice was ‘fresh’ and ‘new’? Do u feel like the formula is dying, or will it live on forever?

Do u still listen to Feist/Paula Cole/Fiona Apple/Cat Powers/Sarah Maclaughlan/Jenny Lewis/The Blow?
Do women have ‘terrible taste’ in music, or is it just indicative of the escalated struggle for a sense of purpose in the world when u r a woman?

Remember when THE BLOW had that song ‘Hey Boy’ and it really ‘appealed 2 all indie girls’ since it was about a boy who didn’t call u back? This is a ‘fan video’ interpretation of the song, where a girl is crushed because of the neglect she experiences from a forgettable altbro.

Remember when that guy from the YACHT (Jona Bechtolt) ‘produced’ all of The Blow’s songs, but then she was ‘too Portland’ to take the brand to the next level [via selling out and making some mad mnstrm commercial money] then he quit the Blow and they haven’t been relevant since? Feel like women ruin everything/always have terrible ideas + ideals. Hard 2 empathize.

‘If u _____ed it then u should have put a _____ on it.’

I was kinda sad when I found out that some of my fave chillwave hits were actually ’sample-based songs.’ Apparently this is a ‘problem’ that has caused many indie music purist bros to ’shit down upon’ much of the conceptualcore era music and chillwave music. I am conflicted. I feel like the music is ‘good’ and ‘chill’, but something inside of me ‘wants 2 believe that all artists are responsible 4 coming up with their own riffs/melodies/ditties. Not sure how to feel about this ‘epic chillwave scandal.’

Original Chillwave Hit: Neon Indian – Deadbeat Summer
Sampled Song: Todd Rundgren – Izzat Love?

Original Chillwave Hit: Washed Out – Feel it All Around
Sampled Song: Gary Low – I Want You

Do u feel like a metaphorical rug has been pulled out from under U?
When u find out that music is ’sample-based’, do u ‘respect it less’?
Or do u say that ‘finding a sample to use is an art that few musicians can master’?
Is chillwave ‘bullshit’ or ‘legitter than ever’?

I know that rappers and mainstream artists use samples, but it makes me sad to know that ‘indie musicians’ aren’t ‘creative enough’ to come up with their own melodies. Feeling misled, like it might be more authentic to

Seems like you can become ‘a very lucrative artist’ if you sample shitloads of artists from the past. Seems like Kanye West made ‘a shitload of money’ by ripping off songs that were already good.

I feel like I am supposed to consider Daft Punk to be ‘authentic’ even thought their entire albums are electro-fied reinterpretations of classic samples.

Maybe the best musicians in the world aren’t actually ‘original.’ Maybe Girl Talk is a chill bro after all, since he only ‘mashes up’ songs, and doesn’t ‘rip them off.’

Hope that the chillwave era wasn’t just a sham. Feeling naked (metaphorically), not sure who or what 2 believe. Just thought I was listening to good/chill/relevant music, but I guess that it is no longer just ‘buzzworthy mp3s.’ Seems like the mainstream has ‘finally found out’ about chillwave, and we might have to ’say goodbye’ 2 those artists now that Rolling Stone ‘wrote a profile on Washed Out.’

Chillwave was a genre created by the internet, 4 the internet?
Do u support sample-based music?
Is ur life a sample-based life?
Should there be some sort of indie music standards committee that limits the extent to which samples can be used in ‘our scene’?
Should CDs/MP3s make it more clear that a song is sample-based, kinda like how products must list nutritional information/cigarettes must tell u that they will kill u?

Searching for a ‘new aesthetic’ now that summer is over. Want a new ‘movement’ to ‘get jacked up about’/listen to on my iPoddy.

Previous ‘Chillwave’ Coverage
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/07/is-washed-out-the-next-neon-indianmemory-cassette.html
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/04/should-have-taken-acid-with-yall.html
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/tag/chill-wave

Apparently the famous African American rapper ‘Kanye West’ interrupted some little white girl (Taylor Swift) when she won a prize at a fake awards show which celebrates mainstream music videos (hosted by the Music Television Channel ). From what I understand, the concept/goal of an Awards Show hosted by a television networks is to ‘create content’, where ’something that gets the whole world talking’ can happen since you are bringing together some of the world’s most famous/volatile people. Viewers tune in, expecting to ’see the unexpected’ and sometime the network manages to ‘create’ bloggable/reflectable moments. Ultimately, the brand of the tv network becomes ‘more relevant’ based upon how much content they can produce.

From what I have read, Kanye West walked on stage to interrupt her acceptance speech, making it clear that Beyonce Knowles had one of the best music videos in the history of art + video + media.  It seemed like she reacted as most white women react when a black man approaches them, since she metaphorically ‘clenched on to her purse tighter than ever before’ [via black man passing u on the streets].

I disagree with Kanye West’s message (but wholeheartedly approve of his actions)–Beyonce’s video is nothing special. It seems like it is just African American women showing off their figures and ‘getting they dance on’ for the world. I am bad at ‘valuing dance’ as a legitimate artform because I feel like if I wanted to ’see dance’, I would go to a ‘titty bar’ to see some ‘live, nude breasts shaking’ and bodies contorting in a sexual fashion, directly simulating the act of sex. The video seems like it was just a marketing gimmick, attempting to create a ‘dance craze’ and also possibly some sort of feminist propaganda anthem, which accidentally reinforced the concept of ‘marriage’ as a gateway to a perfect life.

Since Kanye West is a ‘cool black person’, Taylor Swift probably thought he was going to do something to make her ’seem cooler’, but then he ‘took a shit’ on her perceived sense of self within the entertainment industry.

It seems like ‘American citizens’ are ‘deeply disturbed’ by Kanye West’s actions, and can take one of the following viewpoints on his behavior:

• He was right, but u have 2 pretend it is real cuz she’s a white lil girl who is taking showbiz seriously. U have no right to ruin this 4 her.
• Kanye West is a bully.
• Kanye West is ‘a fucking retard’/'jack ass.’
• Kanye West is African American/slur word for African-American which would inherently explain his actions.
• ‘Aww… Poor thing.’
• ‘Team Taylor! Let’s boycott buying the records of black ppl.’
• ‘I think I will vlog about this to get youtube hits.’
• Taylor Swift ‘deserved her moment.’  She did not need 2 have her reality harassed by this “negroid.”
• I am ‘above’ reacting to this event.
• I ‘understand’ what Kanye West has gone through in life, but I am a human, so I will still ‘hold him accountable’ 4 being a ‘meanie head.’
• Taylor Swift represents everything that is wrong with show business and the arts. We must respect Kanye West and his neverending quest to express his true self to the real world. He is genuinely trying to transcend fame, pop culture, and the arts. No one will ever understand him. He is truly the most artistic person in the world, and when he goes on tour with Lady Gaga, we will finally experience art that is on the same level as the greats like Andy Warhol, Michael Jackson, and Michael Jordan.

I do not believe that Taylor Swift ‘deserved to have her moment.’ It doesn’t matter how young she is, and we do not need to enable her sick perspective on the world. While she has a sweet exterior, possibly ‘more talent’ than the traditional Disney-mafia star, and an ability to ‘handle’ everything ‘with grace’, we have to understand that we are harming these manufactured pop stars by continuing to let them exist. Many of them will have identity crises where they turn to substance abuse + sexual experimentation when their whole world comes crashing down around them.

When I look into their eyes, I srsly feel like there is ‘evil’ inside of these people.

It seems like it is beneficial for these Disney stars to ‘believe in the Lord’, because believing that a higher power ‘gifted  them’ with this ‘opportunity’ to touch the lives’ of millions of tweens [via the power of music] would be the only way for some one to take their absurd job so seriously. It seems important to remember that these tween stars are possibly ‘mentally ill’ in ways that make them highly functional within the entertainment world.  I feel like I will finally ‘like’ the Jonas Brothers when they have a reality show when they are in their mid-30s, similar to Corey Feldman and Corey Haim’s show “The Two Coreys”, a show about two child stars who still have a very stupid perspective on the world (and are recovering addicts).

I was alarmed when Beyonce bypassed her own acceptance speech and ‘called Taylor back on stage’ so that she could ‘complete her speech’, and Taylor Swift failed to realize that it ‘was still a fake award’ + failed to realize that ’she was just involved in a meme that could have been taken to the next level by indirectly calling Kanye West the n-word.’  Instead, she ‘carried on’ with her generic speech/theme [via thank yall], as if ‘everything was made right’ and ‘honor’ was restored to the Awards show/the Entertainment hierarchy.  It honestly seems like there is ’something mentally wrong with her’ to ‘fail to recognize the magnitude of the moment she is in.’  I do not like this moment, because people in the ‘Entertainment World’ actually think they are ‘real people’ with ‘real feelings’ in this clip.

My fave part of this video is at 1:29 when Perez Hilton ‘puts his hand over his heart, as if he is watching ‘a truly meaningful moment.’

While many people believe that Kanye didn’t deserve to ‘ruin her moment’, they are neglecting to remember how much they ‘h88888 pop culture’ and how it’s ’suuuch a guilty please to consume gossip blogs and the E! network.’  Do u remember when it was trendy/insightful to have a cutting edge opinion on ‘what a terrible person Paris Hilton is’ and link it to ‘the deterioration of the moral fabric of our society’? It seems like this Kanyegate 3.0 moment will always be remembered as when tweens learned that it was ‘okay’ to treat celebrity entertainment like it was ‘real news’ instead of gradually learning sports+entertainment are more fun to consume than ‘important news’ over the course of their lives’.

It seems like if ppl really wanted to ’stop caring about the practice of turning the actions of rich+famous people into coverable news’, they would have embraced Kanye ‘taking a shit on this white girl.’

If I had black skin, I would be insanely ashamed of Beyonce Knowles for ‘giving Taylor Swift’ her spotlight. The truth is, if you want to sell albums in the modern world, you must appeal to the white tween. All apologies issued in thie ‘controversy’ are meant to appease the white tween. You cannot cross the white tweens (note: minority tweens enjoy pretending to be white, as well). If you ‘piss them off’, they will not buy your mp3 on iTunes, or use their Best Buy gift certificate to purchase your album. They will not go to your concert. They will tweet about you, but it will not be positive. It seems like some1 should create an acronym with the same dark connotations that “W.A.S.P” has, except for White.Tweens.

As a society, we must come together and root for Kanye West to continue to create content & headlines. While he is genuinely pursuing greatness, his narcissistic qualities will surely lead to his premature death. This is more than about needing ‘good guys’ and ‘bad guys’ to create conflict and news. We need a stream of content that we can continually reflect upon. This is why we miss Michael Jackson so much, we had the opportunity to have fun watching him fall apart together. It was legitimately a bullying process that rallied all humans together. It didn’t matter how smart or how dumb u were, there was something inherently funny about making fun of Michael Jackson’s racial, sexual, and social identity. A type of humor that transcended educational levels and class divisions.

If you analyze Taylor Swift’s ‘award winning video,’ you will realize that it is a ‘fucking sham.’ I think the gimmick/theme of the song, is supposed to be some sort of plea to a boy to like her because she has a beautiful+interesting+creative soul instead of the generic ‘hot ass cheerleader type.’

It seems like this video is supposed to appeal to ‘tweens who feel left out’/like they don’t ‘fit in.’ It is a song about sexual desire and obsession over one perfect boy, declaring that he ‘belongs to you.’ You are entitled to him. Feel good about who you are, because if he really got 2 know u, he would love u 4 all of the right reasons. Concepts like these lead to teenage obesity since kids are told that some1 will like them for ‘what’s inside.’ They neglect to take care of their health, and eventually become mopey college students who sit around in a ‘dreamworld’ waiting on their modern Prince Charmbro.

I prefer Beyonce’s  artsy booty video to Taylor Swift’s high school puff piece.

Do u sometimes like 2 get drunk just 2 ’see what happens’? [via alcoholism]

We must applaud Kanye for silencing the sweet,  yet poisonous essence of Taylor Swift.
Kanye West is a simple, raw human being. When it comes to ‘love and relationships’, he is not interested in creating some sort of meaningful quirky bullshit. He is a man who wants ass and titties. He is an honest man.

We must accept Kanye West as the true heir to the King of Pop–not because of his talent or his artistic interpretation of the world, but because of his ability to create content. He can rapidly produce albums as well as public incidents that are indicative of a deeply troubled human being. He transcends ‘right and wrong’ because he truly ‘acts from the heart/soul’ in a world where most people are too smart/deliberate/PR-managed to act upon their emotions. We must encourage him, embrace him, watch him accomplish great things, but most importantly, watch him truly start to ‘panic’ when he reaches his middle ages and the fear of mortality will drive him to seek more attention than ever.

Realistically, Kanye West seems to be the next ‘big celebrity’ who might die ‘prematurely’ in some sort of tragic/misunderstood event. As a society, we must rise up to create+seize the opportunity to experience the deaths of numerous famous people. We are ‘regular people’ but when some1 ‘famous dies’, regular people finally get a chance to publicly reflect about the gift of life.

We have learned in 2009, that there is no greater news story to react to than the death of some1. Many of these death victims are not even very ‘relevant’ to Generation Y. But the process of digital mourning is too ‘fun’ to let some1 die without talking about them. When some1 ‘famous’ dies, u get to share the meme with your friends, and ponder the person’s realistic effect/impact on your life. It seems to be fun when you ‘don’t give a shit’ that some1 famous died, but it is also ‘equally enthralling’ to experience the death of some1 who ‘was a big part of celebrity culture’ (thereby directly impacting ur life).

A lot of people say that twitter is a ‘useless and boring display of humanity.’ These people don’t understand the true value of twitter–twitter is an instant window into the lives’ of people. A chance to track the distractions that are filling up people’s lives’, momentarily taking over their brains. An impact significant enough to process a lil thought/meme about it. Whether it is a human, a product, a political scandal, a television show, a movie, or a celeb death, the twitter’s portal into a generalized human psyche is priceless.

We must embrace the power of this tool. We must embrace all tools that allow us to reflect/share/digitally mourn.

We are growing up, learning how to use social networks to experience life together. We are learning how to mourn, celebrate, and crucify miscellaneous celebrities. We are learning that death memes are the memes that unite us. The internet/internet meme is a coping mechanism/opportunity. While events happen in ‘reality’ our opportunity to reflect upon them in a ’sillie lil online world’ helps us to cope with how deeply rattled we are by the underlying themes of highly bloggable events.

When you say ‘I don’t give a shit’ about this KanyeVs.TaylorSwift meme, it’s like you’re turning your back on humanity. You fail to realize that these are the only moments that we can all share together. These are the moments where you feel comfortable with the ‘whole world’ reacting. Even though it is a ’sillie lil award show’, maybe everything in life is ’silly.’ Maybe it’s ’silly’ that we elect a President of the USA every 4 years. Maybe it’s sillie that we use ‘money’ 2 make our economy work. Maybe it’s ’sillie’ that we live life.

But u need 2 embrace this silliness with all of the ppl around u. We have been given the ability to analyze and interpret the world around us, and many social barriers are created by the content which you can analyze+interpret. When megamoments happen, you let your guard down, and find a lil bit of solace in knowing that ‘every1 knows about this.’ Sometimes you’ll get mad if some1 has a dumb opinion, or if some1 uneducated tries to ‘act like the have an authoritative perspective on real life.’ You need to stop being so angry/exclusive with your thoughts, and surrender them to the collective consciousness which exists on the internet. Your thought/opinion is more valuable as part of a whole which can be analyzed as ‘raw data.’

Sometimes, I wish the internet/twitter/meme distribution systems were more developed when Justin Timberlake ripped off Janet Jackson’s breast-cover.

Sorta wish I had seen OJ Simpson as a trending topic during his car chase/trial.

We just want to share life with the people around us.
We just want to laugh at humor that every1 ‘gets.’
We just want the whole world to unite, kinda like how Michael Jackson used to help us unite around content, before the internet enabled every1 to go into their little niche. It seems like the internet has finally ‘helped us 2 connect’ with every1.

We just want to send a funnie picture 2 a friend.

We need to know that the leader of our country has the same values as us.

We need to use memes to ‘cope.’ We need the internet.  We need to share ourselves and the world that we see.

We must design more memes.

Make them laugh. Make them remember their youth.

Make them laugh. Tie in a meme with another meme.

Appeal to all  humor levels, letting the meme move upmarket and downmarket.

We must always take the opportunity to objectify women.

Strive for the most absurd meme possible.

The vast collection of Kanye Interruption Memes will live forever.  They are modern cave paintings, capturing the way we communicate and tell stories.

Should Kanye ‘be sorry’?  Did he dishonor himself, his brand, and the perceived ‘love’ that he had for his mother?  Did he take his brand to another level?  Is Kanye West depressed?  Will Kanye West ‘kill himself’ after his 5th South Park appearance?  Will Taylor Swift become a lesbian/star of a celeb reality show?  R u worried about tweens/the world, or are you starting to embrace the world as it is?

Kanye West has nothing to be sorry for. He did the right thing for himself. He did the right thing for the betterment of America. He did the unintentionally did the right thing for the advancement of ‘the arts.’

Kanye West made me realize why life is worth living. My life is ‘better’ when I have better content 2 share with u.

How long am I going 2 have 2 wait for another socially transcendent moment?