Y’all it’s past the filing deadline. He’s not running for President he’s just being his obnoxious self.

Eh. The link was in poor taste, but the sentiment behind it was good. He is at least trying.

Obviously the father is Dr Arnold Klein, celebrity dermatologist.

look at this photograph

No one man should have all that power.

Fuck the police, fuck the president, fuck anybody on the side of white supremacy.

I hate this guy as much as the next clown. But his intentions here were pretty obviously not self serving. Please don’t tell anybody I defended him. At least not publicly.

they shouldn’t even have to explain this. there’s little money in streaming for alternative artists, get that bag.

Daniel Ek is the prime example of what is wrong with tech. He was a rich guy who became a billionaire off a company that spent over a decade not making money. And its business strategy is underpaying the core laborers of the business. Tech is basically just multi-level marketing scams now.

I can’t wait to get a Stereogum shirt.

live fast, die young, anti-vaxxers, do it well

Who would have thought Axl Rose would be more progressive than Krist Novoselic

You want truth? Better start digging. Not into news. Or facts. Or newsfacts. Those aren’t to be trusted. There’s only one place left to dig. The ground. But watch out for holes. One if by land, two if by C-section. If you have to ask, then you’ll never know. Crypts aren’t just for the dead anymore. Mountains?! There haven’t been mountains for decades. Those things you’ve seen? Paid rock formations #Soros. Ever notice how your shadow vanishes at the same time each day? Weather on the 8s. Could it be more obvious?? Follow the creek bed to see what you see. Four out of five dentists aren’t. Cookie dough was never going to give you salmonella. What other lies have you bought? And where can you sell them? The stock price of salvation will be the true teller. Just wait.

America’s response:

*REALiTi

Coincidentally, $0.50 is also Trump’s tax bill this year.

i understand the desire to be cynical but i think at this point in american history stripping the confederacy of any cultural power it has left is a worthy pursuit, even if it’s a fairly minor step towards the overall goal of dismantling white supremacy.

Change it to Alex Gantebellum

What—and I cannot stress this enough—the fuck.

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Black metal guy thinks T-swift bit his album cover which also features a black and white photo of trees.

Watch out first year photography majors…cease & desists are in the mail.

stereogum is one of the like three Good Websites left so they can have all my money

Riff in peace

Framing antiracism as a bourgeois idea, when it’s an absolutely essential part of working-class solidarity, is pretty fucking heinous. It’s fine if you think the band’s a bit on-the-nose or that Talbot isn’t exactly a great songwriter (hell, I’d be inclined to agree), but there’s only so many approaches you can take to denigrating their message before you start to sound a little suspect.

Someone should ask him his thoughts on Chinese Democracy, and thus precipitate his most confused, nonsensical rant on any subject, ever.

Fuck this guy

Holy shit! Given the trajectory of media, what what has happened to so many absolutely *beloved* web institutions (RIP Deadspin, RIP The Awl, RIP so many others), this is astounding and joyous news. Could not be happier about this. I’m beaming.

holy shit fuck this dumb band

[me every time I sit down to a meal with loved ones]: “I want to address what’s been happening on Twitter.”

Late Registration

I’m not well-informed enough to have an opinion on this.

LOLZ at people saying she needs saved. She’s just as big of an egomanical lunatic as the other two.

It’s sweet they named their kid after a Bob Iver song

CONGRATS @SCOTTGUM CONGRATS @GUMSTAFF

Elton John, Stereogum Commenter

“The A in their name stands for Antebellum and always will. If they are truly committed to racial equality, why do they want to maintain that association, especially when it means making a public, intentional stand to disregard me and my rights?”

spot on.

“Also, launching later this year, a robust new user experience will be sure to delight and infuriate Stereogum’s dedicated commentariat in equal measure,” Lapatine said.”

This motherfucker has over $4 billion and I can’t name one of his songs.

this shit is depressing, man. i understand the mood on kanye around here has become extremely hostile, for obvious reasons. at this point i don’t begrudge anyone who thinks he’s an idiot or an asshole or a monster, but personally this just makes me really sad. i’ve spent the last few years really uncomfortable with people who try to diagnose him with all kinds of mental disorders from the comfort of their own homes, but these are just not the words of a man who has his shit together.

this is probably going to be controversial here but whatever: i really do think kanye is someone who is trying to do good in this world. that’s not an excuse for his current beliefs at all, it just makes the whole thing even more tragic to me. i think you can see that with the homeless shelters he’s trying to build in wyoming, the money he’s donated to george floyd’s family and other causes, and his pre-trump era politics. i don’t think it has ever been clear to him how much his trump support hurts vulnerable people, and i don’t think he has the slightest inkling of how dangerous anti-vaxx beliefs are. i actually think he has a point that the democrats have historically held the black vote hostage by being better than the republicans but not caring enough about the black community to make a positive impact. i mean he literally brings up that awful Biden quote from the breakfast club interview. but he’s too insulated in his wealth and comfort to understand just how much republican policies harm the people on the ground, and besides that too far gone to focus that basic thought into anything like an actual ideology.

i don’t know what my point is. we could have seen this as far back as yeezus if we’d been paying attention, probably even further. i’m just tired of watching this man spiral. tired of getting my hopes up again when he puts out a new song or video that feels like he’s got it again, only to get another interview like this a week later. it feels like the people in his life are not looking out for him. he’s making them money, after all. i know kanye himself keeps saying that he’s not crazy, but when he’s saying all this crazy shit it’s hard to take him at his word.

AVE IMPERATOR LAPATINE

I don’t know if today’s All Access donor wants to be identified further but TOUGH.

I have been friends with David since ninth grade. David had cooler taste in music than me — he introduced me to Smashing Pumpkins — and yet I’m the one with a struggling music blog and he’s merely a celebrated civil rights attorney specializing in exonerations and wrongful convictions, police misconduct, LGBTQ+ rights, prisoners’ rights, and advocacy for victims of sex abuse. In your face, David.

David once tried to get me to see Suede on their first US tour but I didn’t wanna go / hadn’t heard of them. Sad! But we did see Black 47 a couple of times in high school. We were really into Black 47.

Thanks to David for donating and picking this awesome song!

nobody cared. until he put on the mask…

This is the first I’m hearing about Noel Gallagher being an asshole.

Nick Cave and The Bad Takes

The point he is making is that moral certainty with no nuance or compassion is akin to religious fervor, and he’s right. The framing of this article supports his point.

fuck you you fucking fuck

Adam dancing with Rosie.

Even though it wasn’t from the professional photographer, and was instead taken by a guest, this was easily our favorite wedding photo.