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^ Most of the ones in the first link aren't even that bad. Ridiculous though? Yes. Their agenda is palpable. It's sensationalist writing with the aim of tearing someone apart because someone as singular and paradoxical as Lana Del Rey is confusing and threatening to people, and that always attracts these sort of reactions. These publications need to get readers, so they find their angle, fixate on it and overemphasize it, and they create sensation. The empty rhetoric in those blurbs is nauseating. That's all that shit is with online "music" journalism, it's just inflated, flowery bullshit used to gain readership, sway opinion, and seem "relevant." None of those reviews ever talk about music. Because those writers know very little to nothing about music. They're just writers and fans of popular culture, products of the Rolling Stone History of Rock propaganda machine. They write cute and highly stylized, and they're fixated on stupid metaphors, and their shit amounts to nothing. If i had the ability, Pitchfork is the first one i'd bankrupt and put out of business. Yeah, talk to me about human emotion, Pitchfork. Also, if i read that a record was recorded in a massive underwater cathedral, i would run to the store to buy that

I've been saying it forever: A setting that doesn't allow a new member to start new threads until they have, whatever, 20, 25 (insert your number of choice) posts, so that they can't make threads until a) they've gotten a hang of things around here, and b) they take the time to read and see what's already been posted. I think it'll solve a lot of these issues we continually have.

I yearn to live in a world where with this type of photography/editing/fakery/hyperreality/obsession with the unattainable, "perfect" "beauty" doesn't exist. This is the ugliest shit in the world and it's poisonous too. Also, this looks like a telenovela magazine at the checkout aisle of a supermarket, ha.

This is interesting. I've read two opposing theories on this. Some do look at it as an artist competing with themselves when they have two products out at once, meaning that one is taking sales/promotion away from the other. Others say that the two products only help each other out and promote each other. My thinking is that with the way the internet and blogs are, there's probably no way that one source would mention one of the records without mentioning the other, so it's free promo right there. I guess another factor would be how close to each other the release date is. I remember in 2002 Tom Waits releasing two new albums (Blood Money and Alice) on the same day. I've seen other artists release two albums two weeks to about two months from each other. There was a big fuss about Radiohead releasing Kid A and Amnesiac only 8 months apart from each other. I imagine that how far apart the release dates are would affect things differently, if it even affects things at all. But there's also the fact that sometimes an artist can have two albums out at once, yet each has their distinct market/audience, even though it's the same artist. That may be the case with Lana Del Rey and the AKA album. Either way, i think it's moot because if the album were to be rereleased, i can't imagine it would happen in the next few months, by which time it would no longer be competing against TPE in any significant way.

To add to the original discussion: It really isn't uncommon for albums to be rereleased with a different cover than what was originally used. Happens all the time. I can go count how many records i have in my collection where this has happened--same album with alternate covers. So to use the argument that AKA wouldn't or can't be rereleased because she no longer goes by Lana Del Ray or Lizzy Grant, or further, that the album cover is ugly, is not convincing. I also don't see how the fact that it was released three years ago has any bearing on this.

This is interesting. Never knew about that. Yeah, i remember that. We had talked about that on the old forum and we discovered that in order to purchase it, the buyer had to have a French address, and we never found someone from France to buy it, so it was just eventually forgotten. What's really noteworthy about this though is that that site was claiming to have the option to get it in lossless... Anyone remember that site? Because we have a good amount of French people on here now that might be willing to purchase it in (maybe) lossless.

Oh man, really? Maybe that's why she never responded when i recently sent her my cover song... No, really, though, is that weird and awkward? Well, i never expected her to respond anyway...

What do you know about this Napster purchase? I've never heard anything about that. By the way, i downloaded AKA in 256 (encoded with LAME 3.91) from Soulseek sometime in late 2011, and i strongly believe that it was all sourced from the same source, but i don't know what the source is, and jeez, how many times can you say the word source in the same sentence? This is true, but don't tell people here that--they'd rather maintain uniformity of file types in their iTunes than have better sounding files.

^ Bill has been really friendly and helpful in elucidating this matter. Thanx, Bill.

It can get pretty rough around here, but i have a Louisville Slugger you can borrow should you feel in need of protecting yourself.

I guess at a certain point the repetition becomes comforting? To master a recording, the mastering engineer doesn't use the multitracks, just the final mixdown (which is, of course, uncompressed and higher than CD quality). For remixing, however, the multitracks are of course needed. BUT the following should be bolded and emblazoned all over on this forum for i feel it cannot be stated enough: Playing with the EQ is not mastering. Also, using a lossy 256 kbit/s MP3-file and converting it to a lossless WAV-file after butchering and compressing it won't make it sound any better. Playing with the EQ is not mastering. Also, using a lossy 256 kbit/s MP3-file and converting it to a lossless WAV-file after butchering and compressing it won't make it sound any better. Playing with the EQ is not mastering. Also, using a lossy 256 kbit/s MP3-file and converting it to a lossless WAV-file after butchering and compressing it won't make it sound any better. Playing with the EQ is not mastering. Also, using a lossy 256 kbit/s MP3-file and converting it to a lossless WAV-file after butchering and compressing it won't make it sound any better. Playing with the EQ is not mastering. Also, using a lossy 256 kbit/s MP3-file and converting it to a lossless WAV-file after butchering and compressing it won't make it sound any better. Hey, repetition, right?

Gosh, i'd hate to see what artists these people are into that they hold it against someone when their musical style evolves. It's a good thing Madonna has been rehashing Lucky Star for the last 30 years. Oh wait...

It's really weird how many times and for how long now it has been repeated throughout this forum that that wouldn't be a rerelease. I'm really not sure what's so unclear or confusing about the (very big) difference between a work being released again and a work being redone entirely or even partially reworked. When Born to Die was rereleased in November was it rerecorded? When a book gets published in another edition does it get rewritten by the author? Look at your sentence and the parts bolded to see the obvious contradiction: "If she's going to re-release the original version of AKA she won't have to work on it but I feel like she would have to/want to redo the album because she wasn't entirely satisfied by the results." I'm not trying to be an asshole about this, really. I just genuinely do not understand why this point has been so elusive.

Why are you framing it as one or the other though? If it were to be rereleased (actually rereleased, not rerecorded) that wouldn't take away from her time to be working on other stuff. It is totally feasible for the album to be rereleased and get new music from her.

May i borrow your crystal ball? The 256 files have always been around, not just since summer of last year. Most people just didn't notice. In your last sentence you answered yourself what the point would be. For some people it would be great to have the original album uncompressed and as a physical release. What do you think their logic/argument would be? How is AKA "fake" (by their estimation)? That sounds puzzling to me. I could see some of those people thinking it's "weird" and not commercial, but fake? I'd like to hear that reasoning.

She was marred four times in different countries, eh? How do you think it was done? Stoning? Oh man, bad joke. Anyway, moving on. I don't know about Lizzy, but me, if it came to John Mayer, i'd definitely lie. In the other direction. I'd do whatever i could to make sure no one ever found out that i once had the misfortune of sharing a stage with him.

There are no chords in Get Drunk.

Welcum 2 tha Lana Del Rey fan community. We hope u enjoy your stay. :flawless:

Thread for evilentity's Sex Tips? (you can borrow my coconut oil = lube idea)

Stand by for the Auto-Tuned loon's entrance in 3, 2, 1... Nothing bulimic about it, just straight-up sex. You even see that kind of sex in Hollywood movies. I can't get into BD but i totally get the heavy.

This thread is so funny. Okay, here's the PEREZ UPDATE with full text message transcription, haa. Me: Omg i just saw a picture of perez hilton and i totally remember this guy from [name of school]. Friend: You just figured that out? Me: Ha i don't remember anything about him, just his face. Was he an asshole? Friend: I cant believe that fuckers famous. He was an outcast loserish kid...hung out with other dorks etc Me: Was he nice at all or a typical [name of school] dick? Also, do you remember if he was homophobic? Friend: He was a year above us so i dont remember details...I think he talks about it in an article online...Dont think he was phobic I gotta go watch videos now and hear him speak. EDIT: "But what motivates Perez isn't his inflated traffic numbers, his body painting fans or his access to D-List celebrities. He's an example of a gay, Latino boy getting revenge on everyone who ever called him a faggot. He's determined to show the world he's someone. Even if that someone is the most hated person on the internet. We do have to hand it to him for making so much from so very little. We look forward to his E! True Hollywood Story when he one day goes out in a fiery blaze of gay glory. Until then, we'll sit back and watch. Perez Hilton [MySpace] When Mario Met Meth: MORE Perez Hilton High School Photos - Back When He Was Thin & Fabulous! [Wendy Wayrad] The Truth About Perez Hilton's Traffic [Gawker] Images [Vanity Fair, Wendy Wayrad, PerezHilton]"

BRB, gonna go cruise around listening to The Beach Boys with Daddy Rob. In his Ford Thunderbird. Because i'm a dude and i luv cars.

Haa, well i don’t want to jump to conclusions...(yet). I mean, i guess he could have been one of the very few nice kids? Maybe it's the typical story of a nobody who was tired of being forgotten in the shadows, so he turned into an outspoken asshole as a ticket to fame. I’m still waiting for my friend to respond to my text. He may not even remember him either, but i think he would because he went to that school from 6th to 12th grade (though “Perez” would have graduated already when my friend was a senior). But, my god, i cannot even tell you how many homophobic bullies in that school turned out to be gay. It's staggering. It's like the biggest cliche in the world. Aside from that reaction, i'm not touching this one with a ten foot pole. She says to a male who hates cars. Hey, don't show evil the naked one.

Oh my god, haaa, this is hilarious. So, i kept looking at this picture--in a way similar to when i'm fixated on the gruesome image of a roadkill carcass--because he looked so familiar to me. It was the sort of familiarity that is disturbing, where you just have to figure it out, otherwise it's going to drive you nuts. And i knew it wasn't just a case of someone looking like someone i know, but rather that it's a person i actually know. Remember that i don't know shit about pop culture. So i did a reverse image search and i see that this is Perez Hilton. Sure, i've heard the name before and i have a vague idea that he's some sort of internet asshole who does nothing. Something involving a blog and celebrities and bullshit? Then, as i looked through pictures of him on Google, it became absolutely certain that i know that smarmy face from somewhere. Then i realized i went to school with him. I remember this asshole. He was a grade ahead of me. I looked him up on Wikipedia and, sure enough, all the info matches. Gawd, what terrible memories returning to strangle my brain, please return from whence you came. Nearly everyone in that school was a bigoted, racist, homophobic (of course half the school was gay), vacuous dick. Ugh. I only went to that school for 7th, 8th, and half of 9th grade before i told my parents there was just no way i could go back, so i transfered to another school. I don't remember anything at all about this guy (just his face), but if i had to guess, he probably called me a faggot, along with the rest of the school, like every other day. Who knows though, maybe he was one of the few decent ones! Oh, i know, i'm gonna ask my friend (actually, the person who introduced me to Lana) who went to the school with me. He'll probably remember. Oh god, but he just looks like such an asshole, do i even have to ask?

What's wrong with/creepy about wearing the same jacket all the time? Hello? Do you think this girl has an actual interest in these celebrities or is she just into the idea of meeting moderately famous people? Didn't we establish that we don't have a single picture of her without makeup?