Masculine Todd
08-23-2011, 04:40 PM
ok nawt tru I just defined a feeling we all have and defined the canon - spin-off thread from luminary Bendis Board poster Masculine Todd's highly-renowned thread songs for when its raining on the window, and its getting heavy: http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/newthread.php?do=postthread&f=8
Etymology of Neu-Rain Revival: Claremont, post-crossover issues where X-Men brood. Kitty Pryde sitting and thinking about Peter in that coffee shop in Seattle while it's raining. Nick Drake. "I'm Waiting for the Man."
Establishing the canon: '80s Anime soundtracks, turntable scratches, black pavement, beat tapes, the scene in Texas Chainsaw Massacre II where leatherface/family races van up a major metropolitan highway at night, anime skyscrapers, DJ Shadow, OMD, late '80s/early '90 HBO feature presentation intro, pilot episode of Batman: the Animated Series
Ethos: being alive and the rain beads up on the window. You just feel it and the air's so palpable and the room is heady. You get it into you and it coats your belly and everything's so profound 'cause you're young and white and thinking deep thoughts - existential moment, you know? Trapped in yourself but knowing the rain is hitting everyone around you.
Revival: cloud rap, Japanese Jazz, New French Extremity, watchin' Martyrs with lil ceasars $5 ready to go's, drum n bass, posting questions on message boards like "what is dubstep" at 3 am, downloading the Lowlife discography, watching Gundam Wing, being Sam Spade for Halloween. Thomas Pynchon. Starbucks alternatives. Playing Killer 7 on your Gamecube.
Over-Saturation: Foucault namedrops in afterparty status updates, posting Ryuichi Sakamoto video on reddit, saying "Neu-Rain Revival" out loud, Washed Out being tagged as Neu-Rain Revival on last.fm, puns on the name. Conflating it with that fresh, after-rain feel. Chopped and screwed Enya tracks. Adele being a thing on the radio. DVD boxsets. Writing "[form of media] is punk rock" in reviews of shit (especially comics). The Game rapping over a slowed Kernkraft 400 and thinking that shit's acceptable. Liking A Scanner Darkly on Facebook.
Etymology of Neu-Rain Revival: Claremont, post-crossover issues where X-Men brood. Kitty Pryde sitting and thinking about Peter in that coffee shop in Seattle while it's raining. Nick Drake. "I'm Waiting for the Man."
Establishing the canon: '80s Anime soundtracks, turntable scratches, black pavement, beat tapes, the scene in Texas Chainsaw Massacre II where leatherface/family races van up a major metropolitan highway at night, anime skyscrapers, DJ Shadow, OMD, late '80s/early '90 HBO feature presentation intro, pilot episode of Batman: the Animated Series
Ethos: being alive and the rain beads up on the window. You just feel it and the air's so palpable and the room is heady. You get it into you and it coats your belly and everything's so profound 'cause you're young and white and thinking deep thoughts - existential moment, you know? Trapped in yourself but knowing the rain is hitting everyone around you.
Revival: cloud rap, Japanese Jazz, New French Extremity, watchin' Martyrs with lil ceasars $5 ready to go's, drum n bass, posting questions on message boards like "what is dubstep" at 3 am, downloading the Lowlife discography, watching Gundam Wing, being Sam Spade for Halloween. Thomas Pynchon. Starbucks alternatives. Playing Killer 7 on your Gamecube.
Over-Saturation: Foucault namedrops in afterparty status updates, posting Ryuichi Sakamoto video on reddit, saying "Neu-Rain Revival" out loud, Washed Out being tagged as Neu-Rain Revival on last.fm, puns on the name. Conflating it with that fresh, after-rain feel. Chopped and screwed Enya tracks. Adele being a thing on the radio. DVD boxsets. Writing "[form of media] is punk rock" in reviews of shit (especially comics). The Game rapping over a slowed Kernkraft 400 and thinking that shit's acceptable. Liking A Scanner Darkly on Facebook.