Drivel Thread 1.0

#5480

And I used to buy every one of his books and read them immediately.

#5481

Absolutely. Heā€™s clearly just a reactionary guy now. I think the same thing happened to Glenn Greenwald.

I read a few of his books (Taibbi) too.

#5482

Worse than Isbellā€™s is a damning review indeed.

#5483

Same here.

#5484

In all fairness, I fucking hate Twitter and everything about it. I did before, and I do now. One thing I will give Jason Isbell is that he keeps his Twitter persona separate from his stage persona. And at least Jason Isbell is still insanely talented. Matt Taibbi is a washed-up has-been.

#5485

awwww man!!! this fucking sucks. he used to be a hero of mine.

:angry:

#5486

Yeah I hated twitter so much I ditched it a few years back, Isbell was one of the contributing factors to that. It has tainted his music slightly for me, donā€™t listen to him as often as I used to.

#5487

I stand by what I said about Taibbi the last time his name came up here.

#5488

I donā€™t hate Isbellā€™s twitter as much as a lot of you. He doesnā€™t really bother me. Yeah, maybe some of it is a bit much, but heā€™s always on the right side of things.

#5489

Which is the opposite of Matt Taibbi.

#5490

I feel the same wayā€¦ but I would guess my twitter will be coming to an end soon.

On Instagram he normally just talks about guitars and his travel. Maybe that is a better place for some to keep up with him without as much political commentary?

#5491

Agreed. I donā€™t go on Twitter anymore because everyone became so political the last few years.

Instagram is an easier, less annoying way to stay caught up on things for me.

#5492

Same. Granted I donā€™t read it as much but from what Iā€™ve read heā€™s pretty spot on and might be just a little too preachy

#5493

Yeah
Instagram is fun

#5494

Okay. Itā€™s time I look into getting hearing aids. I was just listening to a prescription drug commercial in the background and I heard, ā€œSerious side effects may occur including tittie problems and tittie failure.ā€

#5495

Honestly, the first time I put on the Romeo & Juliette album, I thought I heard Ryan singing ā€œtoss me salladā€.

#5496

That would be a step up from some of what heā€™s actually singing

#5497

Maybe heā€™s covering old TV spots nowā€¦

#5498

I know Isbell got a lot of shit about him not wanting assholes at his shows, but I donā€™t really know why. Iā€™m guessing most artist have an idea of who they want their fans to be. I think this whole thing started when Isbell fans bitched because he was one of the first artists to mandate masks be worn regardless of the venueā€™s policies. Who would want people that donā€™t care about the safety of others at their show? ā€œDonā€™t like my rules? Fuck you!ā€ Iā€™m totally good with that. I donā€™t want to be at a concert with assholes. I wouldnā€™t go to a concert if Kid Rock opened for fucking Devo.

#5499

Maybe because saying something like that kind of makes you an asshole, then you canā€™t go to your own shows anymore :joy: