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Bill in CT wrote:“What Happened to Ryan Adams?”

https://rocknyc.live/what-happened-to-ryan-adams.html
Yikes. I get that it sucks when your heroes fall from grace, but this is an embarrassing piece of writing. If your argument's sole support is that known asshole Bret Easton Ellis agrees with you, your argument is probably fucked.
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New record dropped today by Ryan Adams, the first since he was canceled last year
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Clams wrote:
Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:16 am


New record dropped today by Ryan Adams, the first since he was canceled last year
How is it?
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if you click on a sideways triangle, you're just contributing to the abuse of women.

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tinnitus photography wrote:
Fri Dec 11, 2020 1:40 pm
if you click on a sideways triangle, you're just contributing to the abuse of women.
Dangle is a perfect word for this :evil:
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i betcha money it's whiney.

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Honestly it's some of his best writing. I understand anyone's reason not to listen to it, but if you can separate the art from the artist it's a brilliant midnight record.

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I started listening to it and got bored pretty quick. Which has been my reaction to his last few records. Christ, he hasn't made a truly great record in probably 15 years.

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dime in the gutter wrote:
Fri Dec 11, 2020 4:50 pm
i betcha money it's whiney.
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bovine knievel wrote:
Tue Dec 15, 2020 10:54 pm
dime in the gutter wrote:
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i betcha money it's whiney.
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Looking at the song titles, that would have been my guess.
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Shots fired at Isbell, from the song "Birmingham"
Held her hand in Old Savannah
Marigold print on her dress
Her hair was combed and parted
Like a beautiful princess

I didn’t see you at the altar
Way back then you were so drunk
You were washed up on some hooker’s bed
Behind a shitty restaurant

So when the wind blows in your window
'Cause the storm don't give a damn
Pray the window don't break
Across the wrist of your writing hand

On a stationary wet with tears of the peoples backs you stab
When you're hiding like a robber
With no one's purse to grab

Remember me standing there holding out my hand
In a broken down hotel in Birmingham
I actually like this song better than anything off Reunions. I'm not Team Adams as far as they go as humans.

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how does that tie in w/ Jason?

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tinnitus photography wrote:
Wed Dec 16, 2020 4:40 pm
how does that tie in w/ Jason?
Jason and Adams were really close back in the day. Adams was really involved in Isbell's sobriety. Isbell gave him a ton of credit for helping him get his shit together. Allegedly, Isbell (pre-sobriety) was supposed to be in Adams' wedding, but got drunk with a hooker instead (incident referenced here) of showing at the event.

When Adams was accused of creepy behavior, Isbell dropped him like a sack of potatoes, very quickly, and very publicly. Isbell has taken a few more shots at Adams since then (recently on Twitter about his only bad review coming from a wannabe music and pinball critic). It seems pretty clear that these lines are about Isbell.

For the record, I think it's pretty obvious that Adams is a much shittier person than Jason, I just found it interesting.

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Iowan wrote:
Wed Dec 16, 2020 5:23 pm
tinnitus photography wrote:
Wed Dec 16, 2020 4:40 pm
how does that tie in w/ Jason?
Jason and Adams were really close back in the day. Adams was really involved in Isbell's sobriety. Isbell gave him a ton of credit for helping him get his shit together. Allegedly, Isbell (pre-sobriety) was supposed to be in Adams' wedding, but got drunk with a hooker instead (incident referenced here) of showing at the event.

When Adams was accused of creepy behavior, Isbell dropped him like a sack of potatoes, very quickly, and very publicly. Isbell has taken a few more shots at Adams since then (recently on Twitter about his only bad review coming from a wannabe music and pinball critic). It seems pretty clear that these lines are about Isbell.

For the record, I think it's pretty obvious that Adams is a much shittier person than Jason, I just found it interesting.
Maybe Jason didn’t show because he wanted it to be a Shotgun Wedding.
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Iowan wrote:
Wed Dec 16, 2020 5:23 pm
tinnitus photography wrote:
Wed Dec 16, 2020 4:40 pm
how does that tie in w/ Jason?
Jason and Adams were really close back in the day. Adams was really involved in Isbell's sobriety. Isbell gave him a ton of credit for helping him get his shit together. Allegedly, Isbell (pre-sobriety) was supposed to be in Adams' wedding, but got drunk with a hooker instead (incident referenced here) of showing at the event.

When Adams was accused of creepy behavior, Isbell dropped him like a sack of potatoes, very quickly, and very publicly. Isbell has taken a few more shots at Adams since then (recently on Twitter about his only bad review coming from a wannabe music and pinball critic). It seems pretty clear that these lines are about Isbell.

For the record, I think it's pretty obvious that Adams is a much shittier person than Jason, I just found it interesting.
thx for the background?

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tinnitus photography wrote:
Wed Dec 16, 2020 10:46 pm
Iowan wrote:
Wed Dec 16, 2020 5:23 pm
tinnitus photography wrote:
Wed Dec 16, 2020 4:40 pm
how does that tie in w/ Jason?
Jason and Adams were really close back in the day. Adams was really involved in Isbell's sobriety. Isbell gave him a ton of credit for helping him get his shit together. Allegedly, Isbell (pre-sobriety) was supposed to be in Adams' wedding, but got drunk with a hooker instead (incident referenced here) of showing at the event.

When Adams was accused of creepy behavior, Isbell dropped him like a sack of potatoes, very quickly, and very publicly. Isbell has taken a few more shots at Adams since then (recently on Twitter about his only bad review coming from a wannabe music and pinball critic). It seems pretty clear that these lines are about Isbell.

For the record, I think it's pretty obvious that Adams is a much shittier person than Jason, I just found it interesting.
thx for the background?
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cortez the killer wrote:
Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:03 pm
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Iowan should cover the alt.country scene for TMZ.
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btw i just realized i put a ? at the end of my post rather than a period. it reads as snark but was not meant in that way at all. sorry Iowan!

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cortez the killer wrote:
Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:03 pm
tinnitus photography wrote:
Wed Dec 16, 2020 10:46 pm
Iowan wrote:
Wed Dec 16, 2020 5:23 pm


Jason and Adams were really close back in the day. Adams was really involved in Isbell's sobriety. Isbell gave him a ton of credit for helping him get his shit together. Allegedly, Isbell (pre-sobriety) was supposed to be in Adams' wedding, but got drunk with a hooker instead (incident referenced here) of showing at the event.

When Adams was accused of creepy behavior, Isbell dropped him like a sack of potatoes, very quickly, and very publicly. Isbell has taken a few more shots at Adams since then (recently on Twitter about his only bad review coming from a wannabe music and pinball critic). It seems pretty clear that these lines are about Isbell.

For the record, I think it's pretty obvious that Adams is a much shittier person than Jason, I just found it interesting.
thx for the background?
Iowan should cover the alt.country scene for TMZ.
Sounds like an unpaid free lance gig given the 5 person overlap between the TMZ and alt-country audiences. :lol:

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tinnitus photography wrote:
Thu Dec 17, 2020 11:45 am
btw i just realized i put a ? at the end of my post rather than a period. it reads as snark but was not meant in that way at all. sorry Iowan!
I didn't even notice it until I read this post.

Clearly my investigative journalism and editorial skills are sufficient for the TMZ gig.

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Clams wrote:
Thu Dec 17, 2020 8:54 am
cortez the killer wrote:
Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:03 pm
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Iowan should cover the alt.country scene for TMZ.
:lol:

Podcasts from inside his big tractor with Lacy Pitts as his sidekick. I think it could work!!
:lol:

As ridiculous as that sounds, in this day and age, the gimmick just might have some appeal.

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