[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txsTFYtLaGw[/media]
[quote]"You may remember him from his work with legendary power electronics unit Whitehouse, but these days he's what the hep cats like to call a "transgressive" writer-- meaning that he scribes about things Mommy wouldn't wantcha to read (for what it's worth, no less than the incredibly boring, though much admired in some circles, Jim Goad, once stated: "No one rapes a blank page like Sotos"). Every so often he puts out disturbing records like this one, recorded in 1992 with Steve Albini with the "producer" hat on. Let me make this very clear: this is not for those of you with a less-than-hardy constitution for human suffering. What Sotos examines here is the Culture of the Victim-- how family members left behind are manipulated by the media, and ultimately, how their identity is redefined in the process. If that sounds a bit high-falutin' for a record that is nothing more than snippets of interviews with the kinda dupes who make the Oprah/Maury/Jerry rounds, I suggest you investigate this work. It is assembled for maximum impact, and, although I would be the first to agree that Mr. Sotos has more'n a few sadistic bones in his body, at least he's upfront about it, unlike the vultures who prey upon the broken souls featured here."[/quote]
Most fucked up "album" ever. This just needs to be shared.
Oh shit, I got triggered. Guess I'll go post my suicide note on tumblr.
[QUOTE=Camberf;45585201]Oh shit, I got triggered. Guess I'll go post my suicide note on tumblr.[/QUOTE]
xd lol you're so cool and funny I wish i was as cool and edgy as you
I don't get it. Is just something for tumblr shitlords to cry about or is there actually something to this?
[QUOTE=Mysterious Mr.E;45585421]xd lol you're so cool and funny I wish i was as cool and edgy as you[/QUOTE]
I try.
Is this just like a compilation of rape stories or?
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;45585445]I don't get it. Is just something for tumblr shitlords to cry about or is there actually something to this?[/QUOTE]
>> 1992
[QUOTE=Mysterious Mr.E;45585770]>> 1992[/QUOTE]
"Tumblr shitlords" is a generic term. Whats the point of this? Is it just something for shitlords to cry over or?
Wait did you put it there as a joke or did you seriously use a trigger warning on Facepunch
what did you hope in achieving in posting this? because all that's gonna happen is a total shitstorm of a thread
here was me hoping for some sick fucking tunes that were really raw and had some deep themes
and you give me some fag ass record with a bunch of rape stories on it
what the fuck op
"careful everyone, I have to warn you... my obscure ~arte~ might be [I]too intense[/I] for some viewers."
Even if you wanted to put in a trigger warning, you didn't tell us what it was about and therefore it doesn't mean anything.
0/10 doesn't even make sense if you were actually serious
Im triggered by trigger warnings, thanks for being an inconsiderate asshole Mr E
I thought "Album" implies there's music involved.
I suppose in a way this is technically art, but I wouldn't consider it as art meant to be consumed by the general public since it's more of a proof of concept experiment than a whole and defined work. Peter Sotos is playing with his audiences' emotions and creating an emotional progression and escalation in this album through the use of rape survivor stories. This in itself is interesting to other artists, particularly those who use storytelling and audio based mediums, but I'd argue it's of little inherent value as art. Mind you, I tend to identify with a Marxist definition of art and am no expert in many of the less accessible kinds of art like deconstructionism, or dadaism. Of course, I'm not even getting into things like found art or found poetry, which this certainly falls into the category of. The more I learn about art, the less I'm able to say whether stuff like that is or isn't art.
This blows, listened to 3 stories and they all sucked shit.
I think the trigger warning was legit here
If I was raped, hearing about rape probably wouldn't do me any good.
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