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little five points adventures — 6.11.22
Taylor Swift's Gayest MySpace Posts
I was literally shocked to hear that some Gaylors hadn't seen these! Here are Taylor's gayest high school MySpace posts, mostly targeted at her friend Kelsey (dammmnnn) Morris, and a cheerleader 2 grades ahead of her at Hendersonville High School, Lacey J. (and Lacey's boyfriend from BHS, Taylor J.).
September 3, 2005
“I am obsessed with you.
If you look out your window and down the street about 200 yards, you may see a big white van parked on the street. I am inside the van with a telescope and computer. Just trying to catch a glimpse of kelsey dammmnnn morris.
haha. end of story.”
September 6, 2005
“LACEY LACEY LACEY
I’m in love with you.
There’s just no other way around it.
hehe”
September 10, 2005
“Pretty girl.
I could walk twenty feet and knock on your door and ask you how you’ve been…
But I think I’ll just sit here and type it.
Tell me how you’ve been, child.
taylor”
September 11, 2005
I have the same name as your boyfriend.
Therefore I am better than everyone and you should like me more.
taylor”
September 18, 2005
“Kelsey’s awesome.
And got best smile.
And should have gotten best everything else.
Hahah
iloveyou”
October 12, 2005
“Everybody watch Kelsey’s scrolling pictures of her friends until you get to the one of shelby.
Her boobs look AMAZING.
hahahahahahaha”
November 6, 2005
“If you were a guy I’d probably date you.
Just a friendly reminder.
<3”
December 28, 2005
“WOW I LOVE YOUR PICTURES
(i haven’t been on here in a while and technology alone fascinates me)
Hey I love you and now I know exactly where your house is, and also that Grant plays guitar? Yes, he does.
Why?
Because he’s Grant Motherfucking Wood. That’s why.
We’re hanging out New Years and I’m driving the Hummer and it will be amazing.
-T-
PS: Hi, Kelsey’s mom!”
(SHE DROVE A HUMMER?? GIRLIE...)
December 29, 2005
“Lil’ Kels.
hahahahhaha
I looove love love your new pictures. You are pretty.
You’re right.. you better watch out.
Because I do what I want.
-T-”
January 8, 2006
“My name is Taylor, I am not clingy, I do not want a boyfriend.
I do not show signs of wanting a boyfriend.
I do not make hints leading on to the fact that I may want a boyfriend.
So how, tell me, on EARTH is it possible for someone to confuse this issue and IGNORE me because:
they don’t want a girlfriend.
(%(*..)%((IOJENTI..OWI$...)WO
-T-”
April 23, 2006
[3 sophomore year prom pictures with Kelsey Morris]
“(this is you quite obviously staring at my boobs)”
April 24, 2006
“Lyrics we live by:
And it hurts to want everything
and nothing at the same time
I want what’s your and i
want what’s mine
I want YOU, but I’m not
giving in this time.
haha
i love you
you’re really pretty.
-T-”
April 30, 2006
“Kelsey.
I love you and I’m sorry about all the “distance”.
Distance = stupid and unnecessary.
Dude. The truth is, i miss you. Starbucks tomorrow?”
Bonus:
“I read your complaining comment about how your not on abigails top 8. well, how could you be? I’M THERE. TAKING YOUR SPOT HAHAHAHAHA. (evil laugh, you know the drill). Well, anyway, listen my queer fellow. I thinketh we shall hangeth out sometime soon, eh? yes, i do believe i am growing fond of this idea. drive over in your sex van and come pick me up. farewell knave."
Click here for all non-Gaylor MySpace posts from that era
一个最喜欢的照片我做。used to love editing my myspace profile. got decent at html. carried that over to tumblr, but haven’t used it really since the early 2010’s.
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i find today's internet-music-discovery landscape super interesting so i'd like to weigh in with some "casual" observations. as a teen growing up in the late aughts, my musical diet was fueled by two primary sources: myspace music and last.fm.
part 1: back then
myspace was huge for small artists back in the day. arguably the beginning of "bedroom pop" as a concept, artists like Owl City found traction through posting songs on this new social media platform which had its own music player and allowed html customization. developing an artist brand was pretty accessible to anyone with a mic, DAW, and basic coding knowledge.
before the streaming age officially started, last.fm among other similar sites, soft-launched the concept with "scrobbling." it's a similar concept today to Spotify's "artist radio." i think at the time there wasn't precedent for copyright/publishing payouts for streaming songs on-demand, so you couldn't just pick a song you liked and listen. you had to shuffle. the benefit of this, for me, was that songs had a pretty hefty genre taxonomy, allowing me to make such discoveries as "the weird jangly guitar music i listened to is called 'math rock' and here are 20 songs i like in this genre." discovering different genres, music from different countries, this was a very exciting time to be a teenager interested in music.
these are the examples of internet music discovery i remember primarily, but it's important to remember that such platforms as the radio, iTunes charts, and MTV still had a pretty strong grip on driving consumer music tastes. music labels were incredibly relevant, but there was now a foot in the door for smaller artists to make a name online. at the time, the natural outcome for those smaller artists progress was to sign a record deal.
one of the most famous cases is probably Justin Bieber? i didn't really follow his rise at the time, but according to wikipedia, Scooter Braun of Taylor-Swift-Debaucle fame clicked a youtube video of Bieber's by mistake in 2007. His debut single One Time was released in 2009 under Island records and RBMG, both under Universal Music Group.
part 2: an interlude
the big 3 major record labels in the west are Universal, Sony, and Warner. even today, virtually every top-charting artist on a given music streaming platform is distributing their music through one of these labels. if you're ever curious, Spotify has a "show credits" button if you right click any song. the "source" at the bottom will tell you the labels under which a song was released; Columbia, Republic, Interscope, Atlantic, and many more. Often you can google these and follow up the chain to the parent company, and more often than not it will be one of the big 3.
big labels have a lot of money for things like marketing singles and albums, booking big expensive concert venues, shooting fx-laden music videos on fancy sets, etc.
labels also have entire branches of people whose jobs are more or less to guarantee more visibility on platforms like Spotify. it's also advantageous for Spotify that the music that's already popular, mostly from these labels, lives in a visible space on their platform. they want to sell subscriptions and play ads because they have been hemmoraging money since day 1.
i think this is important to note before diving into the modern listening/discovery landscape.
part 3: the modern listening/discovery landscape
so nowadays there are a lot of ways to discover new music. hell, there are a lot of ways to discover old music. let's talk about some of the important ones, as i see it.
at 350 million users, Spotify is the most popular music streaming service. you can find music charts to see the most popular songs, you can sort by genre, country, or make a "radio station" based off any artist or song. they also release tons of playlists curated by real human people (i think). that's a lot of ways to listen. i don't personally use spotify, but i do really love this site which shows a beautiful data cloud of genres sorted by closeness:
every noise at once - this site actually slaps so hard. unfortunately it will no longer be updating as the creator was fired from Spotify and lost access to the internal data that made the site possible. it still lives on as an amazing resource for "branching out" from artists you already listen to. the amount of data is very satisfying for my foraging-for-music-like-berries-ass brained self.
anyways, Spotify also curates "Fresh Finds" playlists, giving space to independent artists or artists on smaller independent labels. at a quick glance, the average listenership for these artists is ~100,000. personally, i think that's pretty cool and worth checking out if you like the idea of finding independent artists to support.
one can't talk about the modern music age without talking about TikTok. there is already a ton of TikTok discourse regarding music so i'll just say this: on a platform that is very good at categorizing and delivering content to niche interests, TikTok can be a really powerful tool for music artists who are Built Like That. dance trends, miniature music videos, production breakdowns, acoustic covers, remixes, sped up, slowed down; these things are all being mixed together in fascinating ways by artists and consumers alike. memes become songs and songs become memes. it's a fascinating little ecosystem. audio and video content are becoming synonymous in a very organic way and i think that's neat. as an added bonus, it seemed to confuse the hell out of label people, at least for a little while.
it's also incredibly volatile. any platform with a mysterious algorithm deserves a bit of scrutiny. anyone can blow up overnight, but not everyone can blow up overnight. for every viral hit that breaks containment, there are 10,000 more of equal artistic merit that don't. that being said, i've found a ton of artists there whose work i really enjoy and are building their own communities off the platform. as far as discovery goes, if you lean hard into engaging with the kinds of music you like on TikTok, it WILL show you similar music.
then there's youtube, another insanely huge platform. on the surface, youtube's music scene is pretty plain: if you look at the trending music videos, you'll see a mix of big pop names as well as kpop, latin artists, as well as what i lovingly refer to as the "Baby of the Month" (whichever new rapper has "Baby" in their name).
however, youtube also has a lot of unadvertised stuff going for it in the music world. tons of people curating playlists, DJ sets, and other interesting mixed media presentations of music you've probably never heard before. plus if you start watching a ton of those types of videos, i find the recommendations to only get better and better (i.e. weirder and more niche, which i prefer!)
it's also a great place to listen to video game or anime scores, as a lot of them never hit streaming platforms for reasons unknown to me.
one specific recommendation i have if you like dance music is Boiler Room. DJ sets are very efficient for finding new music. a DJ might play 20-40 songs in an hour depending on how wacky their set is.
there's also bandcamp, which is constantly emailing me new music. if you're into that, i recommend bandcamp!! also recommend if you like actually downloading the music you find. it's one of the best platforms to actually support an independent artist you like as well! shameless plug here btw
part 4: uhhh let's try and wrap this up?
ok so maybe i lied when i said this would be a casual observation. sue me.
anyways, some platforms are built more fair than others and they all have their own biases. i personally recommend using as many platforms as possible to discover new music, and lean hard into engaging with the music you like there.
for better and for worse, these platforms are already digesting your usage habits. at least use that to your advantage. search for weird genres on youtube. if that random tiktok singer has a discord, join it and ask for reccs. tailor every algorithm to serve you the craziest newest shit you've never heard. confuse the hell out of these platforms until they finally deliver something you like.
maybe that's not the most satisfying conclusion. if anyone is looking for new music to listen to, it takes a decent amount of time and effort.
finally, this is, of course, all my opinion and please take it with a grain of salt. i'm probably wrong in a few spots, i worked a 9 hour overnight shift and decided to go on a huge rampage regarding this subject, which i'm super passionate about!! i am no gatekeeper nor arbiter of enjoying or finding music. there is no objectively correct way to enjoy music or to find it. in fact, if anyone has their own favorite ways to discover new music, i'm all ears!!!
I decided to listen to "the hits/popular songs" radio station for a bit and while I do love The Weeknd's Blinding Lights I was a bit disappointed at some of the new songs I had only heard through it.
Like this is what music is these days? Catch me listening to all the previous albums I have purchased on iTunes.