Corey duBrowa

CEO, @bursonglobal. Author, “An Ideal For Living,” available: (and Amazon Kindle). Well qualified to represent the LBC.

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

The Scots and Norwegians are making a very strong case for “best World Cup fans.”

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

@thatlawyerLisa That's why now we now live (at least part time) in Bend!

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

@earlboykins @MrLukowski Roughly speaking the timeline was:
New wave/postpunk (late 70s, early 80s)
College rock (80s) - radio term
Indie rock (late 80s) -independent label biz model
Alt rock (90s) - absorbed/rebranded these underground and college-radio movements as they scaled toward the mainstream

[Tom Bogert @tombogert]

🚨🇺🇸 Sources: U.S. Soccer is expected to make Pep Guardiola a top target to become next USMNT head coach.

Obviously the pursuit would not be straightforward nor easy. But likely to start with call to Pep.

w/ @PaulTenorio @HenryBushnell
https://t.co/zHaggH9J7i

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

@earlboykins @MrLukowski I'm not as sure the "resistance to corporate mechanics" was all that much later TBH
Smiths called it a day in 1987
By then, the Mats, Husker and REM were all flirting with major labels/signed to them and it was an existential question in the air as to whether that = sellout

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

@earlboykins @MrLukowski On indie label (Rough Trade)
Way ahead of other guitar-based bands typically described as "indie" even on this list; also no solos (see: REM)
DIY aesthetic
Lyrical vulnerability, alienation, redefined the notion of masculinity (anti-macho, bookish/Oscar Wilde references)

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

@misterminsoo AR Kane is more a precursor to shoegaze/dream pop than "hardcore." I have more of an issue with Smiths, Pixies, Slint, Galaxie 500, Afghan Whigs & Unwound not being on the list even though I do think some indie progenitors (REM, Minutemen) beg why others (Mats, Husker) are not.

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

@nick_parco Ha I said the same thing, "Clap Your Hands Say Meh"

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

@closfeliciano @earlboykins "Elliott Smith's first two acoustic based albums are punk in spirit" LOL -- it really just puts the lie to all genre constructs other than the most Lester Bangs-like of "good" and "garbage"

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

@taemaxxing @pitchfork Sure they did.
I have written about music (more than a thousand bylines in dozens of publications) for more than twenty years.
So I don't even begin to understand why you are being so obstinate about this.
They also called it post punk, goth, etc. Not that I agreed.

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

A starter kit of misses:
1. The Smiths
2. The Cure
3. My Bloody Valentine
4. Echo & the Bunnymen
5. Primal Scream
6. Joy Division/New Order
7. Teenage Fanclub
8. Replacements
9. Husker Du
10. Tortoise
11. Unwound
12. Afghan Whigs
13. Mudhoney
14. NIRVANA?

https://t.co/w1U6GoJKmQ

[The Triple Option @3xOptionShow]

Coach is confident that this was a once-in-a-lifetime play

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

@Boringstein So much "yes" here

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

@nakedfoul This made me laugh
Good thing I wasn't drinking anything

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

@taemaxxing @pitchfork Who cares.
"Underground" did.
"Goth" did and was used to describe the Doors?
"Indie" literally means "independent label" which is what Joy Division was on -- Factory.
Is it too hard to just, you know, use the web?

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

@taemaxxing @pitchfork 1. Those labels are made up constructs. "Grunge" was hated by every band that was ever called that. Means nothing
2. Nirvana and Whigs both started on Sub Pop.
3. Unwound are awesome and can literally be found by using the internet. Which applies to the rest of what I've written

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

@taemaxxing By what definition?
@pitchfork's certainly was vague at best
I actually like Wiki's better, below
but "being on an indie label at some point (likely at the start)' is really where the term even came from back in ye olde dark ages

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

@kgyhe0 Respect for knowing your core "rando" identity

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

@kgyhe0 Hey 16 followers guy: settle down and touch grass. Get outside. Do something productive beside hang in mom's basement and annoy the adults

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

@234ty554 @TrashRobotMusic She started on Too Pure (same as Stereolab)
C'mon now.
If we're going to police the threads let's have facts.

[Stadium Photography @davethephoto]

Craven Cottage earlier today.

I've been photographing stadiums for 20+ years, I've never tired of capturing Fulham's Johnny Haynes Stand.

[Corey duBrowa @coreydu]

@kgyhe0 Oh you're just a contrarian not-Gen Xer who is looking to pick fights with strangers on the internet for no good reason other than to say "I can" -- save it for someone who actually cares about pointless hobbies