One of the things about journalism on the Internet (besides cats) is the rise of List Culture Lists are easy to digest, for whatever reason people seem to click on them, and whoever complains about them as an abstract concept should remember that magazines (R.I.P., mostly) used to rely heavily upon infographics, which were way more annoying. Besides, what is a piece of journalism other than a list of thoughts stitched together by segues instead of numbers? On the other hand, a lot of lists are really fucking stupid and serve either as clickbait or as a way of communicating information without having to actually link your thoughts together with words and ideas and stuff. So with that in mind, here are some of the most pointless lists of 2012. We changed some of the titles in order to make them more true to their message.
25. Bands Old People Might Like
24. Twenty Bands That Some Young People Might Like
23. Top 20 Cars Seen In Curren$y Music Videos
22. Proof Jack White Is Still Weird As Shit
21. Twenty-Five Slightly Advanced Pieces Of Conventional Hip-Hop Wisdom
20. The Ten Best Lines From Childish Gambino’s Royalty Mixtape (Brought To You By Rap Genius)
19. Some People Who Like Mean Girls Also Like The Beatles
18. We Might Be Pitchfork, But Fuck It Here’s A Clickbait-y List
17. Seven Signs You’re At The Pitchfork Music Festival
16. One Thinly Veiled, Several-Slide Joke About Drake’s Masculinity
15. Twenty Tweets About Kanye West's Leather Kilt/Skirt Thing That He Wore The Other Night
14. Fifty Reasons Why Liking Taylor Swift Seems Like A Good Way to Pretend We’re Not Snobs
13. Fifty Country Songs That Don’t Suck
12. Twenty-Five Photos Of Rappers Looking At Art
11. Asher Roth’s 25 Favorite Albums
10. Five Albums Pitchfork Didn't Validate My Opinion Of
8. Forty Albums We Thought About Getting Into
7. The Top Emails You Received This Year
6. The Sixth Best Meta-List of the Year
5. Ten Things That Happened in the Past
4. Twenty-Five Pictures Of Rappers On Boats
3. Complex’s Greatest Greatest Articles
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Ace of Base's Secret Nazi Past
Before he founded Ace of Base, Ulf Ekberg was a member of Commit Suiside, a Nazi punk band.
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Parquet Courts - "Light Up Gold Road Trip" (Full Documentary)
In this new documentary, Noisey follows rising indie rockers Parquet Courts from Mexico to Texas and London as they tour to support their debut LP, 'Light Up Gold.'
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Yung Lean Doer Is the Weirdest 16-Year-Old White Swedish Rapper You'll Hear This Week
Yung Lean raps over pillow-fluffy beats and raps about glory holes and Arizona Iced Tea. Who the fuck is this kid? And why is he like this?
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Adam Ant - The British Masters, Chapter 6
Noisey's John Doran talks with the great post-punk pop star Adam Ant about tribal body mods and layering tape.
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Photos: Taking Acid at Coachella
When Paley sent these photos in, she included a nice little caveat over email that we've decided to reprint here in full, not only because it's too good to edit, but because her photographs of her and her weird buddies riding the snake are some of the best
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R.I.P. Storm Thorgerson (1944-2013)
On Thursday, the hyper-talented graphic designer, artist, and famed album cover creator Storm Thorgerson passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 69 years old.
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The Internet Is Scary
As of six months ago, my Facebook fanpage is like a dojo where hormonal teenagers hone their technique. Here is a heartfelt poem from some kid who wants to rape, kill, and marry me.
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I Accidentally Touched Little Richard's Butt One Time
It was in the Detroit airport. After it happened Little Richard said, "He graze my derriere."
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Listen to St. Lucia's Remix of The Colourist's "Little Games"
Last month, Cali quartet the Colourist released "Little Games," and St. Lucia just pulled a warm Balearic blanket over the whole thing, sanding away its rough edges with bright synths and lightly gated percussion.
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Aaron Montaigne, Godfather of Screamo, is More Interesting Than You Can Ever Hope to Be - Part Two
On surviving combat in Iraq and Afghanistan with the help of magic, 'Bladerunner,' and everything in between.
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