I would definitely go out and try to experience some music live if you haven't because you are missing out. Its not just the sound itself although it is definitely different but the emotion and general atmosphere of a good live show that you absolutely will not experience on any kind of pre-recorded album. I think the last band I saw live was spoon in seattle by happenstance because my buddies and I came across a venue they were playin at near that boardwalk over there and I knew who they were. There were three of us and the guy at the booth gave two of us tickets for free and I dunno if you've ever really listened to spoon. They're alright, they got a couple pretty good songs but nothin to really write home about but they were one of the best bands I've ever seen live. Their frontman is honestly really talented and underrated.

Oh wait no they had some big festival on the beach me an evangel went to. It was really good. weezer, cake, jane's addiction and a bunch of lower key bands were there. I've ended up seeing jane's addiction like three different times and not on purpose and every single time that singer is incredibly fucked up/ridiculous and can barely stand but its awesome and funny.

That's probably true. But the 3 chords bullshit can be catchy. lol.

I liked this album, but i didn't cream over it nearly as hard as "Discovery" when it came out.  There are a few catchy tracks here and there, but it seems to me that they just took songs like "Digital Love" and "Something About us" and looped them in the same style of "Homework."  I am though really glad they steered away from the direction they were heading with Human After All.

pendulum killed drum'n'bass because they instantly became the new mould (but The Vault itself was great, the one that started it (note: i have some bias here, having been a drum'n'bass producer / dj full-time for 10 years before i started to make games for a living)) you can quite easily trace the path of fresh / dillinjah (proto versions of their sound) -> pendulum -> sub focus / noisia / big plastic snare and NI massive reese music etc ->  'clown step' -> certain dubstep -> brostep etc etc. thankfully a lot of that sound has now emigrated to dubstep, and there is a nice modern trend of making (admittedly chin-stroking) musics for the older enthusiast these days (like later days of jazz, perhaps?), sounds a bit like '97 era virus records etc, nice breaks with space in the sound.
 
i think pendulum's modern music is truly awful. i don't have strong feelings about deadmaus, but i'd listen to his stuff over that (or pretty much anything)
 
i actually really like the new daft punk album because it dares to be a concept album in an itunes / youtube cherry-picking singles world, and that it's completely not what people expected based on the first single. it's not an 'all-time-classic', but i like it a lot (homework is still one of the greatest dance music albums of all time imo)
 
(note: this is all my subjective opinion, music is so like that, eh?)

If I were a music snob I'd be be shaking my head dismissively at you on the comments about Pendulum and then paradoxally eagerly nodding my head at your comments about this Daft Punk album.

But yeah, musical taste is subjective. My tastes tend to be very broad though and its rare where I will would actively dislike any particular music except perhaps the vast majority of country music.

i feel awful for writing that now musical snobbery is something I'm really trying to unlearn (and really I know nothing about music despite it having been my career, ok maybe a tiny but about d'n'b but... (pendulum are a particularly easy target for d'n'b heads because the crossed over ("sold out") and they're even really nice guys who've told me they liked my music when they were coming through, so I feel extra bitchy. sorry about that.)

(if you're a fan of theirs, and haven't heard these, I really recommend checking out 'Vault' and 'Still Grey')

i also find little that appeals to me in country music, but i can definitely name enough tunes to make it hard to say i hate it outright, for example.

'Snobbery' isn't inherently bad. Especially, when it comes from expertise. My brother is a rap music 'snob' and I sort of like that because he shows me some pretty fantastic music. Its just forming sort of hard opinions and views on subjective topics due to a lot of exposure to it and understanding.
 
I just lack even a remotely decent comprehension level of music. I'm pedestrian when it comes to music. I know what I like but not how to explain what I like. I feel that being pedestrian is OK as well. it just means I'm a snob in other respects. (I am)

So I'm sorry if I made you feel bad it was not my intention. I should have put a 'lol' at the end of that line or something to indicate I was being friendly rather than accusatory.

also without snobs, how would we ever have a climactic Snobs vs. Slobs showdown to settle things once and for all

i like new daft punk a lot, i think it's their best album so far. i was never really a fan of daft punk and i really had no expectations at all about the new album. i liked discovery but never really listened to it much, i find random access memories much more interesting and diverse.
 
i just wish they did more stuff like touch, that song is fucking awesome. doin' it right is really cool too, i actually like it more than anything panda bear has done by themselves. there are a few weaker songs but overall the album is very solid. it won't be a classic but at least it will be one of the better releases this year.
 
also electronica is so much more than artists like deadmau5 playing a dj set. often there's live instrumentation and you also need to be able to make some really complex production work well in a live environment. and to be honest, i don't think that even matters much. you can enjoy a live show for so many different reasons. when i saw aeroplane live back in 2010, it was one of the best shows i had been to despite it being a dj set. the set was great, the sound was just right, the show was cool and the audience was really into it. it was an amazing 2 hours! if you think i'm an idiot for paying for it, i can tell you it wouldn't have been the same listening to the set at home.

lol