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sailorstkwrningSome of you may be wondering why I picked Travie as my one non-Panic/formerly-of-Panic person to track. The answer is: because someone expressed a general sense of appreciation for his tweets but puzzlement about what he was talking about.
I got (and get) about 80% of his cultural references most of the time without having to look them up (as opposed to P!ATD/TYV, where I'm collectively, running at about 70%), but whether that is because his style is less opaque or because he's talking about things I'm already familiar with is open to question.
That said, the last six months of annotating his Twitter have been really interesting. Unlike the other four, his "art" section is fairly extensive, and, as I mentioned before, he has a very distinct visual sensibility, or possibly orientation would be a better word. I get the impression he reads (sometimes literally) the landscape in a different way than the others. Generally speaking, if there is art, or something visually unusual somewhere around him, he will find it, photograph it and share it with us.
He's also shown in interest in a variety of films -- everything from Fletch to Antichrist. Though it's worth noting he really didn't enjoy the latter at all. I'm trying to find the right words to summarize his film list -- film snob really isn't it; film geek is probably closer. Some of the movies are just dumb fun, but a good many of them are challenging.
Musically he's an mix of hip-hop, jazz and the fairly broad spectrum of modern pop and rock, with an emphasis on hip-hop. He has probably the least amount of Beatles songs (one) of anyone I'm annotating. I actually find the lack of Beatles rather refreshing. One of the more complex parts of annotating him was figuring out how to class references to friends-who-are-musicians. Hence the "general" catagory, where I stash everything that isn't specific to a song or video, or related to a live show.
Finally, the #1 thing I've learned in the last six months: Travie loves toys. A lot. He loves them as playthings, as art, and as art you can play with.
I got (and get) about 80% of his cultural references most of the time without having to look them up (as opposed to P!ATD/TYV, where I'm collectively, running at about 70%), but whether that is because his style is less opaque or because he's talking about things I'm already familiar with is open to question.
That said, the last six months of annotating his Twitter have been really interesting. Unlike the other four, his "art" section is fairly extensive, and, as I mentioned before, he has a very distinct visual sensibility, or possibly orientation would be a better word. I get the impression he reads (sometimes literally) the landscape in a different way than the others. Generally speaking, if there is art, or something visually unusual somewhere around him, he will find it, photograph it and share it with us.
He's also shown in interest in a variety of films -- everything from Fletch to Antichrist. Though it's worth noting he really didn't enjoy the latter at all. I'm trying to find the right words to summarize his film list -- film snob really isn't it; film geek is probably closer. Some of the movies are just dumb fun, but a good many of them are challenging.
Musically he's an mix of hip-hop, jazz and the fairly broad spectrum of modern pop and rock, with an emphasis on hip-hop. He has probably the least amount of Beatles songs (one) of anyone I'm annotating. I actually find the lack of Beatles rather refreshing. One of the more complex parts of annotating him was figuring out how to class references to friends-who-are-musicians. Hence the "general" catagory, where I stash everything that isn't specific to a song or video, or related to a live show.
Finally, the #1 thing I've learned in the last six months: Travie loves toys. A lot. He loves them as playthings, as art, and as art you can play with.
