OK, that's enough of the band bashing.
I'm tired of it. It's juvenile and sophomoric.
If you want to trash bands, join a newsgroup. Start a
hate club. Burn a public building. Just stop fucking
complaining on a fucking mailing list about it. No
one gives a shit who you hate. No one. If you want
to tell everyone how you hate a band so that you can
unite under a banner of hatred against a common cause,
you are no better than a racist or bigot. Is that
going too far? Have I said too much? What positive
influence can come from trashing countless bands?
There is nothing that you can say. All you are doing
is creating constant negative feedback, constructing
more hate. Now obviously, hating an artist or music
is not nearly as evil as hating another human being.
But whether or not you like a band, that artist is
doing something that they like to do. You are not
obligated to like it. In fact, some musicians are
hoping you will hate them, I'm sure. But all of this
bullshit contributes NOTHING to a discussion on a
Modest Mouse mailing list. Not a damn thing.
Summary:
Stop hating everything.
Start liking something.
I'll get you going...
#1: Sonic Youth is one of my favorite bands. There
are few bands as innovative with sound as Sonic Youth.
#2: Godspeed You Black Emperor is an excellent band.
They are incredible live, making music that could be
considered a film score to a movie that was never
made. Their vinyl releases are packaged by hand with
deluxe care and sequenced differently from the CD, so
I recommend owning both formats if you have only one
or the other.
#3: Mogwai blew me away three times in three weeks
last month. I don't think any band is more powerful
live than Mogwai. Their first show of this tour was
at the Black Cat in Washington, DC, and it was just so
amazingly lush and perfect, I can't explain it. If
you have a chance to see this band, go go go.
#4: The greatest rapper of the next decade is Kool
Keith. His style is light years ahead of what is
being released this year, and he continues to evolve.
I highly recommend everything he's done.
#5: Handsome Boy Modeling School comes out next week,
featuring Prince Paul and Dan the Automator. If you
like beats, this album should make yr teets swell.
Positive
Energy
Activates
Constant
Elevation
*phiL*
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