Comments on: Trend of the Week: Musicans Hating People on the Internet…and Each Other http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/ A blog about music, pop culture, the Strokes, puppies, Jack White, and cute boys. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:52:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: anonymous http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-30664 anonymous Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:04:51 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-30664 think he's pretty dead-on. the tastemakers used to be the labels. now every jackass with a g4 is a label. so if you can get 250 kids to a show and have an alcohol sponsor your next big party, you can be big man on the hip express, too! thing is, what's pathetic beyond the understood lack of a market or audience or career transience, is that tastemakers now are tastefollowers. just as clueless as the labels. i had this conversation with a rock journalist, and the dude said he/she only checked out bands he/she knew. hmm. i thought the fun part about being in such a diverse and eclectic medium was seeking out unknown bands. not being handed your flavor du jour by spin.com. that's pretty much bullshit. it's sad that our bloggerrrs/jourrrrnalists/managerrrs only want part of what is already safe. the cliché is so true- you all want to be second on board. think he’s pretty dead-on. the tastemakers used to be the labels. now every jackass with a g4 is a label. so if you can get 250 kids to a show and have an alcohol sponsor your next big party, you can be big man on the hip express, too! thing is, what’s pathetic beyond the understood lack of a market or audience or career transience, is that tastemakers now are tastefollowers. just as clueless as the labels. i had this conversation with a rock journalist, and the dude said he/she only checked out bands he/she knew. hmm. i thought the fun part about being in such a diverse and eclectic medium was seeking out unknown bands. not being handed your flavor du jour by spin.com.
that’s pretty much bullshit. it’s sad that our bloggerrrs/jourrrrnalists/managerrrs only want part of what is already safe. the cliché is so true- you all want to be second on board.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-5135 Anonymous Sat, 04 Mar 2006 05:43:25 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-5135 I say yawn to you all for your predictable reactions, this is exactly what Mr White is talking about.. We all have the right the express ourselves as does Jack, but Jack's word is dissected and false meanings are put upon these words. We will always find room to critize. we all want to hate our idols look at this web site, almost every blog entry about anyone is always so bitchy, you want these guys to fail and be miserable it seems. what happened to being passionate? I'm 23 and I'm sad to be a part of this generation as we are all so spoilt rotten and ungrateful. We all probably secretly wish we where Jack White, Nick Zinner or Julian Casablancas, but because we're so jaded we just bitch about them instead, to make our pathetic lives seem more ok? I'm mad, we're all going no-where with this attitude. I say yawn to you all for your predictable reactions, this is exactly what Mr White is talking about.. We all have the right the express ourselves as does Jack, but Jack’s word is dissected and false meanings are put upon these words. We will always find room to critize. we all want to hate our idols look at this web site, almost every blog entry about anyone is always so bitchy, you want these guys to fail and be miserable it seems. what happened to being passionate? I’m 23 and I’m sad to be a part of this generation as we are all so spoilt rotten and ungrateful.
We all probably secretly wish we where Jack White, Nick Zinner or Julian Casablancas, but because we’re so jaded we just bitch about them instead, to make our pathetic lives seem more ok?
I’m mad, we’re all going no-where with this attitude.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-5054 Anonymous Thu, 02 Mar 2006 04:09:53 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-5054 yeah he 'violently beats people' all the time yawn yawn yawn give it a rest already yeah he ‘violently beats people’ all the time

yawn yawn yawn

give it a rest already

]]> By: anon http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-5051 anon Thu, 02 Mar 2006 03:07:55 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-5051 Hey, he doesn't just "blog out his" anger. That's not fair. He also violently beats people. I concur: yawn. Hey, he doesn’t just “blog out his” anger. That’s not fair.

He also violently beats people.

I concur: yawn.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-5049 anonymous Thu, 02 Mar 2006 03:02:53 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-5049 jack white is such a pussy. he has to blog out his anger. this blog only encourages his rants by linking and quoting them. i'm sure there will be others to follow. yawn. jack white is such a pussy. he has to blog out his anger.

this blog only encourages his rants by linking and quoting them. i’m sure there will be others to follow.

yawn.

]]> By: guy http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-5037 guy Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:28:19 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-5037 sorry for weighing in so late. no one that wants to be a pop star would release 'Get Behind Me Satan'. or any of the other ws records, either, for that matter. jack is the man. detractors do so to reaffirm their own beliefs and insecurities, not to change who jackie and his big sister meg are. that is all. sorry for weighing in so late.

no one that wants to be a pop star would release ‘Get Behind Me Satan’. or any of the other ws records, either, for that matter.

jack is the man. detractors do so to reaffirm their own beliefs and insecurities, not to change who jackie and his big sister meg are.

that is all.

]]> By: Constant Dater http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-5033 Constant Dater Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:27:35 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-5033 As to the first entry, it just seems like he's talking about the two-edged sword of tastemakers. Where once there was an ivory tower, now everyone can publish their criticism whereever and however. While in the past one knew the credentials and the agenda of the ivory critics, the background and agenda of the Pitchforkers is murkier. The democracy of the Internet cuts both ways and it's easy and tempting to be anonymously vicious in ways you wouldn't be in a face-to-face encounter. I don't think Jack sounds angry per se, just a touch frustrated or incredulous and venting as one would to friends over drinks or coffee. (I guess I identify with people taking my semi-hyperbolic observations way to heart. Playing with words and observations is fun, children.) I don't think he's too upset over what Michael Ian Black thinks of Rubik's Cube (I'm sure he was a Snake man) or even really what Billy Childish says about him behind his back. He's just making an observation about the banaity of mean opinionizing for the sake of attracting ink to your name. (But what the fuck do I know? I'm just posting my opinion semi-anonymously on the Internet, and the irony is not lost on me.) As to the second entry, I'm glad someone finally introduced Jack to paragraph breaks. My head hurts much less. Also, he name-checked Shaw, which made me smile. I don't know why. It's nice that he sounds happier, yet still flinty and goofy, unless that's his e-mail sarcastic voice and he actually is being pissy, in which case never mind. Whatever the case, it's always fun to ape his letter of truth randomizings. And I do in fact have a few uncle Bobs. Cheers. As to the first entry, it just seems like he’s talking about the two-edged sword of tastemakers. Where once there was an ivory tower, now everyone can publish their criticism whereever and however. While in the past one knew the credentials and the agenda of the ivory critics, the background and agenda of the Pitchforkers is murkier. The democracy of the Internet cuts both ways and it’s easy and tempting to be anonymously vicious in ways you wouldn’t be in a face-to-face encounter.

I don’t think Jack sounds angry per se, just a touch frustrated or incredulous and venting as one would to friends over drinks or coffee. (I guess I identify with people taking my semi-hyperbolic observations way to heart. Playing with words and observations is fun, children.) I don’t think he’s too upset over what Michael Ian Black thinks of Rubik’s Cube (I’m sure he was a Snake man) or even really what Billy Childish says about him behind his back. He’s just making an observation about the banaity of mean opinionizing for the sake of attracting ink to your name. (But what the fuck do I know? I’m just posting my opinion semi-anonymously on the Internet, and the irony is not lost on me.)

As to the second entry, I’m glad someone finally introduced
Jack to paragraph breaks. My head hurts much less. Also, he name-checked Shaw, which made me smile. I don’t know why. It’s nice that he sounds happier, yet still flinty and goofy, unless that’s his e-mail sarcastic voice and he actually is being pissy, in which case never mind. Whatever the case, it’s always fun to ape his letter of truth randomizings. And I do in fact have a few uncle Bobs. Cheers.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-5031 Anonymous Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:20:18 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-5031 And to think I once worried if Jack ever got into a good relationship, he'd have nothing to write about. Clearly, he'll always be in a bad relationship with somebody. And to think I once worried if Jack ever got into a good relationship, he’d have nothing to write about. Clearly, he’ll always be in a bad relationship with somebody.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-5029 Anonymous Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:11:16 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-5029 gina knows what she's talking about. please give it a rest: please follow your own advice. gina knows what she’s talking about. please give it a rest: please follow your own advice.

]]> By: Please give it a rest http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-5028 Please give it a rest Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:13:42 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/28/trend-of-the-week-musicans-hating-people-on-the-internet/#comment-5028 ooohhhhhhhh, get you journo! ooohhhhhhhh, get you journo!

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