Nullsleep wrote:Discussion is a good thing, as long as it doesn't descend into a totally counter-productive flamewar -- which I don't think this thread has. And if some people don't like your music, big fucking deal, don't take it personally. But take a look at what they said and consider whether you can channel it into improving your work.
Nullsleep wrote:evaluate situations and make decisions as they come up.
I wish people truly followed this train of thought more often. It'd really reignite some of my personal love for the community...
I consider James and Lydia to be good personal friends of mine. I'm glad they're hitting their goals, and I recognize this performance as one of those goals, even though I personally wouldn't want to participate in something like this because it goes against what I believe in. I'm happy for them.
So yeah, as it relates to this performance, I really don't see anything wrong with critiquing it or its venue. We're all supposed to be critical thinkers, for fuck's sake. Aren't we?
I despise everything about FOX News, and I find some of the attempts in this thread to relate their overt and focused political/racist agenda to a general blanket statement about Myspace and other sites to be flimsy at best.
Having a Myspace band page, for instance, does not disqualify one from critical thought regarding some racist asshole on the television because the two networks happen to be owned by the same person in this example. You can rail against the dissemination of that shit regardless of whatever other concepts or products you consume, and I do not see the hypocrisy in that. Even if everything sucks, that's no reason to be complacent. Doing so is a cheap copout.
