What do these three things have in common?
Brit Rockers Attack Timberlake
MTV Awards Suffer Big Hit in Ratings
Banksy targets Paris Hilton
Could it be that people have finally had enough shit thrown at them? I know that the masses haven’t wised up—it would be absurd to think people finally woke up with some taste and intelligence. And the stepford factor runs deep; there’s no way to deprogram everyone. But at least there are signs of hope.
I have no idea who this British band is bashing Timberlake but they have my support and best wishes. If more people spoke up and called a spade a spade we wouldn’t be so tolerant of this type of shite. And that’s exactly what it is. Remember people, we once overthrew disco in a coup d'état started by the common man. Do you have to be kicked in the head by a mule to realize that this guy is to music what Sherwin-Williams is to art?
The fact that MTV lost 28% over last years ratings on the awards was also encouraging. It’s all become tiresome.
And last but not least, some idiot “artist” smuggled 500 doctored copies of Paris Hilton’s album into music stores throughout the UK where they are being sold without the shops knowledge. In place of her shitty music is a basic rhythm track with wacky sound bites of her stupidity dubbed over it and all the photos have been ‘shopped to replace her head with her dog's, etc. The track listing on the back has been replaced with questions like, “Why am I famous?,” “What have I done?” and the classic, “What am I for?”
Momentum. We’re gaining momentum.
Damn, I'd love to have one of those doctored albums! Talk about a collectors item.
"Remember people, we once overthrew disco in a coup d'état started by the common man."
Silly boy. Disco didn't go anywhere but mutated into house, techno, electronica and all sorts of exciting innovative stuff. A few mulleted hicks jumping on Disco Duck records hardly a coup d'état makes.
But I digress, Banksy ROCKS!!! Shit, yeah!
Does this mean I have to take down my Spice Girls poster??
"A few mulleted hicks" is a great line, one I wish I wrote myself.
I disagree agree about the effectiveness though. I'm not sure I see the connection between the hi-hat and syncopated snare of disco and the hopeless drone of techno, et. al., but at the very least, time was gained and it caused a serious setback to their war efforts.
I had high hopes for the garage band revival. I blame White Stripes for the failure. I'm incredibly bitter about the whole affair.
You know, people talk a lot of shit about the white stripes; but I think there's a fine line. Listen to "Seven Nation Army" at full volume and tell me you don't wish that guitar solo lasted longer. The guy has a feel for the instrument, and can play through a $40 garage sale amp what others try to imitate through a studio built by Sony records or some other. A lot of that garage shit was stuff that someone threw up on the wall after they heard Jack White's guitar licks. They figured these asshats like Jet 0r the fucking Vines, could imitate well enough. Blech.
I dig the stripes. I just don't think they crossed-over and I think they could have, and it would have been a very big deal. In the end the people who dug them were people who didn't need the push in that direction. They were already there.
Banksy is fucking excellent and is by no means an idiot.
I tell a lie, he is a bit of an idiot as it will increase her sales when people try to buy his version.