Bizarre thread this has morphed into. Reminds me of the exchange between Vincent Gallo and Roger Ebert over The Brown Bunny.
Summary:
http://www.2blowhards.com/archives/001628.html
I still think The Robot Ate Me is not crap. But I am perplexed as to why an artist who is truly confident in his/her work would take so personally the mere opinions propagated on an internet message board. At the same time, I also find the prevailing attitude of "we should all feel lucky to be able to make music and have people appreciate/not appreciate it" to be a tad sanctimonious. There is nothing wrong in taking pride in one's creation, and I think self-deprecating statements such as "oh, we're just a band like any other band doing what we like" to be smacking of false humility.
band: The Robot Ate Me
22ALL POSTS ARE NOW HOLIDAY SUGGESTIONS.
CREATE YOUR OWN! SHARE THEM WITH YOUR FRIENDS! HAVE FUN!
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CREATE YOUR OWN! SHARE THEM WITH YOUR FRIENDS! HAVE FUN!
:-)))
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band: The Robot Ate Me
25ironyengine wrote:mymusicisrubbish wrote:I don't need you or anyone to tell me I'm lucky. I've worked incredibly hard for everything I've done. The reason bands don't tour and people don't listen to their music is because it's bad and they are lazy - not because they aren't lucky.
Ryland,
I am now convinced, not having been able to see you live or listen to your musics, that you are in fact a pretentious piece of shit. Go die in a fire or something.
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band: The Robot Ate Me
26Antero wrote:This shit for real?The fuck, was he googling himself?
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band: The Robot Ate Me
27bfields wrote:BAD EXECUTION!
crap.
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band: The Robot Ate Me
28kerble wrote:The "sense of entitlement" that is running through this comment means you do need someone to remind you that you're lucky. I've worked with many brilliant, hardworking bands who don't have label support or a publicity agent, and their music is great, some shows they win, some they lose. I've also worked with bands who have these rock amenities (label/pr) and sometimes they win and sometimes they lose. It often has little to do with how much work you put in. Hard work and longevity only increase the chances that someone will take note of what you've been doing, it's not a guarantee.
I have toured around this country (and other countries) and have played with my share of bad and great bands. I've also played shows with great bands who were bad people and bad bands that were great people.
In this last part, aside from saying what I've already said what is your point?
best,
Faiz
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band: The Robot Ate Me
30yawn wrote:That's the thing about alot of these K related or no... maybe Kill Rock Stars, they'll have super good shit and then this Ryland shit, they signed that chick from 4 non blondes... Ryland really reinforces the theory/belief (if you are even sort of into it) of reincarnation Ryland has like 348 more lives to go, at least, and that's being totally positive maybe just some really hard jail time(Jail time will exponentially cut your sentence down Ryland so it's something to think about.) Do somethin crazy and not self referentially ponytail! Ultimately we all breathe the same air it's just that your's came from Dukakis.
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