dontfeartheringo wrote:I beat the rush by hating Jedi Mind Tricks the first time I heard them.

Yeah I'll admit they are just a poor man's Wu Tang Clan with less people to split less profits amongst, but I liked the spooky production and the anger. Sort of a former guilty pleasure. Then I imagined them fucking with gay friends of mine and I had to throw it under the bus.

I was the person who made that statement about the Bad Brains. And I stick by it.

If you are going to put yourself in the limelight by releasing albums and playing shows, then any statements that you make are subject to scrutiny by your audience. If you choose to espouse a homophobic worldview, then I am free to dismiss you as an ass. And I'm even more prone to do so if the next twenty albums you release sound like a bad mixture of Faith No More and Fishbone.

By the way, the entire genre of reggae blows, and your love of it makes perfect sense to me, because you blow, as well. Homophobia is not worse than racism. They both betray a cramped and narrow mind incapable of making good art.

Name me a great artist or writer or musician who was also a bad or stupid person. Come on, there are so many out there that it should be easy if your take on the subject has any merit. And don't name Wagner because I don't like his music.

NerblyBear wrote:And don't name Wagner because I don't like his music.

So you're saying, only name musicians who already have the Nerbly seal of approval? That makes no sense.

NerblyBear wrote:Name me a great artist or writer or musician who was also a bad or stupid person. Come on, there are so many out there that it should be easy if your take on the subject has any merit. And don't name Wagner because I don't like his music.

Well ya had me, then you lost me. I agree with everything you said up until this statement. You want this person to name a great artist / musician THAT YOU LIKE?

Seems a bit arbitrary.

Boombats wrote:

NerblyBear wrote:And don't name Wagner because I don't like his music.

So you're saying, only name musicians who already have the Nerbly seal of approval? That makes no sense.

Whatever, name who you like. You may come up with a few aberrations here and there, but the pickings are mighty slim.

It's not just up to me. Everyone's free to weigh in on this.

NerblyBear wrote:If you choose to espouse a homophobic worldview, then I am free to dismiss you as an ass.

Is this because you feel that you're idea of homohatia is better?

Mick Jagger - he was quite an adulterer.

Can you also help draw the line on morality?

Marsupialized wrote:Steve would make a good wrestling bad guy manager

He just needs to staple more rubber bands to his face.

NerblyBear wrote:By the way, the entire genre of reggae blows

Whoa! The entire genre? You can't be serious, NB!

I'm willing to give you one take-back here before I rip into you for that comment. Think about it.

Maybe your mind is narrow and incapable of understanding the roots/history of good art.

BClark wrote:hey, for the record, i'm not homophobic. i read william burroughs.

This is my favorite quote of the thread.