Patrick from Titus Andronicus had a pretty shitty Halloween, which inspires some deep thinking on the hipster set, which inspires criticism, which we agree with wholeheartedly. Blogging!
Ughhh, this all raises so many questions! New York City is supposed to be a haven for people like me, and I am still getting my ass kicked by the same goons who were kicking my ass in high school. They probably want to kick my ass because they see what huge assholes we all are, with our cocaine and our cameras and our annoying music. I also wonder why it was that so many thousands of people wanted to stand for hours in the rain to get hot and filthy and have their pictures taken by strangers and probably get their asses kicked to boot. I was there too, and didn’t want to leave despite any of these issues, and why? Because I am no better than anyone I despise and couldn’t stop chasing the green monster. I degraded and debased myself for a few bucks, and yes, we all know where that money is going.
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Kids, we are blowing it. Everything they say about us is true.
Emphasis mine.
I feel like there ought to be some sort of deconstruction here, but, really, I don’t think any of us at WTPWB would disagree with anything the guy’s got to say. There is this part, which makes him sound like a sort-of “glass half empty” sort of guy (a ‘hipster’ trait that people seem to hate a lot):
I scoff at it all now from atop my high horse, but I was there too, because I am poor and when people want give me money to play my guitar, I can’t ever say no. [sic]
First read left me wondering what it would be like if anyone offered me money to play a guitar, and how bad could it be, because its getting paid to play a guitar. On the other hand, I do work thats vaguely “creative” (that term becomes more elusive / vague to me as time passes), and I guess playing Weezer covers is probably the guitarist’s equivalent of what I have to do at my day job a lot of the time.
‘The Whole Thing is Fucked’
Emphasis mine.
I feel like there ought to be some sort of deconstruction here, but, really, I don’t think any of us at WTPWB would disagree with anything the guy’s got to say. There is this part, which makes him sound like a sort-of “glass half empty” sort of guy (a ‘hipster’ trait that people seem to hate a lot):
First read left me wondering what it would be like if anyone offered me money to play a guitar, and how bad could it be, because its getting paid to play a guitar. On the other hand, I do work thats vaguely “creative” (that term becomes more elusive / vague to me as time passes), and I guess playing Weezer covers is probably the guitarist’s equivalent of what I have to do at my day job a lot of the time.
[Titus Andronicus: The VICE Halloween Party is Decadent and Depraved]