i've been around a variety of bands lately because my building is mostly inhabited by "artists". nearly every evening i hear them practicing downstairs attempting to polish their wears. most of them are average to below average but that's nothing new. it's always been that way & will always be. call it the nature of any beast that allows anyone to participate in any given form a.k.a not ALL elitist views on society are "evil". ANYWAY....the one thing i'm most struck by is how bad they look.....before anyone goes off on some "it's just practice" tangent i'll counter with they look exactly the same way in their flyers & on their visually crippled internet pages so let's just forego any deliberately distorted and/or exaggerated interpretation. Before i move on there's only one word that fully describes their plight: GUTLESS. EVERYONE wants to stand out but it's a two-fold case of whether you can pull it off & whether you can stand the heat that it will bring. Since most exist on the lower rungs it shouldn't be too difficult to understand that. Just look at your own behavior & there's your answer.
i know this isn't just a midwest thing (even though that doesn't help). i've seen this same shit scour parts of the hollywood scene. just go to Spaceland in Silver Lake & you'll find band after band that make Silversun Pickups look like a bunch of overly self-conscious debutantes.
it makes zero sense to me. it's not like they don't have role models. i mean Jack White isn't exactly guyliner boy but at least he has style. besides the here & there event of Mr Cobain playing dress-up he was still a visually striking individual. i don't seem to recall too many woman referring to him as "ugly".
it's too bad that so many try to laugh off the peacock element (& we're all supposed to pretend it of course has NOTHING to do with inadequacy). those people forget that it's fun to dress up. fun is pure. just like it is on halloween. isn't it ironic that the number one average chick costume is dressing up like a slut ?? i think band boys need to think about that concept more than a bit & run with it like banshees out of a true fucking hell.
it begs an obvious question: if there's no difference between who's on the stage & who's in the audience why is there any stage at all ??? let's just skip it & invest the time in some other more worthwhile process...leave the faking to annoying theatre folk. they're much better at the British accent anyway.
being able to play an instrument isn't enough any more. i was a music instructor for almost ten years & i can easily state that a dildo who can play a guitar is usually little more than a dildo who can play guitar.....& in fact he/she has the ability to look like an even BIGGER dildo by walking down the street with it as if that seperates them from anyone else. you might as well pull your dick out & start beating off on the street corner: that would retain much more mystique...would be far FAR more potent in the originality department of "i'm such a rebel" ploys.
i think we can list SO many positive things the modern world brings to the table but one of the definite negatives is shining any light on those that truly do not deserve it via the internet & other platforms i wish Andy Warhol could have seen come to full fruition so he could have laughed at the irony of a world of non-stars thinking they're stars because they're the equivalent of fat girls sitting at McDonalds...super-sizing....& discussing everything under the sun except: their true WEIGHT.
who's to say who is a star ?? ANSWER: each & every one of you. start with yourself. raise your head from the bathroom sink & look in the mirror for 5 seconds & you KNOW the answer...in fact you knew it 5 seconds before you ever raised your head. you knew it the night before when your head was laying on your pillow & every night before as well as after.
the word "star" IS pretty lame but it's a figure of speech to highlight a more important point.
you knew.
you KNOW.....& if you need any rock 'n roll breastfeeding about a subject such as this you're in the WRONG racket i assure you.
why am i investing any time on this subject ?? because i respect the form & when people shit on this (or any) form i hold dear i do what SHOULD be done: i speak THE FUCK up. i'm not a FagBook pussy desperately trying to say the right thing to get the bone. most already have that all sealed up anyway. i'll go after a bigger piece of another pie thank you very much.
the line is WAY shorter at the peacock buffet. the food is better too. you might like to pretend it doesn't have a stiff upper lip & does not put up with a lot & keeps going anyway....but you know.
you knew.
you KNOW.