Gentree Stardust: I am so obsessed w/ Lisa Germano.
toddlburns::why do you think so?
Gentree Stardust:I don’t know.
Gentree Stardust:It’s so dark.
Gentree Stardust:Perfect night listening.
Gentree Stardust:Her voice is just…perfect.
toddlburns::the new a silver mt. zion is really good night listening.
toddlburns::if you can get past the guys voice.
Gentree Stardust:I haven’t heard it yet.
Gentree Stardust:I”m still mad at them [GYBE].
Gentree Stardust:Well, spec. Efrim.
Gentree Stardust:He’s such a dick.
Gentree Stardust:He hates his fans.
toddlburns::see, that and the blood brothers doesn’t bother me one bit.
toddlburns::i expect it.
toddlburns:i want them to hate me.
toddlburns:it makes it much easier to give them bad reviews, first of all. ;)
Gentree Stardust:I want them to keep their mouth shut and play music.
toddlburns::haha, yeah, well that too.
Gentree Stardust:Some artists I want to hear their banter.
Gentree Stardust:But bands like GYBE I don’t.
Gentree Stardust:It ruins their mystique.
Gentree Stardust:And ruins the image I have of them in my head.
Gentree Stardust:Which is what happened.
toddlburns::heh, what did he say?
Gentree Stardust:Well, I saw them on the night bombing started in Iraq.
Gentree Stardust:So he stopped the show and said that we all paid for those bombs.
Gentree Stardust:And we all elected Bush.
Gentree Stardust:So we have to take responsibility.
Gentree Stardust:Shit like that.
Gentree Stardust:Then I went to the merch. table and saw their pathetic literature.
toddlburns::it’s weird.
toddlburns::like.
Gentree Stardust:And the losers sitting behind the table.
toddlburns::who goes to a godspeed you black emperor show?
Gentree Stardust:People who like music.
toddlburns::not a lot of staunch conservatives, i’m betting.
Gentree Stardust:Well, yeah, but what diff. does that make?
toddlburns::so what difference do his words make?
Gentree Stardust:Of course, when he said he didin’t vote for bush and that he doesn’t think anyoen in the audience did, they all cheered.
toddlburns::why make the people who already support his views and have come to support the music feel bad.
toddlburns::ha.
toddlburns::ok.
Gentree Stardust:It made me ill
toddlburns::whatever, i just think it’s preaching to the choir.
Gentree Stardust:More like pandering.
toddlburns::and both the preacher and the choir are amazingly blinded by their own insularity.
Gentree Stardust:They lost my money.
Gentree Stardust:That’s all I gotta say.
Gentree Stardust:If they would have kept their mouth shut, I would have boughten their alb.s at the merch. table.
toddlburns::are you a republican, gentry?
Gentree Stardust:But I’m sure they’d argue that their “message” trumps their profit.
Gentree Stardust:I’ve never voted.
Gentree Stardust:So I gues I can’t really call myself a Repub.
toddlburns::i’m not sure exactly what yr argument is here:
Gentree Stardust:I don’t think I do either.
toddlburns::do you just want artists in general to have no politics?
Gentree Stardust:No. I think what really bothered me was the audience.
Gentree Stardust:They just seemed to swallow everything they said.
toddlburns::hehe.
Gentree Stardust:Which I think happense w/ a lot of bands and their audiences.
Gentree Stardust:The abuse their power over their listener.
toddlburns::see: pink floyd “the wall” etc.
Gentree Stardust:I don’t know about that, my friend is a huge PF fan, and he just listens to it for the music.
Gentree Stardust:He doesn’t look at the meanings behind it.
Gentree Stardust:I think that’s what I was trying to do w/ GYBE
Gentree Stardust:And I couldn’t help but see their politics.
Gentree Stardust:I think that’s my point, in music, it should’t hit you in the face.
toddlburns::i smell blog poooooooooooooooost.
Gentree Stardust:No, that’s not right. I think sometimes it should be very harsh and abrasive.
Gentree Stardust:Maybe I just didin’t like Efrim’s comments.
Gentree Stardust:I didin’t agree w/ them. I think that’s really waht it comes down to.
Gentree Stardust:And in effect, it ruined the music.
Gentree Stardust:But I’m sure for others, his politics and msg enhances their appreciation of the music.
Gentree Stardust:Yeah, blog.
Gentree Stardust:I think I’ll just post this convo.
Gentree Stardust::P
