from the desk of Warren Ellis

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Just because it made me laugh:

"With retro-rock, 'nu-metal', electroclash and a handful of other mini-movements rotting in the street. Indie-folk is waving its tankard of carrot juice somewhere in the background, to the hideous howl of Joanna Newsome fucking a harp with a potato.

In any given place and time, there's a bunch of little movements. ... With culture more fractured than it's ever been, it only makes sense that there'd be more mini-movements than great groundswells. And, you know, it's entirely possible that Devendra Banhart has enough things in common with Connor Oberst that we are in fact on a journey into the future that ends in a bedroom stinking of cheap beer and incense with tear-stained wankrags under the bed and a copy of Johnathan Livingstone Seagull on the floor.

But it doesn't feel new, does it?"

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Paul Belbusti	i fear i may be part of this movement. Posted by Paul Belbusti on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at 11:36 AM [Remove] [Reply to this]

	King David	It's okay, just don't start drinking carrot juice on us. That is a grim future, though. And then, what comes after that? Imagine the glam/pop that we'll need to pull us out of that hole. Maybe there haven't been any new movements because there haven't been any new drug explosions. Speed = early rock and roll Acid = '60s psychedelia Cocaine = overblown stadium rock Dirty speed = punk Various pharmaceuticals = new wave Crack = hiphop Heroin = grunge Ecstacy = techno Oh, no. Does that mean the next movement will be driven by crystal meth? We're doomed. Posted by King David on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at 2:42 PM [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Snakes on a Plane	Fuck! Ecstacy ruined music! I knew it, even when I barely suspected it I fuckin' knew it. To get back to real music you need real drugs and since our generation knows almost nothing of originality and we love to cop others style I say we go back to heroin. If its good enough for Johnny Cash and Kurt Cobain then thats good enough for all. Mix in a little acid if you must and call it Heracid. In fact thats an idea. Start combining them into one easy to take tablet and force feed it to every dark haired wanna be whiny new age rock star. And give them a bottle of Jack Daniels to go with it. If you're straight edge, you put down that fucking guitar. Posted by Snakes on a Plane on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at 4:36 PM [Remove] [Reply to this]

King David

Fuck yeah. Bill Hicks was right. I want my rock stars to vomit blood. In fact, that should be a side effect of the Heracid. Posted by King David on Friday, January 20, 2006 at 9:26 AM