“…just give me lickle 45 and 33.”
and you thought hot topic was lame… check out what you can get at WAL-MART in the trend-pin “No Boundaries” collection. sent to me by my bro via his cellphone…
just when i thought punk couldn’t be co-opted by the mainstream anymore than it already has, something like this shows up. sheesh… lame!
Published July 29th, 2007 in observations, criticism and fashion. 2 Commentsi’ve been a big fan of The Smashing Pumpkins over the years, they’re one of the few big commercial rock bands from the 90s that i liked, and continue to like… but only up to a point. i was psyched when Gish first came out, and i loved everything they did from that era. i […]
Published April 13th, 2007 in music and criticism. 1 Commentis me entering those “my coke reward” points off the 2 liter soda lids into mycokerewards.com the human equivalent of being a rat in one of those experiments where it presses a button to get extra food or whatever? or like collecting marlboro points from a cig package to “buy” a windbreaker or duffelbag? anyone […]
Published April 12th, 2007 in gripes, random, observations and criticism. 0 Comments“emo”. i personally have heard the term “emo” (originally “emo-core” and shortened later) used and abused a million times over the years. i’ve heard it applied both properly (arguably), semi-improperly and totally inappropriately to tons of different bands and scenes. in my opinion, i don’t even think supposedly authoritative sources like the wikipedia page or […]
Published January 30th, 2007 in music, observations and criticism. 2 Comments