[kj] OT: bad music/good music

[Alexander Smith]

You can see the shirt (as well as read a lengthier rant) here:

http://vassifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/2010/03/more-trivial-bullshit-about-tshirts-bands.html

Enjoy,

Alex in NYC




On Mar 15, 2010, at 1:45 PM, LONESTYLE at aol.com wrote:


> Void??? Who was it wearing the shirt Alex? Do tell. :)

>

> You know that chick from the Twilight movie was wearing a Minor  

> Threat shirt "Out of step"

> http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set?.out=jpg&id=bvJQPJB53hGCPcTPmcyNew&size=l

>

> By the way I see Lady Shit likes Minor Threat.

>

> ~ LB

>

>

> In a message dated 3/15/2010 6:45:13 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, vassifer at earthlink.net 

>  writes:

> This is somewhat tenuously connected to our discussion. Okay, so  

> over the weekend, I spotted a picture of one of a current teen pop  

> sensation (no, not Lady Gaga) wearing a t-shirt with the VOID  

> insignia on it (Void, for those of you who don't know, were a  

> crucial D.C. hardcore band in the early 90s). I was deeply  

> incredulous that a whistleheaded pop irritant like _____ dared sully  

> Void's good name with her vileness. Upon sharing this revelation  

> with a colleague this morning, he answered: "Dude, check out her  

> MySpace page ... she likes good music." I find it imposible to  

> believe that a child capable of making such awful pop would be fan  

> of decent music, but check out her list of "influences" and see if  

> you can guess who I'm talking about:

>

> MIA, Beck, Rolling Stones, Devo, Flock of Seagulls, kraftwork,  

> Daniel Johnson, talking Heads, David Bowie, Donovan, Bob Dylan,  

> Janis Joplin, Janet and Sir Michael Jackson, Avenue A, The Go! Team,  

> Mika, Sonic Youth, Elton John, Willlie Nelson, Gwen Stefani,  

> Madonna, Beastie Boys, Eagles of Death Metal, Black Keys, Black Eyed  

> Peas, Daft Punk, Electric 6, Teenager, Tonite Only, Prince,Mirwais,  

> Afrika Bambaata, Peaches, Rock&Roll, Richard X, Cornelius, ESG,6ths,  

> ackron family, al green, andrew bird, anthrax, aphex twin, aphid ant  

> constructions, arcade fire, archers of loaf, ataxia, badfinger, the  

> bang up, beck, belle &; sebastian, ben lee, beulah, big star, black  

> flag, the blow, boards of canada, bob dylan, brian eno, brian  

> wilson, bright eyes, built to spill, butthole surfers, the  

> cardigans, the carpenters, casiotone for the painfully alone, the  

> clash, the clutters, daft punk, the damned, the dandy warhols, david  

> bowie, the dead milkmen, devandra banhart, donovan, dresden dolls,  

> the eels, elvis costello, eric's trip, the fall, the features,  

> fischerspooner, frank black, frank sinatra, franz ferdinand,  

> futurheads, gary glitter, generation x, ghostface killah, gogol  

> bordello, gorillaz, guided by voices, her space holiday, how i  

> became the bomb, human television, iggy pop, islands, jackson 5,  

> jawbreaker, jenny lewis, jim o'rourke, joan jett, joe jack talcum,  

> john frusciante, johnny thunders, the killers, kimya dawson, the  

> kinks, kraftwerk, LCD soundsystem, le tigre, the lemonheads, leonard  

> cohen, little ones, lou barlow, love, the lovely feathers, marshal  

> crenshaw, matisyahu, matmos, miles davis, minor threat, modest  

> mouse, mos def, mott the hoople, the mountain goats, moving units,  

> my darling YOU!, neil diamond, neil young, neko case, neutral milk  

> hotel, neva dinova, nico, of montreal, oh no! oh my!, optiganally  

> yours, ornamental wigwam, otis redding, the pastels, peaches, pere  

> ubu, peter bjorn and john, pink spiders, pixies, pj harvey, postal  

> service, public enemy, pulp, queen, r.e.m., r.l. burnside,  

> radiohead, the raincoats, rancid, the rapture, the rascals, ratatat,  

> the ravonettes, regina spektor, replacements, roky erickson, rolling  

> stones, ryan adams, screeching weasel, the shins, the small faces,  

> the smiths, smoking popes, sparklehorse, spinto band, squarepusher,  

> stellastarr*, stiff little fingers, the stranglers, the streets, the  

> streets, the strokes, surfjan stevens, the sundays, sun ra, t rex,  

> ted leo and the pharmacists, television, tilly and the wall, they  

> might be giants, tom jones, tracy + the plastics, troubled hubble,  

> tv on the radio, U2, the unicorns, the vaselines, the velvet  

> underground, the ventures, verde, violent femmes, the walkmen,  

> wilco, wire, X, yeah yeah yeahs, yo la tengo, the zebras, the zombies

> No, she doesn't cite Killing Joke. Mercifully.

>

>

> Alex in NYC

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