Have a little compassion Brian. Remember how devestated you were when Pete and Ashlee split. I bet you didn't leave your room for a week.
Big difference. Fall Out Boy wrote some actual songs. Actual tunes that a lot of people enjoyed, sang along to, fell in/out of love to, etc. Sonic Youth were a post-rock noise ideal.
Hmm, Brazilian vacation centered around a possibly last opportunity to see Sonic Youth, anyone?
P.S. Brian and his obviously pent up rage (this place notwithstanding) sometimes forces me to wonder if he will be the next Metro suicide.
Why? It's not just a myth is it? There really IS some alt rock bucket list isn't there? Do you get it if you have pitchfork as a web browser favorite? Or do you get it with a special case purchase of PBR? Why go to Brazil (!) to see a band that you clearly ignored when they played the 930 club? I mean, they are a band you respect and admire, but you don't LOVE Sonic Youth. That's probably what Kim Gordon finally realised. Thurston loved her, but he'd always love a cassette tape made by Hungarian postal workers playing Disney Princess dialogue in a death-metal style more. It's the Nirvana effect. Gen-X adults doing things they think they should because their lives are so empty obsessing over cell phones. The Pixies aren't selling out dates in 2011 because their music is so beloved. Don't kid yourselves.
And suicide? No. I have SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR!
- I may wake up and find either Paul or Ringo on their backs, unable to flip over. Then there will FINALLY be a Fab Four reunion.
- The deification (its already happened to St. Steve Jobs. Let's keep it going!) of St. Bruce in Sea Bright. The first sign will be stigmata on Snooki. Like, the Third Testament.
- The great Radiohead scandal of 2013 when some hipster in Williamsburg realizes that Radiohead's new album is just "In Rainbows" played backwards.
, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
Brian
