what the fuck is going on with this ongoing fascination with the 80's..bands co opting to the very last detail of synthy 80;s pop??,,,PANTHER played a show last night with this band, yelle from france,,,,they played well, but i cant help but notice, they had no identity?? then i saw graffiti on the wall opf the bathroom and it read: " fuck art, i just want to dance",,,then it hit me like a ton of bricks,,,,its true,,,dance music ,now ,is the antithesis of art and it makes me so sad that PANTHER is associated with it,we got pigeon holed and now we get asked to play these horrible" dance parties" we only do it because we get a shit ton of money,,,,what happened to art dance music like arthur russell,cabaret voltaire,,,etc...etc....i feel like dance music is a seeping sore on the back of art,,,i understand the times,,,yes,,, life is fucked and we neeed an escape,,,,but look at previous times,,,,art was NEVER as vacous as it is now,,,,,i feel terrible for all the drunk dummies at the show last night in their ironic 80's rave wear,,,there is so much more!!!!!!!! maybe im being dramatic, but lately i have beeen wanting to get away from that garbage....
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WORD CHARLIE !!
if anyone can get past that shit, you can. you're one of the most talented mofos i know. step out of that boring, ironic shit heap. i like it that you're playing gtr more these days. that's a start. also, we're getting old. that means that the kids seem so much less interesting and so much more annoying all the time.
maybe your thinking it is a stylized version of the past, escapism is ok to a point, untill the mass population is beyond ridiculous. (or at least that scence).
suck it up and take the money, and use toward somthing you want to do. or at these shows, do somthing, that "questions" all those kids, and how "cool" they are.
the girls picture above with the mickey mouse shirt about sums it all up- just a bunch of lost cartoon characters suspended in animation !! the complete antithesis of anything fashionable..
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