Wednesday, November 24, 2010

"Fuck Capital One" - Bigslim1425

While watching The Daily Show online this morning, I took a peek at the comments section, and saw this:


Bigslim1425 commented | 9 hours ago

Fuck Capital one!


Presumably, this is in response to The Daily Show's online ad strategy, a common one that shows viewers the same one or two ads every commercial break. It's hard to decide if this is truly better than getting from commercials chosen from a group about a dozen every commercial break, as one would if one were to watch the show on television. 

To me, the crux of the decision is this: would you rather be fed one piece of horse shit five times, or twenty different pieces of horse shit? Could variety make up for the sheer volume? Again, hard to say.

Either way, I couldn't have said it better myself, Bigslim.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Fuck Scion

Justin Foley, a very smart guy who plays in the very loud, very good band, The Austerity Program, has politely disassembled some poor reasoning on the part of grindcore outfit, Magrudergrind, who have attempted to rationalize their decision to allow Scion to pay for, release and make free to the public, their new album, Crusher.

http://www.metalsucks.net/2010/11/19/the-austerity-programs-justin-foley-weighs-in-on-magrudergrindscion-controversy/#com-head

My favorite parenthetical moment: "(Also, fuck that guy from Of Montreal who writes jingles for Outback Steakhouse. Just wanted to say that.)"


If you follow the link to Brooklyn Vegan, you can see the album cover has the Scion logo stamped front and center, along with the gross moniker they've given to the department in charge of making kids believe corporations are cool, Scion Audio Visual. 


It is not OK to have a corporate sponsor. Say it with me, musicians: IT IS NOT OK TO HAVE A CORPORATE SPONSOR.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Fuck Musicians

Selling music to giant corporations is a popular thing for otherwise-respectable bands to do these days. So, I've added a sidebar list of musicians who can burn in artistic hell. Bill Hicks got my back:



(The mic-in-mouth thing is a pantomime of sucking Satan's cock. It'll make sense once you click on it.)

Help me add more.

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