tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post6146907263938951048..comments2024-03-28T15:34:24.950-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Question about indie rock dorks in the internet ageagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-77075337534651029942009-04-03T03:07:00.000-04:002009-04-03T03:07:00.000-04:00I think that this is more common among youth, when...I think that this is more common among youth, when group identification is a phase of psychological growth. Hopefully they outgrow this at some point when/if they become men. I've always been more of an individualist. I tend to despise followers as the beta-boy lackeys they appear to me. It has been shown that avid sports fans actually experience increases in testosterone when their team wins, and decreases when they lose. They have effectively based their testosterone levels, i.e. their masculinity on exogenous variables rather than elements within their own control. They lack self determination and must obtain their validation through other's accomplishments. In my opinion all fan-boys fit this profile, and are by definition subordinate to those who derive their masculinity from their own success and creativity. Don't get me wrong, I like music, movies and the like, I just don't adulate the celebrities and place them on a pedestal. On the occasions that I meet a celebrity I treat them as an equal, and as any other person, and they tend to appreciate it too. Sycophants debase themselves.Alphadominancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16561179997804751267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-25498968538074655472009-04-02T09:25:00.000-04:002009-04-02T09:25:00.000-04:00Heh, social signaling works at all levels.Heh, social signaling works at all levels.AChttp://ssmag.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-69925582367200758572009-04-02T08:35:00.000-04:002009-04-02T08:35:00.000-04:00There's also a supply-side effect involved in acce...There's also a supply-side effect involved in accelerating the evolution. It's easier to find a new band because there are more bands around and a vastly larger proportion of them have recordings. It's not even the internet as much as it is cheap recording technology and also the vastly improved quality of inexpensive instruments and amps compared to just a decade ago. I guess Asian instrument manufacturers switching from manual labor to CNC machines had a lot to do with that latter part.<BR/><BR/>The outcome is a far larger amount of bands with available recordings, including one man bedroom bands. That enables the "host" to switch to a new parasite-free band much more frequently.Martin Regnenhttp://www.corrupt.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-66189994435989357752009-04-02T05:37:00.000-04:002009-04-02T05:37:00.000-04:00Agnostic, I like you, you're not like the othe...Agnostic, I like you, you're not like the other kids here on the internets...<BR/><BR/>I would say "no", not the way it used to be, in that the essence of avant-gardeness necessitates there being an leading edge or a definitive sound/scene. The internet and mp3s tend to blur those boundaries both temporally and spatially. No more waiting - knowing it's out there - for your fave band's new song to be played on the radio, no waiting for the single to show up in the shops... it is there for near instantaneous download. You don't invest the same time and money waiting for it to reach you. You can get it, listen to it and decide if you're really into them like you thought you were... without risk. There's none of the buyer's remorse like when you special ordered (and inevitably back-ordered) that imported, limited edition e.p. of a band that went in a completely different direction than you'd ever follow, and your peers would laugh their asses off at your disappointment.<BR/><BR/>So what is invested in the Indie Geeks of here-and-now? Some space on a hard drive? A bootleg gig? Or a t-shirt from an ACTUAL gig perhaps? Maybe a magazine with an article on them or a poster?<BR/><BR/>Not a hell of a lot. <BR/><BR/>The modern kings & queens of the cutting edge can easily switch band loyalties because there's now such a ubiquity of sounds it's not hard to move on to a slightly dissimilar band. The evolution of bands isn't branching out as much as it is intertwining and stagnating.<BR/><BR/>But hey, I'm just bitter, old school...biopunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11614894519622906554noreply@blogger.com