In case you haven't been following the tempest in a teacup about the LCD show over at Undietacos (how I hate typing or saying that), here is a typical post.
"OH NO, THE BIG BAD INVISIBLE HIPSTER IS KEEPING ALL THE "NORMAL" PEOPLE OUT OF THE GOOD SHOWS AGAIN WITH HIS MAGICAL TIGHT PANTS AND OTHER MYSTICAL FASHIONS!"UUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH....EXXUVSE MEE, HAVE YOU SEEN PREDATOR 2??? LIKE....EVRR?!?!!?!?!? THIAT WAS A DOCUDRAZMA THAT HAPPEND IN REAL TIME, YOU SHOULD WATCH IT SOMETME.OMG, EVERYONE PLEEEEEEASE CHILL OUT. THERE IS SO MUCH FUNN RIGHT NOW THAT ALL OF YOU LOOK LIKE A GIANT BABIE PUSSY FOR CRIING ABOUT IT SO MUCH. PEAPLE CRYING ABOUT NOT GETTING IN: MAYBE INSTEAD OF BUMMING OUT PM PEOPLE LIKE JAY WHO ARE SELFLESS 7-11, YOU SHOULD MAKE SOME REAL CANCUN STYLE FUN HAPPEN YOURSELFES INSTEAD OF JUST BING SOMME DUM BABY AND CRYING ABOUT ALL PANTS YOU ARE TOO FAT TO WEAR.PEALPLE CRYING ABOUT PEAOPL CRYING ABOUT NOT GETTING IN: I WOV U, BUT WTF OMG PLEAS TELL ME YOU ARE NOT ACTUALLY UPZET AQOUT THIS CRAP BECAUSE I AM NOT GOIGN TO HUG YOU OR ANYTHIGN YOU WIMPZ. LOL.DUSTIN
And they say America's public school system is failing. Oh, I meant to say AND THEYY SAYS TAHT AMIRIKAAS PUBLID SKOOHL SYSTEM IS FGIALLLING!!????!!! I don't know who this dude is, and I'm sure he just wrote this way to make a point (although the point is not very clear), I'm just printing it for those of you who haven't followed the link but may be a little interested. So please don't bring all this bad grammar and vitriole to my comments.
those two all caps posts are two different people, one is pretty obvious if you've seen his other posts to that board or the sacto_indie list.
ReplyDeleteSo I haven't read any of the comments about the LCD show on these lists, but I've heard the complaints second hand.
ReplyDeletehopefully people realize that for the last five years or so Jay Howell has put on the best shows in this town -- often for the price of a donation. Cut him a break, haters.
-heckamax
I know. I think there was only one hater and then like 5 million people rushing to his defense. It's true, he has been primarily responsible for probably quite a few of the shows that I have enjoyed (as opposed to the shows I attend but don't enjoy) for the last few years. I think it's just a little overkill on the one person (or possibly two people) who complained they couldn't get in and thought it was because they weren't cool enough. Everyone's had that feeling before (right?) and it does suck. But sometimes if you're sensitive to it, you get that feeling even when you're not being judged on that. Like I always thought that nobody liked me because I wasn't cool enough and then I realized it's really just because I'm Jewish.
ReplyDeleteBecky, I only like you because YOU ARE jewish.
ReplyDelete-nicola millerstien
I don't think it's overkill at all. Whoever posted it was acting like a spoiled brat. 99% of promoters are dickheads. They weren't just born that way. We've got to nurture our budding promoters right or we'll end up with a bunch of damaged, mean old perpe- promoters. I hear rumors that once upon a time, even Soriano was as nice and laid back as Jay Howell is. Then the Loft happened. There's a frighteningly large gang of kids in Sac who don't do shit other than act entitled to everything that they played no part in bringing about. and then they bitch about it. People who are going to hate on Jay or anyone who puts that much work into something great deserve every verbal stomping they get. Chronic haters (like the dude that posted on undietacos, etc.) are, more often than not, betraying their own insecurities, rather than an accurate perception of what goes down. It's not right to impose one's insecurities of cool or un-coolness on those who did something really... cool. and I can talk- I'm usually not even cool enough to hang out with my own brother. -Nic's Bro
ReplyDeleteThanks Nicola
ReplyDelete-Rebekah Lipschitz
That reads like a John Prichard email.
ReplyDeleteDear Nic's Bro,
Way to name drop, dicksmell.
signed,
that guy who knows that cool guy
Be nice! Be nice! He was just making a joke. There will be no using of the term "dicksmell" on my blog!
ReplyDeleteBottom line is if the complaining dude's who didn't get in HAD gotten in, they wouldn't have given a shit about the people who didn't. So bringing it up like they're defending the "uncool little people" is crap. Also, if you were that big of an LCD fan, you would've bought tickets to the SF show when they went on sale. Also, I would like to say that I was one of those jerks that got in even though I was late. Ha ha. I'm so cool.
ReplyDeletemiller
Speaking of name-dropping, did I tell you guys about that one time I partied with this one dude who was roomies with Anonymous, and he was all, "Yo, Dicksmell, did anyone ever tell you that you write like John Pritchard?" and I was like, "Thanks, man. That means a lot to me. I hear John Pritchard's the next Andy Kaufman. By the way, why is Anonymous acting so mysterious lately?" Sincerely, The Next Next Andy Kaufman
ReplyDeleteaka
Riding On Nic Offer's (From Out Hud, !!!, and The Yahmos') Coattails Since '78