Comments on: Whenever an Alternative Artist is on the Cover of a Mainstream Magazine, I quietly say to myself, “We Finally Did It.”

By: Knights

Knights — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:27:25 +0000

I don’t mind when the bands I love get on the covers but it’s bewildering that MIA got this cover now. I thought she retired. Are we supposed to forget that. Don’t call it a comeback.

By: Knights

Knights — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:24:14 +0000

@lyfesavr,

Garageband is used by Justices too. It must be the magical program that makes the hits for everyone. The stolen song by Castles is unreleased from 4 years ago, before he got the hot girl that I tug to daily at least.

By: ruthie

ruthie — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:07:49 +0000

Teen Vogue was pushing M.I.A. hard in 2004. Just… saying. Teen fashin mags (like, a step below an alt fashin/culture mags like i-D) = alter than thou.

By: anony

anony — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:46:22 +0000

@*Jesse, If cd’s and digital files didn’t exist and people were forced to place real value on music then I think artists could in fact make a living… not a superstar lifestyle but enough to where they didn’t have to work a shitty day job. I’m not even sure it has anything to do with the volume of music these days; it’s the attitude of taking it for granted as something that will always be available. Art should not be a commodity but in this day in age sadly it is.

By: anony

anony — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:37:07 +0000

@*Jesse, To do most of these things require more money than most alt musicians will ever have the good fortune to acquire. Here’s the thing… and it’s both out of respect and selfishness. I’d like to see my favorite musicians make enough money to where they don’t have to struggle but they still have to tour and work at their career. But at the same time I don’t want them to get so big that I can’t still shake their hands after a show and they stop making good music. It’s this cute utopian vision where all musicians get to do what makes them happy without having too much money pool up into the hands of the few…. despite weather or not they might deserve it. But hey… the whole idea is total bullshit in a capitalist society.

By: shutupppp

shutupppp — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:30:22 +0000

@*Jesse, omg please stfu. music is a past time? who the fuck are u to try and tell people that music is a past time. fuck you. so Mozart shouldnt have pursued music to the fullest, he should have made it some little hobby he did occasionally?
h8 it when people like u that think they “understand” how the world is supposed to work. if nobody had the opportunity to work on what floats their boat, we wouldnt have shit and u wouldnt be talking on this computer right now.

for the people that make authentic music, i dont think they really give a fuck about saving the world with ALtpower

dont expect everyone to think like u, thats what makes mnstrm. kthnksluvyabye

By: 2k8.9

2k8.9 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:16:00 +0000

@*Jesse, you need to expand your horizons a little bit, so your saying its not ok to have audio tech mags with mstrkrft on the cover and inside rlly getting informative about what they do? fuck those bs mnstrm mags that waste a bunch of time asking artists quetions that dont matter, i agree but sometimes mags can be kewl (musictech,futureproducer, etc)

By: medb

medb — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:48:12 +0000

that first cover with m.i.a. is a TOTAL FUCKING PHOTOSHIP DISASTER!!

By: lyfesavr

lyfesavr — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:58:33 +0000

@Knights, i read that quote somewhere. i heard that somehow only they could put an atari in a microkorg…

but anyone can get the crystal casres sounds, just sample chiptune artists and put it in garageband!

By: The Man in the Hat

The Man in the Hat — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:16:12 +0000

rags = too much readng, not ‘nough pixars/talking back.

Although these comments are getting awful lofty.