When do events go from ‘being authentic’ to ‘being totes fake and filled with mainstreamers’?
I just want to know what ‘the tipping point’ is
and what causes it
so that I could prevent it from happening
SXSW is funnie
because everything is a ‘planned surprise’
and everything is ‘free’ but ‘not really’
and everything is ‘exciting’ but ‘predictable’
and everything is ‘viral buzz’ but rlly just ‘marketing’
Festivals and conferences start out ‘being authentic incubators of cool culture’
but then the mainstreamers think they can participate
immersing themselves in ‘cutting edge cultural events’
slowly causing the fabric of what made something great
2 unravel
Woodstock 99
SXSW 2010
Pitchfork Festival 2015
Lollapalooza 200_
Coachella 200_
Austin City Limits 2005
They say that once a Wireless Telecommunications Provider
is a prominent sponsor of your entity
then u have ‘made it’
but u will soon lose what once made u so great.
Everything has a ‘useful life’
Kinda sad abt that
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bring back tugjobs
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man kanyes gf is ugly
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//////////Reply by von colander
//////////Posted March 23rd, 2009 at 12:36 pm
@tripler, kanye is making the ‘asshole’ gang sign on PH’s shoulder, which means they’re ‘doing it’
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//////////Reply by tripler
//////////Posted March 23rd, 2009 at 5:20 pm
@von colander, her right hand is ‘givin an hj’
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kanye + perez = whiteness overload
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sxsw felt a lil authentic at times this year around. howevs, there were a lot of mainstreamerz/losers, and a bro wearing a mstrkrft shirt at the mstrkrft show. am i still relevant? am i MORE relevant for attending sxsw?? was it authentic for explosions in the sky to have ACTUAL explosions in the sky [via fireworks] during their performance at the circus thing?
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SXSW was really cool back in the late 90’s… now it basically just highlights, for those of you who didn’t know, how ‘alternative’ is actually mainstream.
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I think that’s prob why people who live here in ATX don’t actually attend sxsw…. either that or it’s too damn expensive for just for a “chance” to see a good band.
We are not as important as a Student Badge
We are not as important as an Interactive Badge
We are not as important as a Film Badge
We are not as important as a Music Badge
We are not as important as a Gold Badge
We are not as important as a Platinum Badge
We are not as important as the out of towners
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Yeah, I wouldn’t pay attention if 1,500 bands flooded into my city for 4 days, either.
“Tons of great bands are playing within a few miles of my house and I can see most of them for free? Fuck that. Rachel Ray might be there.”
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted March 24th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
@Roz, That’s the sad part… Rachel Ray is going to/has brought out more mainstreamers than any single band.
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& >:-/
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i just stayed home this year. went downtown and listened to street performers with bucket and washboard rhythm sections. more auth yall.
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its way more auth to get drunk in a basement and make noise
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//////////Reply by yellowPaiges
//////////Posted March 23rd, 2009 at 4:09 pm
@corydan, so true! I just stocked up on bottles of wine and jammed indie music via my living room, thinking about if I should go to SXSW or not… by the time I was done with all the bottles of wine and debating if I should go or not It was Sunday and I was too drunk to care, I realized that was WAY more alt of me.
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//////////Reply by corydan
//////////Posted March 23rd, 2009 at 5:45 pm
@yellowPaiges,
th most alt hangover is when u miss long lines and kanye for it.
its like prince when he dies 4 u [via jesus]
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the point of alt is to be it, watch it get mnsrtm, be sad abt it going mnstrm, then finding new alt.
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13th
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all the kids who moved from Katy & Sugar Land to go to UT think they’re s000000 kewl for going to sxsw….
it’s s0000 entry level to be excited about anything
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CARLES, u r blogged about via print media in the latest issue of SPIN Mag. (under ’songs u must hear now!’) : “#2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Zero” – “Recast as the electro-rock stadium diva the Daft-Punk worshipping hipster-runoff nation so desperately needs, Karen O purrs: “get your leather on”. Uh, yes, ma’am”……low blow, coincidence, or affirmation of ur status as a genuine taste-maker??
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//////////Reply by SilverTell
//////////Posted March 23rd, 2009 at 3:29 pm
@mstrcnt, sign that HRO is dead.
his self-promotion scheme has reached its logical conclusion.
i was flipping through my – ugh – Spin last night that All Pts West still spams me with when I ran across that and laughed.
has CRLS been mentioned in better mags like XLR8R?
Urb?
The P4K?
I know New York Mag and Village Voice wrote abt him.
“CRLS is the only voice that matters.” – The Alt Bro
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted March 24th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
@SilverTell, Village Voice? Please.
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//////////Reply by jesse
//////////Posted March 23rd, 2009 at 4:08 pm
@mstrcnt, haha I saw the same thing and read spin for the same reason
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all things considered this is the most on point summary of sxsw i’ve seen all year. i’ve gone 4 times and always get a little pissed if i can’t make it one year, then i saw what was going on this year and didn’t give a fuck.
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@CRLS,
Could u write snark in permanent marker all over Spin, XLR8R, Urb, Death & Taxes, Paper, NME, dj mag, etc.
Scan it.
Upload it for us
to lol?
to <3?
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//////////Reply by yellowPaiges
//////////Posted March 23rd, 2009 at 4:02 pm
@SilverTell, you again…I thought you were gone for good -the shinses
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//////////Reply by SilverTell
//////////Posted March 23rd, 2009 at 4:43 pm
@yellowPaiges, i ain’t got no quarrel with you
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sx is kinda 4 ppl who wrk in the ‘indstry’ and have expense accts.
thts what the word ‘conference’ implies.
they still gladly take ur $ for a badge.
mebbe u wont b sour appls when ur rich or a mainstrm music biznessman?
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted March 24th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
@tf, So true… this is the funny part; all these bands always talk about how they had to play one show and then rush over to “super secret place” to play ANOTHER show. Why? Are there not already enough bands to not pay attention to when they play? It’s gotten so big that they need to have their own elite festival just to “see” everyone….who they don’t care about in the first place.
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idk, Sundance was actually gud this yr 4 some reason… idk, probz b/c all the mnstrmrs were seing Obamabro get inaugurated/boycotting the prop h8 st8…
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I myself like to have a Tofu scramble in the morning with Parlsey and Lemon juice along with a slice of multi seed toast with vegan margarine and 2 cups of coffee . I really don’t bother anyone.
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted March 24th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
@Sledcake, ha ha ha
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woah. you are way too layer-upon-layer for this reader. From someone who once cared as much as you guys seem to about not being a mainstreamer: it IS more fun to like things.
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