I read on a pitchfork blog that the band WAVVES broke his wrist in a skateboarding accident. While many alternative people will ‘feel bad’ or say something like ‘that sucks’, I can’t help but wonder about all of the people he might be letting down, just because he wanted to participate in an xtreme lifestyle sport. It seems like he could let down his label, summer music festivals, and miscellaneous people whose mouths he metaphorically feeds.
Does n e 1 know if you get ‘medical insurance’ if you are an indie music artist? Seems like maybe alternative people should ban together to form an ‘alt union.’
Not sure if WAVVES’ accident is in this video, but did a youtube search for ’skateboard accidents.’
I think that many major sports leagues make their athletes promise not to do things like ‘ride motorcycles’, ’skydive’, ‘d.u.i.’s’ or other xtreme events. Seems like a reasonable way to protect their investment in a human resource. Feel like every1 must do everything possibly to minimize their liability in unstable humans.
After watching Wavves’ last music video, it seems like he does a lot of xtreme stuff. Feel like I would try to regulate him, so that he wouldn’t ‘throw away his potential to make tons of indie money.’ Think he might do too many activities in an xtreme way.
xtreme drinking
xtreme eating
xtreme reading existential literature
xtreme smoking sweet bowls of dank
xtreme ‘chillin with homeless ppl’
xtreme gravedigging
Do yall think that Wavves’ manager should steal his skateboard/rollerblades/shoes that u can ‘grind on shit’ with?
Do u think festivals/promoters/miscellaneous altbusiness ventures should make performing artists sign some sort of ‘contract’ banning their participation in xtreme activities? Do drugs make artists ‘more creative’ or does it ultimately ‘hurt them’? Should more indie artists promote mental + physical health? Does AnCo ’smoke weed’ or ‘drop acid’? Not sure if Pitchfork should start drug testing for ‘performance enhancing drugs.’ Worried that we are in the ’steroid era’ of Pitchfork ratings.
I feel like so many people out there are enabling people to ‘kill themselves’, kinda like the Michael Jacksons. Every1 just sees a meal ticket, but are afraid to ‘intervene’ because they might ‘piss off’ this lil person who makes them money. Xtreme, deadly activities will be branded as ‘kewl’, and a person will keep doing xtremer things, even if it means they are killing themselves’.
This is a blog post about generating a relevant discussion about independent artist medical insurance, artist depression, substance abuse, enablers, and the rise of xtreme sports in the 21st century.
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holoy shit, soaps
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“extreme eating” …hahahaha, you don’t say.
I think the bottom line is:
some people are born ready, some are born extreme…and others ‘born slippy’ – via crappy ass ‘techno’.
I don’t think there is anything anyone can do about it.
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this post is fucking stupid.
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I just broke my wrist punching my wife .. xxxxtreme domestic abuse.
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//////////Reply by a really humble guy
//////////Posted July 14th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
@Yarp, damn this is post is full of truth!
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//////////Reply by kyda69
//////////Posted July 15th, 2009 at 10:48 am
@Yarp, hahahahahahahahahahaha
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Wavves can do whatever he wants. However, Pitchfork needs to make sure that at least one non-stoner weighs in with a contrarian opinion on all forthcoming great fuzz/noise/punk hopes.
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I just broke my wrists blggng.
xtreme blggng!
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Best post ever.
It is needed for alt folks to join in and give gravedigging some ‘indie cred’ after that recent fiasco in Chicago.
I also support sharing drugs with homeless people so they don’t have to panhandle so much.
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Best post in a while
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hey carles, loves this post yall
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He can pretty much do whatever he want’s, it’s his own career he would be throwing away. Don’t think he cares very much, or else he wouldn’t be so “XSTREAM.”
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hay guise,
Carles is hroexegesis.com?
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//////////Reply by jvac
//////////Posted July 15th, 2009 at 2:32 am
@brostradamus, my thoughts exactly
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//////////Reply by we tigers
//////////Posted July 15th, 2009 at 5:54 am
@brostradamus,
Is it designed so you read HRO then read HROexegesis’ ‘interpetation’ to be even more relevant?
Seems to lack ‘independent thought’ but I’m not sure if that’s alt yet.
Wish people would stop trying to figure out who Carles is, seems to defeat the purpose of HRO
keep HRO relevant in 2k12!
After the world ends, it’s all we’ll have. Then we can start anew, with HRO as our bible.
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//////////Reply by jjj
//////////Posted July 16th, 2009 at 12:52 am
@we tigers, hro is not brilliant. his sarcasm/irony is usually his real thoughts exagerated in hopes that the sarcasm/irony will be believeable. Allowing you, the reader who has these real thoughts to feel stupid/mnstrm.
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more like shitgayze
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shit that sucks hidden by low fidelity production :o
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‘¥ø $¡çk’ jackassrunoff.com all we need is that peaches ad thats somewhere
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wavves is a cretin.
ok, an xtreme cretin.
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wavves is shit, looks and sounds like a tryhard fggt.
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Wavves’ alt factor has depreciated since the xtreme onstage breakdown, though it’s always nice to see a bro read existential literature (via Infinite Jest).
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cap their xtreme memeing
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x tream not very far in that book
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More people would buy his music if he died via Exploding Hearts via Kurt Cobain.
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I wish more people commented this post, it’s one of your best in awhile, CRLS.
<3 u. Miss u.
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happy u recognize
wavves is the antigawd
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I wonder if he just started skating
like he just started guitaring.
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i met these guys at a show in Detroit who were invited by AnCo to smoke at their show in Royal Oak but, something was seriously wrong with the weed and one of their friends passed out before the show started. but, they guys were happy they still got in. sounds like technicolor light show.
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Fuck Carles and this stupid blog, Wavves are fucking dope as fuck
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I know I was bummed, being in the band Made in Mexico and all and having a show at the Smell in LA with him that night. Went from 350+ people coming to 30 (thanks to those 30). So Wavves eats shit and we have to suffer. Also Pitchfork refuses to review our latest album “Guerillaton”, flat out ignores us even though we sent them 2 gatefold LPs ($28.00 after shipping). They reviewed our first album poorly. They reviewed my old band Arab on Radar too, the most retarded reviews and scores ever (2.0 soak the saddle WTF?). This is why I read this fucking retarded blog now. Thanks for the comfort. And good luck to all the fuckers who are making careers off my back too, yes you AIDS Wolf (3.9).
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