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.