Stupid White Men
have you ever read those musician/band interviews and every guy is like “we’re so new, we’re so different, we’re so misunderstood, we’re so judged!”
now i’m not saying that what they’re saying isn’t valid - indeed many of them are “different” or innovative for their industry, etc. yet i sometimes laugh to myself - it’s like ok, if that’s how 4 white guys who play guitar, drums, bass, and do vocals (the standards) feel and everyone’s so astonished that the “industry” would actually let them succeed, what of someone who isn’t some white guy? i mean, try being a muslim woman, how’s that for “different” lol
i was thinking of this because right now we’re putting out the comic book (in the printing process!), but after that i plan to put out a multimedia poetry album - and im glad we’re doing it on our own, cuz let’s put it this way - i’m weird for american culture (not just the obvious “outsider” status of being a “religious muslim” but i am also pretty progressive in terms of artistry, genre, format, etc.) and im weird for muslim culture too (this is more just my personality)- no way it would ever get picked up!
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May 29th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Salaam ‘Alaikum
Weird is good… The people treasured now as classics were definitely weird in their time.
May 29th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
walaikum assalaam wa rahmatullah!
or you never heard of them lol
you know what else - actually i might be able to understand why “stupid white men” keep whining - it is totally true that their industries and society in general is really retarded - i was reading some of the examples of this and its still unbelievable what people accept and what they reject - all in the same breath
i seem to forget everyone doesnt think like me - it’s still a shock that people are so backwards
May 29th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Being “weird” is considered “cool” these days (rolls eyes). Good point made there too, but I lack an opinion as of this moment..
May 30th, 2008 at 1:38 am
yah, i know but you know it’s like there’s “acceptable” weird and “non-acceptable” weird
i remember once i was out and these teenagers were all pointing and laughing at me - and what’s funny is like the girl had her purple hair and the guy had his little tattoos and piercings or whatever (please - we’ve all “been there, done that”) and you know they think that they’re so atypical from everyone else in society (”corrosion of conformity” and all that bs)
but when something really unusual comes along, they’re the same typical lemmings - “like, so ironic!”
May 30th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
“The people treasured now as classics were definitely weird in their time.”
*sigh* as trite as it is untrue.