This disparity is in spite of the fact that hundreds of Syrians, including more than 400 kids, were recently gassed to death, and despite the fact that more than twice as many news stories about Syria have been published for every one about Miley in recent days.
The interesting bit about the data is that this disparity was the greatest in the USA, where President Obama is now in an uphill battle to persuade Congress and the American public to back his plan to bomb Syria and its stores of chemical weapons.
Miley interest, white-hot since her salacious twerk-fest on the Video Music Awards last month, significantly outpaces Syria interest in other countries, too, such as Australia, Britain, France and Germany.
In fact, Miley trumps Syria in every other country in the Outbrain network except Syria-supporter Russia, where interest was about even, and Israel, where next-door-neighbor Syria commands more attention for obvious reasons.
If Kurt Cobain enjoyed being an attention whore he would still be alive.
Wilford_Brimley posted:I think Nirvana would have turned into some Foo Fighters/Melvins thing making mediocre pop rock. I think grunge gets harder as you get older, you can't crowd dive and break guitars after you're 27.
See, the foo-fighter connection is largely connected to Dave Grohl (who co-wrote only one song on the in utero album). To say grunge could've explored new territory is to believe that punk could've evolved beyond three chord progressions. It simply would not have happened. But what about the Pixies? Arthouse bands come and go. Fuck, even Radiohead made it onto a P. T. Anderson soundtrack.
Grunge doesn't get harder. It just adds more distortion as time moves on.
i suppose we shall never know
postposting posted:lol, "where might punk music have gone if only its avatar and embodiment 'Col. kurtz kobane' had not died so tragically young...."
i suppose we shall never know
yea you're right. punk is now a vibrant underground only accessible to the initiated. the circle is complete.
and yeah that mad song is sickk
postposting posted:Wasted, not trying to be harsh, but do you have a point beyond the fact that contemporary punk music is not on the clearchannel or something? there's the internet and I'm pretty sure you could go to a show and they wouldn't turn you away no matter how lame your pants are.
and yeah that mad song is sickk
I didn't listen to your song, and I don't really care how punk has evolved tbqh. To me, punk is an inherently conservative genre. But, that's not why I stay away from it. Hell, even most modern blues programs you hear on the radio don't stray away from traditional I, IV,V progressions. I also don't hold Cobain as the patron saint of some sort of neo-punk revolution. He was simply a talented guy who could hack out a melody with his voice regardless of the rampant plagiarism/repetition of his own harmonic developments. But punk just doesn't mean much to me and never really has.
Wilford_Brimley posted:
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Wilford_Brimley posted:Im curious. When you listen to a grind song, how many times are you supposed to listen to it before you understand the vocals?
there's not many bands that care about the lyrics that much, i think. if you want to get some kind of point across its more about selecting a good intro sample or whatevs. lot of vocalists just have the "lyrics" written but then dont bother actually enunciating words
I don't know why I'm all about riot grrl, I guess my sister listened to it so it rubbed off on me.
*guitar solo thing*
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trot
someone who holds western concepts like democracy and human rights to be more important than the class struggle
chomsky is a trot