digital killed the radio star

written march 14th, 2008


this is a time for insight. I find myself listening to a new folk band I have discovered (the snake the cross the crown) and I’m still on a introspective high after watching Into The Wild. I saw a phrase tonight that really brought some thoughts to the front of my mind. digital killed the radio star. simple phrase with loads of meaning and truth.
so many small-minded teenagers blog all afternoon on all these sites such as absolutepunk.net and many others...thinking that they are amature music critics and that maybe their opinions will matter and cause alittle drama and controversy via the cyber world which they place themselves in. they start extremely mediocre and stale rumors about bands and/or band members in hopes that they will get more thread replies. it’s sad really that there are kids on these messageboards that will join and within three months have thousands of posts. where are their lives headed? let’s sit on our asses all day and talk about meaningless things. I have an idea, let’s go outside and take life by the throat and squeeze until we’ve gotten everything we want out of it.


sure, sometimes these boards and sites are really informative and they can discuss things of actual importance. but when they waste their time discussing which album is better by bands or whether or not a band has sold out...or better yet, even more degrading topics such as whether or not they would "bang" hayley williams. when paramore dropped the last dates of their tour in the UK sooo many rumors flew. "hayley is pregnant. they’re breaking up. she wants the spotlight."....how about we take a second to think. the band members age’s range from 17 to 23. maybe the limelight and constant touring got to them.
but oh no, that’s not juicy enough. that won’t get you high thread replies.

or how about how they’ve constantly compared paramore, but mostly hayley, to singers such as gwen steffani or avril lavigne. this makes me kinda irritated. hayley has far more vocal power, not to mention better lyrics and musical talent than avril. why can’t our society be content with accepting a band for who they are. why are forced to categorize and compare? such a waste of time.

as a society we are never content. this will be our downfall.

this post wasn’t meant to purely focus on paramore. they are just the best example I can give to describe what happens to tons of bands. I just felt the need to get these thoughts out of head. hopefully I got through to a few of you.