happy pi day!
i didn't hear too much news this morning. i heard something that i was going to make fun of, but now i don't remember.
oh, i DID hear 98 rock talking about Billy Corgan's interview at SXSW when he basically said alternative rock music sucks right now and that people need to focus more on writing good albums instead of shoving out a single every few months. anyway, as usual, 98 rock misquoted something BC said. josh spiegel said one of the points BC made was that you can "light yourself on fire" to become popular "on YouTube." that's actually the exact opposite of what he said. he said you can't light yourself on fire or get drunk and jump around anymore, because people aren't buying it. it's a schtick and won't last. but in Josh's defense, he didn't write out the quote (and he's a huge SP fan).
Mickey started getting all whiny and saying BC is a douche, he's bitter, blah blah blah. he asked Amelia to name 3 SP songs and she named like 6. i mean yeah, BC says things that are hard to swallow coming from someone who saw success in the 90s and now can't write a hit to save his life. it's easy to say "he's just bitter because he's not relevant anymore." it's also easy to demonize anyone who says anything negative about the perfect little society we live in. but the rest of the DJs stuck up for little Billy, which i was pretty happy about. and Mickey, as douchey as Billy Corgan can sometimes be, he, like you, is a decent human being who has strong opinions on the thing he cares about most. i thought the interview was insightful, and kind of a kick in the ass to people like me who want to make music for a living.
i generally don't have a problem with the 98 rock morning crew (i like them as much as one can like morning radio DJs), but please guys, please stop saying things that aren't true. a few weeks ago Amelia was talking about Golden West Cafe in Hampden and said and hipsters suck blah blah blah, she liked some dish though, and that it's closed on Mondays. well the dish she likes isn't on the menu, and it's definitely open on Mondays (and everyone sucks, not just hipsters). i mean talk smack about a place you actually go to, but if you haven't been there for 5 years you might want to check up on your facts.
it may sound nitpicky of me, but they say things that are wrong a LOT. once in a while would be fine, but if you're going to fill the generally-ignorant masses with information every morning that they will no doubt adopt as gospel, you should make sure it's the truth.
also, Bosley rules.
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