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I'm sorry, that is completely fucking absurd. Maybe it's nearly impossible to you to listen to art created by dicks and enjoy it, but you're in the minority. I listen to plenty of Jazz musicians who were unfaithful and abusive to their wives. Hip-hop created by violent thugs. Classical composed by upper class drama queens of questionable morale character. experimental rock created by pompous, pretentious pricks. It does not affect my enjoyment of the art whatsoever. It is simply laughable to say their art directly comes from their hatred of transgendered people - as if there is nothing else to them besides what you don't like. Like I said, I think Whirr sucks, but if you can't appreciate art created by morally questionable people, you might be looking for a buddy, not an artist. to me, artists have no obligation to be nice folks who I'd like to get beers with. That's not what I look for in an artist - I look for good music that makes me feel something. Is sonic youth artistically discredited because Moore was cheating on Gordon? Is "American Pie" a shit song because Don McLean is a notorious asshole? More importantly, who the fuck cares what artists do in their personal lives? Are we not above tabloid-style gossip and witch hunts? Priorities, guys. Jesus.

Fucking Ben.

oh my god. Shut the fuck up.

all the people selling their whirr and shit aren't really, they're just saying that on an internet message board for e-respect

I haven't read every post in this thread yet but wanted to make a few things clear. - When I defended the band on Tumblr, I was referring to their shit talking of Pitchfork. Should I have been defending them at all? Definitely not. I had never (and still have never) seen the band say the word "faggot" or post anything transphobic until last night. That doesn't excuse the other stupid and offensive things they have said, but at one point in my life I felt that we had so many bands, and worked with so many individual people, that it was fundamentally impossible for everyone to have opinions in line with my own. This was a very naive and even harmful outlook to have. I realized that is not the way to approach these sort of situations and that as soon as anyone feels unsafe, marginalized, disrespected, threatened, or unaccepted, that whatever is happening is not ok. - All Whirr and Camera Shy merchandise will be removed from our store, we're working on it. - This is not a PR stunt. We are not dropping them to save face. We are not ceasing to work with them because of the hate we got on twitter, we simply hadn't seen the bands tweets yet until we were notified by the general public. We would have made this exact decision on our own, although the thousands of people tweeting at us definitely made it happen faster. If you have any questions, comments, or simply want to talk about this with me, please feel free to email me. [email protected]. I will respond to everyone so don't feel that your time may be wasted. Thank you. -jeff

Can't believe there are people who aren't digging this. They took everything that was great about the EPs and amplified it. It's exactly what I was hoping for. In a world where people lose their shit over movie OSTs, hot topic splatter represses, and whatever the hell twiabp is doing it's refreshing to have a loud/raw album hit VC this hard. Reminds of the good ol' days.

Everyone that hates Whirr now should check out Night School. They're like the inverse of Whirr with only the old singer and a new band. Also an LP about to drop. https://graveface.bandcamp.com/album/night-school-heart-beat

(Formerly) WHIRR fans right about now? (Worst. MS Paint Job. Ever)

This band is beyond overrated

Get it Cuz I broke 3000 My poor PhotoShop skills and bad puns won't get me far...

got a seinfeld tattoo the other day. pretty stoked on how it turned out

Hehe. My favorite part of the auction was "I hate to part with it..." Seems like he left out the "... but I knew when I bought it I could sell it for a bunch so here we are..."

Picked up the regular James Flames. Next up that box set. Goodbye $200.

Word, just saw that, but not everybody is part of that thread, and we want to get the word out as much as possible!

There's that word again, heavy

no, that was you. fuck that guy.

Are you aware of what "straw man" actually means? How on earth is my post a "straw man" fallacy when it was a direct response to this quote: Is what I said not a direct response to that?

I've never heard even a second of a Whirr song. Just want to say that when it comes to artists being shitty, it's one thing to enjoy a Beatles song despite their history of domestic abuse. It's another thing to directly financially support an artist in 2015 saying shitty things. Whether or not you listen to the Beatles does not affect the members at all. Whether or not you give money to an independent artist actually has an effect. I'm not saying do or don't, just that it's a case where speaking your opinion with your wallet is possible. There's also a huge difference between enjoying art and supporting it. If you like the tunes, listen. Just think about where your money is going if you decided to pay for something. I understand why RFC didn't do this, but I would have been fine with it of their decision had been to sell off the remaining stock of Whirr shit at some kind of discount, with some of the money going to charity. I feel for a small label having to eat that kind of investment. Like Broken World had to do with that David Belli split because the other artist turned out to be a sexual predator.

I understand how free speech works, guys... The question I'm posing is: Isn't it equally (if not more) hateful to wish death on someone than to make fun of them for their gender orientation? As a society are we really going down this road where it's less acceptable to be politically incorrect than it is to wish harm on another human being, even if they are shitty people? Again, I don't agree with what Whirr said, but aren't these people equally guilty of hate?

i just deleted the bass tracks from all my albums.

this is the first and only time i'll ever chime in on this issue, but as a trans woman, and to put it lightly, fuck this band

Hey there everyone. Please feel free to make me an offer on anything you see in my collection that has a $ sign next to it. Offers only. Please don't ask me "how much" for something. At the same time, I don't bite so don't be afraid to reach out. All records would ship from the great state of New Hampshire! I will ship anywhere. Thanks. Jim https://deadformat.net/collection/Jtm1967

to be honest, i'd rather people be buying from you guys and not directly supporting the band. so i guess we have that

I might be able to grab some USA Todays for people. What is the best way to ship a newspaper, though?

TWINSIES

Can someone quote this post but add the gif from Community of Donald Glover coming back into the room with pizza and the whole place is on fire? I'm at work so I can't. Thanks!

I didn't get a response so I guess an "eBay" response is better than none at all.

I would bet 1987.

its at times like these when i wish this forum was private lol

i'm so nervous lol

Got the regular edition of the James Flare! My first successful Mondo drop. Now, the box set.

I feel like the boxset will sell out extremely fast. BTTF is huge.

Will trade records for Magic cards! Pm me if interested!

That's cool and all, but then the idea of gender becomes meaningless. Maybe that's the point? I dunno, whatever.

2 or 3 different pressings share the same cat number here (gatepost 0004) ; one from 2014 (gray/aqua blue and bone white) and one from 2015 (green/bone, bronze/swamp and black). The tour edition of 2014 is "gatepost 004", don't know if it's the same. It seems you just bought a LP from the 2014 repress, and the jackets are the same.

If I can get two sent over to the UK, I don't mind helping out dude. Shipping from one EU country to another shouldn't be terrible either. Let me know.

is there something wrong with the earths gravitational pull?

I really, really hope lostindefeat was able to grab a copy. He's a good guy who sells his stuff for very low and I know he was looking for one of these.

We get it.

as soon as it comes in...

Just popping in to say that the G.L.O.S.S. demo is the best hardcore record released this year! I've never heard Whirr before, but I hope this gets more people to check out G.L.O.S.S.

did whirr just pull an enjoy the ride records?

Thank you for your excellent post about everyone's taste in music. I like some other bands too, should I run them past you first before I continue listening to them?

It's funny how RFC Records is saying "we don't support this behavior in any way" but not only were they aware that Whirr was doing this over a year ago, they just plain out didn't give a shit. http://runforcoverrecords.tumblr.com/post/79988084964/what-do-you-think-of-the-whole-nothingwhirr

Fuck this... just ordered the Deathwish one... I am sure I will not regret it... Come on this is their "live shit binge & purge", I remember how I begged God for having one of those when I was a teen, don't want to go through that again

There was a rare release in 1997 that was in store only. It was an Aquabats released only in a couple of HT's. Bake can back me up on this.