deeninetysix

Well, yeah. Ages ago people only really had the radio, magazines and record stores to find music to obsess over. Their labels paid radio stations to play them, magazines to feature them and record stores to have them displayed prominently – they were forced down the world's throats, and thus became "the classics" because they were the biggest bands in the world, not the best.

I was actually thinking about this last night and my record shelf is completely void of shitty people like The Beatles and Clapton au natural no kiddy didllin wife beaters 4 me I can hear it subconsciously in their shitty music 
Or it's a coincidence but I like to pretend.
 
I love when sarcasm backfires. Those are only bands you need to like when you have no grasp of your own taste. "Aaaargh but these be the classics!" I don't know the exact science behind it but music relies on repetition and when you grow up being force fed these shitty bands over and over it's easy to trick your brain into thinking they're good because it's familiar.

If only the 15 year old girls kept quiet like he threatened them to do, then nobody would have dug up his personal life.

I think it is admirable. They are taking a stand against what happened. Even at the financial detriment this brings to their business.

What he did was predatory, manipulative, and coercive...as well as illegal.
 
This can happen to adults. Teenagers are more susceptible. Either way its abusive. It's about power dynamics. 
 
Edit: Deafening beat me to it and in a more detailed way.

It is easy to see it from this perspective being someone that has likely not been put into this kind of situation, the point is to not look at it from your own personal experience and what YOU would probably do, and open up to the experience they may have had.
 
These girls were mentally manipulated and coerced (at a young age where hormones are in full force and the brain is still very malleable) into doing these things that made them feel uncomfortable because it made them feel good that someone they admired was giving them attention. They most likely felt hurt during the entire span of these events but still wanted to be wanted by the person that was doing this to them (not unlike an unhealthy relationship between two consenting adults). Hindsight is, unfortunately, a requirement to see the total damage done in this types of situations as your vision is blurred and your mental clarity is compromised while you're being manipulated. 
 
It doesn't matter how long "rock stars" have been doing this and no one is trying to give the death sentence. It's still not. okay. We're talking about it now, and reiterate myself, that is better than never. 

First thought, best thought.

Did anyone else order the Standard Vinyl from them? I just received mines in the mail and it had a little card in it saying #009 on it. I didnt know if it was said that it would be numbered or not.

yeah because everything is perfect in the world's climate, so it's good to not sign the Paris-treaty along with Syria only (nice company) in the world, and keep pumping the fossil fuel industry and acting as it has nothing to with it...

Hold on, records come in black? This I gotta see. 

I hope the deluxe doesn’t show up for another couple months just so I can keep watching you all squirm.

Now this is the kind of content I hope to see when I click into a Brand New thread

Out of sheer curiosity, what is it about "Jesus Christ" that people don't like? Or is it just because it's edgy to not like objectively great songs or whatever?

Out of sheer curiosity, what is it about "Jesus Christ" that people don't like? Or is it just because it's edgy to not like objectively great songs or whatever?

I prefer opaque records when they're just one straight colour – I can't stand marbles, so I'm a little bummed this one is a marble. Plain transparent records are dope.

Alright, who's going to be the first to take one for the team and rip the entire thing apart? Knowing this fuckin band, there's probably lyrics hidden on the undersides of the paper.