rooks Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 dude is the worst. sergeantscruffy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hecollec+or Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 thank you for that insight...Jason Tate littlebistro, docdasuess, knifeparty and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Are you sure? Remember, I follow you on more than one social network buddy. Damnit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Jason Tate has turned more people on to good music shitty pop-punk than anyone who has written in this thread. He doesn't seem to "get" why vinyl should or shouldn't be expensive but that doesn't make him some sort of monster. His heart is in the right place.....his head? Not always. But I think he's done more good than not. I'm just kidding; I have no idea who this asshole is. BobbyHill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFB Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 My opinion of Jason Tate is that he is the equivalent of a bought politician. He doesn't always know what or why he's saying something, just that people want him to say it and that they give him things (free music and privileged information mostly) for saying it. To the bands AP.net covers, he comes off as an "I got your back" buddy. They like that, and I don't blame him for it... after all, its a tried and true business model. The problem I have with him, as I also have with many bought-politicians, is that I never can tell if he truly believes what he is saying or not. And that annoys me to no end. agaetisbyrjun and whose_thare 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agaetisbyrjun Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 My opinion of Jason Tate is that he is the equivalent of a bought politician. He doesn't always know what or why he's saying something, just that people want him to say it and that they give him things (free music and privileged information mostly) for saying it. To the bands AP.net covers, he comes off as an "I got your back" buddy. They like that, and I don't blame him for it... after all, its a tried and true business model. The problem I have with him, as I also have with many bought-politicians, is that I never can tell if he truly believes what he is saying or not. And that annoys me to no end. And then he acts like a child when he stops getting stuff from them. See: the bitch fit he threw when Brand New stopped giving him info and updates back around TDAG BFB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwhitmuzik Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I would say AP is as if not more diverse than VC at this point when it comes to taste, especially I the electronic and hip hop realms. Thank the community for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynchme Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Thought this guy was a bonehead when I was 13. Still do when I'm 25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futures Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Jason Tate has turned more people on to good music than anyone who has written in this thread. He doesn't seem to "get" why vinyl should or shouldn't be expensive but that doesn't make him some sort of monster. His heart is in the right place.....his head? Not always. But I think he's done more good than not. thanks for your input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewberinger Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 My opinion of Jason Tate is that he is the equivalent of a bought politician. He doesn't always know what or why he's saying something, just that people want him to say it and that they give him things (free music and privileged information mostly) for saying it. To the bands AP.net covers, he comes off as an "I got your back" buddy. They like that, and I don't blame him for it... after all, its a tried and true business model. The problem I have with him, as I also have with many bought-politicians, is that I never can tell if he truly believes what he is saying or not. And that annoys me to no end. this isn't true. And then he acts like a child when he stops getting stuff from them. See: the bitch fit he threw when Brand New stopped giving him info and updates back around TDAG he defends that band a lot more than the majority of people do on the site. nightonthesun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uglyorgan Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 thanks for your input Yeah, no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltadon Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 This thread has caused me to reach my quota for positive votes for the day. Good stuff you guys. What a terrible article and attitude he has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratbrain Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 My opinion of Jason Tate is that he is the equivalent of a bought politician. He doesn't always know what or why he's saying something, just that people want him to say it and that they give him things (free music and privileged information mostly) for saying it. To the bands AP.net covers, he comes off as an "I got your back" buddy. They like that, and I don't blame him for it... after all, its a tried and true business model. The problem I have with him, as I also have with many bought-politicians, is that I never can tell if he truly believes what he is saying or not. And that annoys me to no end. absolute punk corrupts absolutely AlexH., TFP, agaetisbyrjun and 15 others 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_James_Champ Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 absolute punk corrupts absolutely I've used up my positive quota for the day, but this....this is what dreams are made from! ratbrain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewfro Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I don't usually agree with a lot of stuff he post's on absolutepunk however this I do. Especially with the amount of bands that seem to break up because they can't make a living from playing music. I'm happy to pay extra and support the bands. happy to pay extra and support the bands? hot topic is charging 20.50 for baysides walking wounded which used to be 13.99 or however much, where it is 13.98 on the victory store. hell for 19.98 on victory you can get a bundle with the walking wounded and a tank-top. i don't think any of this extra money is going into the hands of the bands. Duff, cfrancese5, ratbrain and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corey. Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 lemongoat, rooks and sjb2k1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergeantscruffy Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Yeah, SRC jacking up the price is not supporting the bands. I bet you the band makes maybe a dollar on each of these if that. cfrancese5 and Duff 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejesseb Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Waiting for Drew to show up and defend the tater tot this isn't true. he defends that band a lot more than the majority of people do on the site. And cwhit nails it. Duff, toxicity, Brock N Roll and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 happy to pay extra and support the bands? hot topic is charging 20.50 for baysides walking wounded which used to be 13.99 or however much, where it is 13.98 on the victory store. hell for 19.98 on victory you can get a bundle with the walking wounded and a tank-top. i don't think any of this extra money is going into the hands of the bands. Surely even if they do bump the price up they have sold another 1000 records which a band wouldn't of sold. Hot topic appeals to kids who wouldn't necessary go hunting in their local record shop/online. Hot topic wouldn't sell records if there was a very small profit/risk of losing money. The fact they do is getting more people into records and physical formats which is surely a good thing for all bands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futures Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 sounds like hot topic is just looking out for hot topic. jewfro, anthemforadoomed and Duff 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 sounds like hot topic is just looking out for hot topic. As true as that is. As a band if hot topic decide to pick up 2000 of my records to sell I'm going to be pretty happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futures Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 As true as that is. As a band if hot topic decide to pick up 2000 of my records to sell I'm going to be pretty happy. As a distributor, yeah sure. But the fact that they mark up the prices as much as they do isn't fair to the fans. The band is getting the same paycheck no matter what price hot topic decides to sell it as. Duff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewfro Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 As true as that is. As a band if hot topic decide to pick up 2000 of my records to sell I'm going to be pretty happy. As would I. But it seems like we're taking about vinyl prices going up. Hot topic could pick up 2000 records to sell and still make profit without jacking the price up 25% Duff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 absolute punk corrupts absolutely C'mon guys this post deserves more upvotes than mine did. sergeantscruffy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 C'mon guys this post deserves more upvotes than mine did. Thanks, Macklemore. PS: Miss you boo, you never small talk anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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