Friday, March 4, 2011

On the subject of Odd future blah blah blah blah

There is no indignation in fun. Rebellion without purpose is easier to manipulate and capitalize from than complacency; the acts of rebellion denote an air of activity and self-righteousness that you will only find among punks that went pop or normal, hippies that gave up, and the falling wave of any movement strong enough to actually fight for social reform and a change in the edifice that debilitates passion - which is very very easy to sell because who really wants to be an average american? Not even those already an average american want to, and especially those who are set in schools and institutions or places of employment that help marginalize creativity and inspiration do not want to ascribe themselves to a very typical way of life. Thus, with punk/hip hop’s originators having their pride broken, stolen, or partitioned, the idea packaged in bands or musical acts then sold is that it is more important to ignore authority, than to fight it. Its like getting punched but going on to fight with a punching bag instead of attacking your original assailant. I can’t co-sign that. I miss old school eminem: the anger he had beginning his career and the passion he wrote/performed everything with, but I won’t just listen to these new cats from [insert appropriate acronym here (I ain’t googling that shit)] and pretend I’m suddenly crucifying the hegemon with the most engaging ambivalence that duplicitously curates the ailments of our Americanized, complacent, acquiescent, delusional, downtrodden spirits.

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