I think I\'ve reached the point where I am done overgeneralizing all people within a specific scene. I really like a lot of hippies (whatever that means today), but can\'t stand a ton. I\'ve fallen in love with certain hipsters, thrown up around others. Jocks can be hilarious and down to earth, but can also fulfill all of the negative stereotypes associated with the "jock." This goes for goth-sters, skaters, squares, whatever. It all comes down to the person being able to practice agency within a structure, someone who finds the balance between maintaining reasonable norms (to prevent chaos) while expressing their individuality. And in the end, I realize that I base all of this on my own perceptions and opinions. So what-thee fuck-ever. I\'ll still call someone a douche bag, but realize someone else is calling me a douche bag simultaneously. This is the case when we don\'t scratch the surface and think "our scene" is the "best scene," perpetuating the constant douche-bag conflict.
Music fits the same formula for me--of course there are certain cookie-cutter tendencies within pop culture that make money by taking advantage of the grand sucker, but there\'s plenty of pop shit I find to be righteous pop. If it sounds good, to me, I will listen to it... a lot. I just want to dance, and in this case, Chester helped me out.
That said, I don\'t think Matt is a sell out or a douche bag (I know no one was really saying that in this thread), but his departure style was dick and posting in this thread (especially the content of each) was pretty douche.
AlZ--I\'m with you on the poserwatch. I guess that\'s what I\'m trying to get at, there are real people in every scene and posers in every scene. I avoid posers, once I know they are truly posers.
