Oct 23, 2007 22:23
I'm not averse to pop or accessibility, nor am I inclined to believe that I am an authority of all things intellectual and artistic.
But YOU, sir, must realize that being pompous does not equate ability. You must realize that you have no room to talk. You must realize that you've worked much of your life to become a big fish in a small pond and your perspective is inherently skewed. You must realize that at the end of the day all that you have accomplished is blatantly derivative. (I can name three instances where your merciless thievery is so apparent that you should be hit with a copyright infringement suit.)
But I know my limitations, good sir. I know that at the end of the day this isn't it for me. I have big people business to attend to. So while you bask in your "[s]hits", be mindful of a few things:
1. Just because you wrote it, doesn't mean it's good.
2. Speed and quality are hardly ever analogous.
3. Faux intellegencia is not cute when you are willingly ignorant.
4. Your hangers-on are on average 9 years younger than you and don't know better.
5. You live in the valley.
6. True artists learn from the best. And learning from them means going back to the genesis of said art. Study, study and study.
7. The only monstrosity I see is the "bandwagoneer" monstrosity.
8. Nobody likes a 30 year old rock star...and your clock is ticking.
Long overdue.