Steampunk =/= Anti-Mainstream (A Rant)

[katrinamlupin]

As you may or may not know (and you SHOULD.), I'm a huge Abney Park fan. As such, I was delighted when Jody Ellen, present redshi-- I mean, female vocalist of Abney Park announced that the band is at #8 on iTunes for their genre! I was less so when a whiny sophomore (and I mean HIGH SCHOOL sophomore) complained about mainstream

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[heleneotroy]

Hear hear! Well said!

[leonatos]

Saw this from your post on Joshua's FB profile and his link on the Abney Park Intereview, and wanted to say well said. It's a very good point and I find that a lot of "alternative" types have a big fear of going mainstream lest they lose their soul. And yet they never call any musician a sell out for some odd reason.

[katrinamlupin]

Thank you! It's just another of my pet peeves. I still have yet to write the one about how much I loathe people complaining that 'the book was better' than the movie...