Oh-goddamn-Kay,
It's a new year so I figured it may be time for a new blog. I hope your happy (Claire, I'm glaring in your general direction).
Ya see, I fight an ongoing battle with myself in regard to taking part in the "Blogosphere" (shoot me if I ever say that godawful word again). The problem is that I find the medium inherently caters to the self-serving and hackneyed kind of bullshit I hate. And don't you feed me some shite about the blog being "The zine of the new world" because I don't fucking care. I felt largely the same way about those fucking things. With the exception of precious few (Cometbus ect.) zines were nothing but trite and pretentious recycling bin fodder.
So, these days I find myself reacting to blogs in roughly the same way I reacted to zines in highschool. Spewing bile about how much they fucking suck and not having the balls and more imortantly the attention span to do it myself.
However, Life has gotten easier for the lazy and the stoner alike. Gone are the days of endless cutting and pasting, as are the late night trips to Kinkos. That, is what I DO like about this format: its easy. I can type out any kinda nonsensical bullshit that ruffles my feathers and.....CLICK.... Assholes everywhere get to see it.
Sometimes I wonder if that's such a great idea. I really don't feel all to passionately about my distaste for zines. I've got far more pressing things to worry about. I'm a very important guy. Yet I got to thinking about it on my short walk to get coffee and because its so damn easy.......Here it is.
The filter is now gone, destroyed by convenience and "user friendliness". There was once a time......Long long ago, if you wanted to force your opinions on someone else you had to work for it. Late nights with your cutting edge electronic typewriter, the sickening sweet smell of rubber cement. Suffering for your craft.
So I say "Bring back the zine!!!"
....And get ME the FUCK out of here.
Ya see, I fight an ongoing battle with myself in regard to taking part in the "Blogosphere" (shoot me if I ever say that godawful word again). The problem is that I find the medium inherently caters to the self-serving and hackneyed kind of bullshit I hate. And don't you feed me some shite about the blog being "The zine of the new world" because I don't fucking care. I felt largely the same way about those fucking things. With the exception of precious few (Cometbus ect.) zines were nothing but trite and pretentious recycling bin fodder.
So, these days I find myself reacting to blogs in roughly the same way I reacted to zines in highschool. Spewing bile about how much they fucking suck and not having the balls and more imortantly the attention span to do it myself.
However, Life has gotten easier for the lazy and the stoner alike. Gone are the days of endless cutting and pasting, as are the late night trips to Kinkos. That, is what I DO like about this format: its easy. I can type out any kinda nonsensical bullshit that ruffles my feathers and.....CLICK.... Assholes everywhere get to see it.
Sometimes I wonder if that's such a great idea. I really don't feel all to passionately about my distaste for zines. I've got far more pressing things to worry about. I'm a very important guy. Yet I got to thinking about it on my short walk to get coffee and because its so damn easy.......Here it is.
The filter is now gone, destroyed by convenience and "user friendliness". There was once a time......Long long ago, if you wanted to force your opinions on someone else you had to work for it. Late nights with your cutting edge electronic typewriter, the sickening sweet smell of rubber cement. Suffering for your craft.
So I say "Bring back the zine!!!"
....And get ME the FUCK out of here.
posted by JazBrown at 6:24 PM
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