So you have to learn through the years in this business to take the
good with the bad. Not everyone is going to like what you do.
People will always disagree with what you stand for, and not
understand where you are coming from. People will hate you.
I am cool with all that. Comes with the territory when you put
yourself out there with your music. There will always be critics.
They keep it all in check. At least that is what they are supposed
to do. But there is a not-so-covert group of pencil pushers out
there ruining the good name music critics have spent days building in
the short history of rock and roll. I imagine there is an entrance
gate somewhere with a cartoon cut out requiring the chip on your
shoulder to be at least this tall to get on the ride. No training
required. There must be a Secret Society of Shoddy Writers meeting
every week where the inexperienced can scurry like rats over donuts
and bagel halves talking about how much they hate fun, happiness, and
songs. The Strokes play on loop through what one member describes as
vintage speakers even though they are just old and shitty. The
Strokes themselves have put a cease and desist on the use of their
good songs in conjunction with the meetings, but the members don't
know what that is and continue to nod their head to any band that has
"The" in their name. I have met a few of these so called critics and
they are genuinely good at feigning interest. So much so you almost
want to be nice enough to suggest they find a new line of work as
actors. But hate is addictive and they must have their prize. I am
blowing the top off this stone cutter's spinoff. One day, newspapers
will actually require fact checking and expect their writers to do
research. We are watching. Don't worry about them catching onto us
though, they have no intention of ever going to our website, talking
to one of us, or reading.
Other than that, everything is cool.
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