Resistance is Futile.

[version]

when i was growing up 'attitude' was a big thing. no one has an attitude now. the posture of defiance disappears when everyone acknowledges that we are all playing the same game in the same space. there is other game. there is no resistance to the game. there are no other spaces to hide in and plot from.

I've seen people talk about the concept of 'selling out' not really being a thing anymore. Nobody cares. If you can monetise something, you do.

 

[Leo]

two different things, though. selling out is changing what's done from good/innovative/interesting/niche to mainstream/lowest common denominator/pandering to what a mass audience wants. monetizing is taking what's being done and blowing it up to a larger audience, but not compromising on the essence and quality.

 

[Leo]

Nirvana blew up but they didn't sell out. They maintained their same sound (even got harsher sounding on the third album), but just offered it up on a major label with marketing muscle instead of Sub Pop.

 

[Mr. Tea]

the core of it is that there is no escape from the fashion system, no way around its hermeneutics. the besides-the-point-ness of "really meaning something"

Pretty sure I've seen this one someone's T-shirt.

 

[version]

two different things, though. selling out is changing what's done from good/innovative/interesting/niche to mainstream/lowest common denominator/pandering to what a mass audience wants. monetizing is taking what's being done and blowing it up to a larger audience, but not compromising on the essence and quality.

I think it's difficult to do the latter without it eventually leading to the former.

 

[WashYourHands]

If you stream and monetise the audio quality can become squirrelly but no worse than 64g sandisk running through a car system with ltd separation, the latter doesn’t rely on an internet signal either

Wasted enough on bunk mp3 players. £40+ for a device which might last as long as 18 months? Bargain, not even as if cd players are standard in newer car models. Rip the cunt’s to mp3/wav/flac, earbuds for bike, mobile rig for car

 

[Leo]

I think it's difficult to do the latter without it eventually leading to the former.

That happens but it's not a given.