On the plus side though I found a new house. I like my new house. Maybe more than my current house. Unfortunately moving wont happen until July. Bad Times.
Earlier today I was called a music snob. I can see where the person is coming from, I generally believe that most popular music is pretty dire and that quite often bands who people have never heard of are better than those that everyone is talking about. There are exceptions to this however, for example a few weeks ago I went to see Placebo and this year I really liked Florence and The Machine's album. At the same time though in many circles my music choice would be seen as fairly mainstream, people have heard of the music I listen to. Read Pitchfork and the music I listen to is practically chart material over there, but it seems that I just can't find the people out there who would sell their possessions for Laura Marling tickets or Final Fantasy vinyl. Where are they? surely they exist somewhere....
I'm not a music fan. I'm just choosy. I like vinyl and accordions and ukuleles. I didn't want Joe from the X-Factor to be Christmas number 1, just like I didn't want Rage against the Machine to take the title either. Why not have an internet campaign and support something independent, isn't liking songs just because they pretend to be against the system and shouting fuck a lot a little bit ridiculous why really you are just funding the record label they are signed to. That's not very against the system is it? I didn't buy either.I bought music that I actually like rather than music to make a point. I never liked Rage and I don't like cheesy ballads.
Buy the music you like, not the music they (even if they are an internet campaign) tell you to. Buy the music that makes you happy even if it makes you an music snob, buy it because you want to be part of it, because it means something. Don't buy music out of spite or for charts. Ultimately they mean nothing and the best songs live forever anyway because people love them rather than remember them for being top ten.
Snobbery and Charts,
t xxx
