Comments on: A Modern Age Retort http://www.bradbarrish.com/2002/06/a-modern-age-retort/ Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:07:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: laura http://www.bradbarrish.com/2002/06/a-modern-age-retort/comment-page-1/#comment-462 laura Wed, 26 Jun 2002 18:42:12 +0000 http://www.whatevernevermind.com/?p=72#comment-462 just for the record- i, unlike brad, don't shop at urban outfitters. damnit. just for the record- i, unlike brad, don’t shop at urban outfitters.

damnit.

]]> By: Brad http://www.bradbarrish.com/2002/06/a-modern-age-retort/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Brad Wed, 26 Jun 2002 09:14:02 +0000 http://www.whatevernevermind.com/?p=72#comment-461 Well, <a href="http://www.fivehorizons.com/" rel="nofollow">you would know</a> better than most, so I'll take your word for it. The point wasn't necessarily just about communicating with fans, but saturating their audience with stuff (i.e. all the bootlegs they released) makes things less special and precious when they release it. That's just my two bits. Don't bring books into this. There are plenty of really awesome books that get the praise they deserve, but like every form of entertainment (movies, television, music, etc), things slip under the radar. Artists (authors in this case) aren't given the attention and aren't given the chance to develop. Ugh, I'm already getting into it. I'm done. Well, you would know better than most, so I’ll take your word for it. The point wasn’t necessarily just about communicating with fans, but saturating their audience with stuff (i.e. all the bootlegs they released) makes things less special and precious when they release it. That’s just my two bits.

Don’t bring books into this. There are plenty of really awesome books that get the praise they deserve, but like every form of entertainment (movies, television, music, etc), things slip under the radar. Artists (authors in this case) aren’t given the attention and aren’t given the chance to develop. Ugh, I’m already getting into it. I’m done.

]]> By: clr http://www.bradbarrish.com/2002/06/a-modern-age-retort/comment-page-1/#comment-460 clr Tue, 25 Jun 2002 10:30:02 +0000 http://www.whatevernevermind.com/?p=72#comment-460 I'm going to argue here that Celine Dion communicates more often and more directly with her fans than Pearl Jam does. Pearl Jam don't communicate, they have these vague one-word missives posted on their official sites. No one really knows who is doing the posting, who answers the questions, who decides what gets asked. It's fucking ridiculous. Compare that with something like, say, foofighters.com, where you're getting a straight deal. Hell, PRINCE communicates with his fans more directly than Pearl Jam. But Moby don't know shit about Pearl Jam fans. They are the ones buying THREE COPIES of the record so they can have one everywhere. People aren't buying the Moby record because it's boring, maybe. And if you think the music business is in trouble from the perspective of intelligent people buying intelligent music, well, the book business is even worse. I’m going to argue here that Celine Dion communicates more often and more directly with her fans than Pearl Jam does. Pearl Jam don’t communicate, they have these vague one-word missives posted on their official sites. No one really knows who is doing the posting, who answers the questions, who decides what gets asked. It’s fucking ridiculous. Compare that with something like, say, foofighters.com, where you’re getting a straight deal. Hell, PRINCE communicates with his fans more directly than Pearl Jam.

But Moby don’t know shit about Pearl Jam fans. They are the ones buying THREE COPIES of the record so they can have one everywhere.

People aren’t buying the Moby record because it’s boring, maybe.

And if you think the music business is in trouble from the perspective of intelligent people buying intelligent music, well, the book business is even worse.

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