Post #2341748
2026-05-08 21:25 UTC
If there is a message here, it is please enjoy and utilize criticism for what it is worth, but NEVER let any critic or cultural commentator tell you something is useless, worthless, pointless or not worth your time. If you like it, at all, so do many, many other people, and you're right to do so.
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@etherdiver@ravenation.club 2026-05-08 21:25
And certainly, if you're a musician, just make what you love.
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@W6KME@mastodon.radio 2026-05-08 21:37
@etherdiver@ravenation.club Having played rock in every decade from the 60s to now, I've noticed one thing. 25% of rock is pure music, joy, rebellion, sex, and fun. The other 75% is terror over being seen as not cool enough. All the genre hating stems from that. Hell, the overwhelming need to shove every band into a defined genre is part of that too. Without that, how can one be sure that they're hating or liking the right thing?
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@Undercat@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-05-08 22:01
@etherdiver@ravenation.club Robert Christgau never deterred me from enjoying something just because he hated it.