Jabberwock Confronts the Great Wall of Text

Posted by Jabberwock on April 26, 2007, 5:16 p.m.

Rant

Okay. Her' goes.

Is it just me, or shouldn't "music industry" be an oxymoron? I like music. I hate the stupid music industry. I caught the last three minutes of American Idol the other night (I am here using "caught" in the same way people use it when they say they "caught" a severely compromising sexually transmitted disease) because it comes on right before House (which is actually good). And what I saw made me retch. Who ever decided that Justin Timberlake clones crooning their mindlessness into microphones while prancing around onstage could possibly qualify as art? And what's possibly even more disturbing is that people (lots of people) are entertained by this crap. These morons can't (or don't) even write songs, and yet they recieve recognition as artists. Even if they are good at what they do, there's a big difference between being a musician (skilled) and an artist (creative). Creativity in music has always been extremely important to me, and I don't understand why it isn't to everyone else. Don't they realize that without song writers, there are no songs?

And whose idea was it to turn music into an industry? Industry is like where they make cars and stuff. You can't manufacture art. And I've seen greed turn good artists into crappy ones, all because the industry part overwhelms the music. It makes me sick.

Mekanos

No screenshots or anything. I just wanted to say that it's turning out awesome. Like when it's done, you'll all wish I was your friend. Normally I'm a harsh critic of my own work, but this game is turning out pretty awesome. I still have no idea when it'll be finished, though.

Modding

I'm not gonna be able to do much moderation for at least a couple weeks. Things are really buckling down at school at the moment- I'm writing a term paper and preparing for an AP test at the moment. I believe it's the same with most, if not all, of the other mods, so just be a little patient if game acceptance is slow for a while.

Thank you and goodbye.

Comments

Kenon 17 years, 7 months ago

>_< I was gonna be fired for "Sleeping on the job" from modship >_>

Jaxx 17 years, 7 months ago

^_^ BAI!! No Jabberwok? Queue no rises to 100

thernz 17 years, 7 months ago

I thought it was going to say Great Wall of China.

I am deeply disappointed. :<

WaleedAmer 17 years, 7 months ago

Change it now before thernody asplodes!

*thernody asplodes*

Damn.

Rez 17 years, 7 months ago

What disturbs me the most is just how phony the American Idol contestants are.

WaleedAmer 17 years, 7 months ago

Yes sir. =P I just noticed your name change.

Rez 17 years, 7 months ago

That sounds so wrong. XD

Josea 17 years, 7 months ago

I simply hate American Idol and all the stuff related/similar to it, though I don't see any problem with calling it music "industry", after all, industry is used to refer the kind of business focused on producing stuff (contrary to commerce which related to trading and selling the products) and get money for it.

Polystyrene Man 17 years, 7 months ago

Wow, my thoughts exactly about the music industry.

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Even if they are good at what they do, there's a big difference between being a musician (skilled) and an artist (creative).
I couldn't agree more. That's what I hate about American Idol and pop music in general. The indie scene is so much more 'real'.

marbs 17 years, 7 months ago

Originally in England we had Pop Idol, but that moved to America, and the X factor took over here instead.