tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post9116466510419593080..comments2023-12-27T04:11:52.386-08:00Comments on Doc 40: BUT I AM STILL AN ACTION FIGUREUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post-78813999437462402522010-04-08T20:33:51.708-07:002010-04-08T20:33:51.708-07:00y'know.. this whole thing with McLaren reminds...y'know.. this whole thing with McLaren reminds me of the character Dennis Hopper played in the TV version of Crash. The scene where he came up with the idea to give music away for free to appease the daughter's investors by changing the business model. i'm sure you all are aware Dennis is on his deathbed in Venice as we speak. But his character role reflects that moment that we all * yuri *https://www.blogger.com/profile/10518691356188959360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post-61193431372571716752010-04-08T20:00:01.913-07:002010-04-08T20:00:01.913-07:00Blame Mick.. he started it with his photos of Sid....Blame Mick.. he started it with his photos of Sid. :-PPPP* yuri *https://www.blogger.com/profile/10518691356188959360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post-63977011475100879802010-04-08T19:30:33.144-07:002010-04-08T19:30:33.144-07:00Spooky that this entire discussion should break ou...Spooky that this entire discussion should break out on the day Maclaren dies.Diamond Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post-27384472591850037292010-04-08T19:01:05.451-07:002010-04-08T19:01:05.451-07:00thanks so much for these comments, all. you've...thanks so much for these comments, all. you've given me some food for thought, and I appreciate that.* yuri *https://www.blogger.com/profile/10518691356188959360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post-89645700392492899212010-04-08T16:19:51.484-07:002010-04-08T16:19:51.484-07:00The problem is stagnation in the rock genres, not ...The problem is stagnation in the rock genres, not kids. <br /><br />Sad as it is, myspace.com & soundclick.com did more for independent music than anything else in recent years. Mind you, MTV, Radio & corporate influence essentially ruined the progress that had been ever so briefly made. Murdoch made a TOS agreement that gives news corp the rights to all music uploaded... soundclick'sx_Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post-78327202776248443802010-04-08T12:26:03.654-07:002010-04-08T12:26:03.654-07:00i`ve just read on bbc.com that malcolm mclaren die...i`ve just read on bbc.com that malcolm mclaren died today.whatever you may think of him in interviews,jon savage`s book,i always liked him.eccentric but...kind.i remember his ads in the nme for let it rock.very sad news.stunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post-18687983830408155762010-04-08T11:50:52.810-07:002010-04-08T11:50:52.810-07:00i don`t remember it quite like that yuri. x-S is q...i don`t remember it quite like that yuri. x-S is q.right,my youngest offsping is dying for me to get rockstar or whatever.i keep telling him i`ve a guitar,amp, effects ,learn to play the f/n guitar!!!cuh!kids eh?stunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post-7385952833414701252010-04-08T04:31:02.532-07:002010-04-08T04:31:02.532-07:00Fuck all that... I'm so fucking tired of peopl...Fuck all that... I'm so fucking tired of people acting as if contemporary artists owe some sort of tribute or acknowledgement simply because they made music or painted or took pictures after someone else did. <br /><br />If this is to be so, why don't we acknowledge or even fucking remember the people who first created the instruments? Certainly there would be no musicians without x_Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post-11610649805006318312010-04-08T01:09:00.746-07:002010-04-08T01:09:00.746-07:00I'd seriously question that "the artistic...I'd seriously question that "the artistic vision that maclaren helped to bring to the masses." Maclaren was an asshole who stole every idea he had.Diamond Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post-51258344640979203382010-04-07T23:31:23.301-07:002010-04-07T23:31:23.301-07:00I saw PiL perform tonight in LA. It was a fun sho...I saw PiL perform tonight in LA. It was a fun show,, but the most emotional moment of the day was when i mentioned the event to a co-worker.. and she said,, y'mean the band John started after Sid Vicious died? it was at that very instant that I realized that the post-punk influence that PiL holds is very much undeniable in modern rock music.. but the very recipe that the sex pistols * yuri *https://www.blogger.com/profile/10518691356188959360noreply@blogger.com