I don’t know how this could make anyone upset. I don’t feel like he’s being condescending or anything of the sort. Its kind of sad and revealing that you would take it in such a way. He is just blogging about shit that interests him. Its odd that someone would find this so bothersome. Its HIS blog.
I mean, this isn’t even a concert… Its free internet content. If his musings bother you… stop reading them.

As far as telling people to “do what their paid for”
Its sort of rude and meaningless to say it in reference to a person who is neither at work nor working for you.

Also, lets be fair… In the past Thom has been a miserable twat, but with the last album or so he seems to have cheered up by a lot. His lyrics have certainly been more chipper and his live performances are less dour and brooding. God forbid he take an active interest in politics (something every free person should at least have a passing interest in) and want to bitch about it.

I know a guy who is is tranitioning from “Class B Douche” back to a “Class C” as we get older. Soon, he won’t even be a hipster. Its been pretty interesting to watch.
He says he, “Doesn’t have the energy to keep up with music these days”
I can’t be mad at the guy, but it is pretty weird.
I imagine that when he is a little older he’ll only be listening to the music he liked in college and will lecture his kids about “real music”

Yeah they are either hipsters or wall st. bankers, they can’t be models, actors or just some really secure fans. Don’t really care, but just saying, no reason to throw nasty words at people we don’t know.

I’m guessing they are shirts that people who like popular bands wear. We wear them because we like McDonalds and other huge entities.
I like some small bands I like some big bands, but sadly I’m forced to wear this McShirt anyway. Thats okay. I like art regardless of how popular its source is or who is creatig it.

Thats such hipster bullshit.
I don’t give a FUCK where music comes from. I just care if I like it.
Since when is being a quirky little brother/sister indie band who lets their grandmother sing on an entire album NOT a brand? Hes got no reason to sling insults at other artists (artists who wrote The Bends, OKC and Kid A)
The guy talked shit, was wrong and hypocritical and now people are rightly accusing him of being a twat.
Guess what?
Thom Yorke used to be a huge twat too and I’m sure if he still acted the way he used to act we’d all call a spade a spade. He learned how to crawl a bit out of his own ass as I’m sure this guy will one day.
Point is, this guy’s following would be much smaller if it wasn’t for bands like Radiohead that introduce SOOOO many people to the entire idea of artsy/indie music. He doesn’t owe them anything, but the fact that he is doing things on a smaller scale doesn’t make him better and it doesn’t mean he should be allowed to be both wrong AND rude without people on the internet trolling him and his fucking band/brand.
For fuck’s sake, your suggesting that FF OR Radiohead even have the option of having videos played on MTV. MTV don’t play videos and they havent for a LONG time lol.
Pricks don’t get a free pass just because they are more “indie” than another band. No one here is suggesting Radiohead isn’t the biggest indie rock band in the world (and a great gateway for people to find bands like fiery Furnaces)
Thom Yorke used to be a huge prick. If any of us HAD the internet when he was out there talking shit and pouting about being famous we would have probably flamed him too. Unfortunately for Radiohead, they didn’t really have youtube and myspace to sell records when they started. They did it the hard way.
They had MTV and the radio, they had to do shit the hard way.