Why on Earth are Carly Rae Jepson and Vampire Weekend at the top of this list? If you are at a point in your life where those two artists excite you more than every other one below them, maybe it's time to find a new line of work.
You're viewing all art through the same lens as mundane services or disposable goods, but good art should be something more meaningful than that and have more lasting value. It ought to be a vibrant extension of identity and a way to connect with other human beings. I'm sorry that you've apparently swallowed whole all of capitalism's most harmful lies at the expense of your humanity. This isn't about martyrdom; it's about certain people doing art (or perhaps a clever, marketable approximation of it) for the wrong reasons.
Yes, let's take this discussion to unreasonable extremes that were never intended. That's a surefire way to pander to online simpletons and get lot of clicky kudos. I am neither a musician nor a dude following celebrities around. I am, however, somebody who generally believes that people ought to be treated with dignity and that if somebody appreciates your music (which is, 95% of the time, why someone would want an autograph), it's no big deal to politely sign whatever they brought as long as the timing of the request isn't poor. It's a way for someone to remember a moment that meant to something to them because the artist's work means something to them. Good art has a way of making the audience feel connected to the artist; if no one appreciated the art, then the artist would have considerably less dignity. It's actually a two-way street. Being verbally abusive or even merely rude is not acceptable for either party involved, but I'm sure those raised by wolves would find some way to disagree.
So even if your intentions are good and the musician in question is by any normal person's standards clearly the one who is spoiled and a jerk, you won't come out of the situation looking good because it's understood that the aggressive rock star must be superior to you? Is that because might makes right or because if someone made some nice music, then that automatically makes him/her infallible?
The only thing good about this band is that they were so popular and so awful that, along with Styx, they were probably the number one reason that punk rock happened.
I'm as concerned about Stereogum as I am about DIIV. Displaying professionalism at a time like this? It would appear that the entire staff has come down with something dire.
Seeing Ariana Grande (of all people) be so effortlessly funny on SNL just served to further reinforce how boring and useless Jonah Hill was on his recent episode. I can't believe that guy has made a living on mostly comedic roles.
Okay, I realize it's just a coincidence, but I couldn't help but notice the linked article below this story that features a pic of Angus Young miming like he can't hear the audience.
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