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[QUOTE="xmikex:435338"]all the arguments in favor of this store are poor to say the least. 1. What does this have to do with hardcore? This clothing line may or may not have been funded completely on his own but the exposure the line had through it's association with OBW and "hardcore" was what launched it. That's just a fact and you're kidding yourself if you think otherwise. The important thing to note here is that Johnny Cupcakes never really DID anything in On Broken Wings. He was the "dj" or something, but in actuality all he really did was play a sample here or there. When he "left the band" I couldn't even tell the difference besides there being one less dude on stage, and one less sample before.. whatever that song is. Everything he did "musically" could have been accomplished by pushing a button on a 4 track. WHAT HE DID DO in the band was sell t-shirts, push his clothing line, and turn shows into a big tupperware party for his merch. Weather you think that's an insulting misuse of a music scene, or a smart business move is totally up to you. But don't be stupid and say this had nothing to do with "hardcore". 2. People with money are freely criticized every day. I don't see the Boston Globe ragging on some Newbury Street bum's approach to foreign policy. Of course not, they criticize George Bush, John Kerry, big mouthed flavor of the month celebrities... people who make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. You can't buy respect, and you can't buy the ability to be right. And yes, the Johnny Cupcakes store will exist with or without the approval of RTTP, or anyone on it. But if no one really cares what we think then why are anonymous internet cronies popping out of the woodwork to defend this crappy clothing line? Seems to me like going out of your way to defend something is what you do when you care. And what a totally noble cause to get behind too... screen printed cupcakes on aqua blue t shirts. Fight the power. 3. [QUOTE] yeah upon careful consideration, fuck this guy...and while we are at it, fuck liberated images, and axis fabrix, and hatewear...how dare they create and sell clothing to hardcore kids...thats so not core d00d...neither is the fact that people actually buy it. [/QUOTE] I think someone just set their computer to Auto-Stupid for this one. Just because people are buying and selling goods no one is supposed to make fun of it? There are HOW MANY companies marketing, and manufacturing dildos, and butt plugs right now? There are HOW MANY trucks full of windchimes, and cat t-shirts headed to Christmas Tree Shops as we speak? There are HOW MANY weapons and explosives being dealt to terrorists worldwide? Just because a supply and demand are present doesn't make the transaction worthwhile. The world will still keep turning even if all those industries went under, in fact the world might be a better place without them. Fact is fact: if you're going to make an assinine product (like Oh... I dunno... a bunch of super expensive t shirts with cupcakes on them, marketed to 20 somethings hipsters but look like they should be marketed to 5 year old girls) you should expect an assinine response. And I don't know anyone who actually goes to shows and wears any of those afforementioned brands. All my friends wear clothes they've picked up over the years from actually going to shows, putting their time in, and giving legitimate support to something they enjoy. But that's just me, and that doesn't make me anything. 4. I hope Johnny Cupcakes makes more money than Steve Forbes. Sincerely. I hope this business does great, and he makes a billion dollars because that money is coming straight from the pockets of irresponsible hipster shitbombs with money already burning holes in their pockets. I hope they toss all their money straight at Johnny Cupcakes and go broke like they usually do after they spend all thier money on dumb shit instead of rent, bills, and/or anything worthwhile that might help them out in life. So when they're huddled up in the gutter dirt fucking broke trying to decide which designer pink shirt to burn just to keep warm I'll be living like a cartoon king in my heated apartment funded by putting my hard earned money in MY bank account, and not Johnny Cupcakes'. When it gets to that point I'd gladly sit down and have a glorious steak dinner with Jonny Cupcakes himself, and have a hearty laugh over the whole situation. [/QUOTE]
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