I really, really dislike Ultragrrl [edited title - mod]

Jes sayin'.

There are lots of idiots on ILM.
-- Cool Hand Luuke (showroo...), June 8th, 2005.

There are lots of idiots on ILM.
-- Cool Hand Luuke (showroo...), June 8th, 2005.

There are lots of idiots on ILM.
-- Cool Hand Luuke (showroo...), June 8th, 2005.

There are lots of idiots on ILM.
-- Cool Hand Luuke (showroo...), June 8th, 2005.

There are lots of idiots on ILM.
-- Cool Hand Luuke (showroo...), June 8th, 2005.

There are lots of idiots on ILM.
-- Cool Hand Luuke (showroo...), June 8th, 2005.

There are lots of idiots on ILM.
-- Cool Hand Luuke (showroo...), June 8th, 2005.

There are lots of idiots on ILM.
-- Cool Hand Luuke (showroo...), June 8th, 2005.

There are lots of idiots on ILM.
-- Cool Hand Luuke (showroo...), June 8th, 2005.

There are lots of idiots on ILM.
-- Cool Hand Luuke (showroo...), June 8th, 2005.

There are lots of idiots on ILM.
-- Cool Hand Luuke (showroo...), June 8th, 2005.

(Hahaha Nick Sylvester to thread to agree/disagree with that?)

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Isn't liking the music of a band the primary reason for liking a band?

and really, faster than anyone. thats what everyone's reacting to. its an interesting phenomenon, how generation y is becoming the voice of the establishment, rather than something that is traditionally mistrusted. [see: raised by bees for some more thoughts on this]

i did an interview with her for rockpile and she was nothing but friendly and incredibly insightful. in fact, she had a whole lot to say and i had to edit it down to fit the word count. perhaps ill post the entire interview to my blog.

boo, jealousy makes you uglier.

furthermore, isnt a bit hypocritical for guys to hate on her because of this behavior? its not as if men have never made some sort of suggestive comments regarding female musicians. as much as the men of ILM like to pretend they're sitting around being a stoic, meaningful and shit, its not like they're any better.

of course, this brings out another interesting point, a whole 'nother can of worms, about why its acceptable for girls to talk about male figures in music in terms of their sexuality/attractiveness and why its considered predatory when men do it towards women. but im not any sort of qualified academic/feminist/etcetcetc to really discuss this.

hahaha bbbut we're wrangling with Thee Important Musical Issues of Our Tyme!

My friend pulled me over to an SL DJ night, cause she had to drop off a demo, cause evidently SL's trying to start a label??

What the fuck does race have to do with this?

I don't begrudge her "strong work ethic", etc. I just wish the things she had to say -- regardless of how blindingly intelligent she might be -- had a bit more substance to them.

Turning this into a gender battle is (a) so predictable and (b) so boring.

And as for the issue of a double standard.. I don't think there is one. I'm sure no one like's Annie's music soley because she's 'hot,' and if they did I'm sure it would be frowned upon, much like liking The Killers or whatever because you want to fellate Brandon Flowers is frowned upon.

and yet, thats what it is. so quit trying to deny it.

The hot parties are in Soho now?

Duh, where have you been?

The thing that annoys me about her is that, no doubt, her book is chock full of bands and music that I probably really really like and have invested hours and hours of time listening to and reading about -- and yet one gets the impression that she heard or read about some band (let's say Gang of Four or Talk Talk or whatever it may be), downloaded a few mp3s, gave them enough spins to sense that it's cool music, and now seems to be saying, "Hey look what I found!" It's the whole indie fanzine trend where you attain legitimacy simply by having an opinion and expressing it in a ultra-casual and usually sarcastic manner.

But hell, if there's lists in the book I'll pull it off the shelf at Barnes & Noble and read it in one sitting, so who knows what the hell I'm talking about....

Hyperbole? Sarcasm?

Surely it wouldn't have this many replies if it were simply named "I dislike Ultragrrl."