Comments on: Leftie, pacifist, Detroit indie-rock band plays Gitmo library. Interesting tale ensues. http://boingboing.net/2009/08/18/leftie-pacifist-detr.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: davidasposted http://boingboing.net/2009/08/18/leftie-pacifist-detr.html#comment-568833 davidasposted Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568833 The article was kinda interesting but desperately needed an editor. You would think Vanity Fair employs someone to look after that sort of thing. The article was kinda interesting but desperately needed an editor. You would think Vanity Fair employs someone to look after that sort of thing.

]]> By: lukkas http://boingboing.net/2009/08/18/leftie-pacifist-detr.html#comment-568846 lukkas Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568846 I got the feeling that we were supposed to read the conversation with Marcus as weird. My entire family and 80% of old college friends are crazy conservatives. Conversations with them are just like conversations with Marcus. It's a dangerous and narrow mindset but, in my experience, not very weird at all. I got the feeling that we were supposed to read the conversation with Marcus as weird. My entire family and 80% of old college friends are crazy conservatives. Conversations with them are just like conversations with Marcus.

It’s a dangerous and narrow mindset but, in my experience, not very weird at all.

]]> By: Cicada http://boingboing.net/2009/08/18/leftie-pacifist-detr.html#comment-568884 Cicada Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568884 @#2- Makes sense. I mean, considering their line of work, some of them are going to enjoy it, right? @#2- Makes sense. I mean, considering their line of work, some of them are going to enjoy it, right?

]]> By: StRevAlex http://boingboing.net/2009/08/18/leftie-pacifist-detr.html#comment-569163 StRevAlex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-569163 Yes, and they also say "like" too much. Yes, and they also say “like” too much.

]]> By: Joe MommaSan http://boingboing.net/2009/08/18/leftie-pacifist-detr.html#comment-568960 Joe MommaSan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568960 Is it just me, or do they appear to not be having very much fun? The people in the average Vegas club's house band look to be enjoying themselves more than these guys. They've definitely got the chops, but there's no soul. Is it just me, or do they appear to not be having very much fun? The people in the average Vegas club’s house band look to be enjoying themselves more than these guys. They’ve definitely got the chops, but there’s no soul.

]]> By: Daedalus http://boingboing.net/2009/08/18/leftie-pacifist-detr.html#comment-569246 Daedalus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-569246 #8: "I got the feeling that we were supposed to read the conversation with Marcus as weird. My entire family and 80% of old college friends are crazy conservatives. Conversations with them are just like conversations with Marcus. It's a dangerous and narrow mindset but, in my experience, not very weird at all." Hmm...My entire family and 80% of my old college friends are "juggalos," but THAT never stops being weird to me. "Yes, Mom, I know you're disappointed that Janelle isn't a juggalette, but I love her, and besides, I don't want to get the HIV again." For granola leftie types, juggalos and evangelists weird and exotic. But they are not animals. They are human beings! And some of them make kids and relatives and friends who read Boing Boing! #8: “I got the feeling that we were supposed to read the conversation with Marcus as weird. My entire family and 80% of old college friends are crazy conservatives. Conversations with them are just like conversations with Marcus.

It’s a dangerous and narrow mindset but, in my experience, not very weird at all.”

Hmm…My entire family and 80% of my old college friends are “juggalos,” but THAT never stops being weird to me.

“Yes, Mom, I know you’re disappointed that Janelle isn’t a juggalette, but I love her, and besides, I don’t want to get the HIV again.”

For granola leftie types, juggalos and evangelists weird and exotic. But they are not animals. They are human beings! And some of them make kids and relatives and friends who read Boing Boing!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/18/leftie-pacifist-detr.html#comment-568742 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568742 I'm afraid that makes them collaborators with the empire. Targets, one day, perhaps. I’m afraid that makes them collaborators
with the empire. Targets, one day, perhaps.

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2009/08/18/leftie-pacifist-detr.html#comment-568753 SamSam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568753 He didn't mention what has been the number one requested song by army bands since 9/11: Bodies ("Let the bodies hit the floor"). Very creepy to see huge mess halls of soldiers jumping up and down singing it. The song is also used by soldiers who create YouTube videos of the kind showing themselves in tanks blowing people up. Actually, I have a friend (a liberal vegan) who was in the Army band who says that it wasn't <i>quite</i> as restrictive as this makes it out. Though most of the songs were from a pretty standard set list, there was nothing preventing them from adding their own songs (covers) to the mix. At a Valentine's Day party they got peop,e to dance to Boris Pickett's "Monster Mash." He didn’t mention what has been the number one requested song by army bands since 9/11: Bodies (“Let the bodies hit the floor”). Very creepy to see huge mess halls of soldiers jumping up and down singing it. The song is also used by soldiers who create YouTube videos of the kind showing themselves in tanks blowing people up.

Actually, I have a friend (a liberal vegan) who was in the Army band who says that it wasn’t quite as restrictive as this makes it out. Though most of the songs were from a pretty standard set list, there was nothing preventing them from adding their own songs (covers) to the mix. At a Valentine’s Day party they got peop,e to dance to Boris Pickett’s “Monster Mash.”

]]> By: gastronaut http://boingboing.net/2009/08/18/leftie-pacifist-detr.html#comment-568769 gastronaut Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568769 I just saw one of the High Strung's library shows last week, and and it was probably the strangest indie rock show I've ever been to. There were about 20 people there (at a library in the backwater town of Bayfield, CO) and I must have stuck out like a sore thumb because I was the only adult there (aside from the band members themselves) that didn't have a kid along with me. They seemed to have gotten quite comfortable playing to an unusual crowd and were doing a pretty good job of drawing everyone in. On a more technical note, I will say that they know how to THROW DOWN on the Buzzcocks-esque pop music- well worth seeing if you get the chance. I'd especially recommend it if you are a parent that is interested in showing your kids a different facet of rock'n'roll from the one shown on MTV. I just saw one of the High Strung’s library shows last week, and and it was probably the strangest indie rock show I’ve ever been to. There were about 20 people there (at a library in the backwater town of Bayfield, CO) and I must have stuck out like a sore thumb because I was the only adult there (aside from the band members themselves) that didn’t have a kid along with me.
They seemed to have gotten quite comfortable playing to an unusual crowd and were doing a pretty good job of drawing everyone in.
On a more technical note, I will say that they know how to THROW DOWN on the Buzzcocks-esque pop music- well worth seeing if you get the chance. I’d especially recommend it if you are a parent that is interested in showing your kids a different facet of rock’n'roll from the one shown on MTV.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/18/leftie-pacifist-detr.html#comment-568774 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568774 "Their drummer was this 52 year-old dude, and he wanted to perform some dance moves during 'Billie Jean,' so they asked me to cover for him, and he got up and did this Michael Jackson-style dancing while we played." Why would this be weird? Michael Jackson was himself 50 years old. “Their drummer was this 52 year-old dude, and he wanted to perform some dance moves during ‘Billie Jean,’ so they asked me to cover for him, and he got up and did this Michael Jackson-style dancing while we played.”

Why would this be weird? Michael Jackson was himself 50 years old.

]]> By: dragonfrog http://boingboing.net/2009/08/18/leftie-pacifist-detr.html#comment-568805 dragonfrog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568805 <i>Why would this be weird? Michael Jackson was himself 50 years old. </i> Michael Jackson was also pretty weird, you must admit. Why would this be weird? Michael Jackson was himself 50 years old.

Michael Jackson was also pretty weird, you must admit.

]]> By: resnovae http://boingboing.net/2009/08/18/leftie-pacifist-detr.html#comment-569063 resnovae Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-569063 Seriously, these guys are so holier than thou they have to make fun of the MWR band (a pick-up team that wouldn't have a reason to exist if more brand-name bands were volunteering to play USO shows)... for lacking street cred? Seriously, these guys are so holier than thou they have to make fun of the MWR band (a pick-up team that wouldn’t have a reason to exist if more brand-name bands were volunteering to play USO shows)… for lacking street cred?

]]> By: cinemajay http://boingboing.net/2009/08/18/leftie-pacifist-detr.html#comment-568808 cinemajay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568808 @4, yeah, but he didn't look 50. Or human really. @4, yeah, but he didn’t look 50. Or human really.

]]> By: Itsumishi http://boingboing.net/2009/08/18/leftie-pacifist-detr.html#comment-569838 Itsumishi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-569838 Oh, Xeni's gonna love you! Oh, Xeni’s gonna love you!

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