Comments on: Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi) on "pay what you want" show archives http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/ian-mackaye-minor-threat-fug.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 08:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/ian-mackaye-minor-threat-fug.html#comment-1592461 wysinwyg Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196307#comment-1592461  Dude, there's a scene in Instrument where MacKaye gets a guy in a headlock and drags him off-stage.  You should take a look to see if it's the same show.  Maybe they got footage from someone else?  Dude, there’s a scene in Instrument where MacKaye gets a guy in a headlock and drags him off-stage.  You should take a look to see if it’s the same show.  Maybe they got footage from someone else?

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/ian-mackaye-minor-threat-fug.html#comment-1592334 Nash Rambler Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196307#comment-1592334 See?  This is reasonable, and it doesn't involve Fugazi shaking a cup of change at me on the street. See?  This is reasonable, and it doesn’t involve Fugazi shaking a cup of change at me on the street.

]]> By: huskerdont http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/ian-mackaye-minor-threat-fug.html#comment-1592306 huskerdont Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196307#comment-1592306 I haven't downloaded any of the shows yet but I did pick up three of the live CDs they released a few years ago--one early, one mid, and one late. I need to try to figure out which shows I went to and try to download those. Just picked up the latest release from the Evens. Sure it's a lot mellower, but it's a good sound for just guitar, drums, and vocal. I haven’t downloaded any of the shows yet but I did pick up three of the live CDs they released a few years ago–one early, one mid, and one late. I need to try to figure out which shows I went to and try to download those.

Just picked up the latest release from the Evens. Sure it’s a lot mellower, but it’s a good sound for just guitar, drums, and vocal.

]]> By: sean http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/ian-mackaye-minor-threat-fug.html#comment-1592297 sean Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196307#comment-1592297 Fugazi: The CIA kidnapped their families and forced them to go on "hiatus" so they would not be able to incite the anarchic revolution that was surely right down the road. Libya: It was a slow news cycle and the pathological paranoid conspiracy theorists needed grist for their mill. In order to get them to stop obsessing on the Fugazi break-up, they tossed them a few bureaucrats. Happy now? Fugazi: The CIA kidnapped their families and forced them to go on “hiatus” so they would not be able to incite the anarchic revolution that was surely right down the road. Libya: It was a slow news cycle and the pathological paranoid conspiracy theorists needed grist for their mill. In order to get them to stop obsessing on the Fugazi break-up, they tossed them a few bureaucrats. Happy now?

]]> By: Quiche de Resistance http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/ian-mackaye-minor-threat-fug.html#comment-1592279 Quiche de Resistance Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196307#comment-1592279 I'm tired of these liberals always defending Obama and his lies.  We need to hear the truth about what happened in Fugazi and why the Kenyan Pretender did nothing to stop our ambassador and three more Americans from getting murdered. I’m tired of these liberals always defending Obama and his lies.  We need to hear the truth about what happened in Fugazi and why the Kenyan Pretender did nothing to stop our ambassador and three more Americans from getting murdered.

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/ian-mackaye-minor-threat-fug.html#comment-1592210 noah django Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196307#comment-1592210 In a crate in my closet, I have some Hi8 footage I shot of Fugazi playing in Knoxville, maybe '95ish.  Somehow Dischord heard about it and wanted it because Ian put some dumbass kid in a headlock at that show.  Of course, my *fucking* battery died before that happened, so they passed.  In an alternate reality, y'all could be downloading my tape from Dischord now :( In a crate in my closet, I have some Hi8 footage I shot of Fugazi playing in Knoxville, maybe ’95ish.  Somehow Dischord heard about it and wanted it because Ian put some dumbass kid in a headlock at that show.  Of course, my *fucking* battery died before that happened, so they passed.  In an alternate reality, y’all could be downloading my tape from Dischord now :(

]]> By: cdh1971 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/ian-mackaye-minor-threat-fug.html#comment-1592197 cdh1971 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 06:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196307#comment-1592197 This is a really cool post. Minor Threat was a favorite band of mine when I was a teen in the 80's...and later Fugazi.  It's funny, I was at my parents house today moving their LP's from one room to another and I found like 50 albums I thought I had lost (30 I can lay uncontested claim to, IYKWIM.) Sadly, Minor Threat wasn't there - and I was looking...Fugazi, like an idiot I only had cassettes.Xeni - thanks so much for posting this, you're the greatest (as always) ! This is a really cool post. Minor Threat was a favorite band of mine when I was a teen in the 80′s…and later Fugazi. 

It’s funny, I was at my parents house today moving their LP’s from one room to another and I found like 50 albums I thought I had lost (30 I can lay uncontested claim to, IYKWIM.) Sadly, Minor Threat wasn’t there – and I was looking…Fugazi, like an idiot I only had cassettes.Xeni – thanks so much for posting this, you’re the greatest (as always) !

]]> By: Tim Vandergrift http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/ian-mackaye-minor-threat-fug.html#comment-1592196 Tim Vandergrift Tue, 27 Nov 2012 06:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196307#comment-1592196 As a practicing Anarcho-Syndicalist, this fully suits the criteria of my value system. I take the art I like, and after assessment, I pay the artists what I feel it is worth. This month I stuffed forty bucks in Cory's pocket for the pleasure of reading his stuff for free.  Really, it's the only way to reward artists honestly. And good ones do deserve honest rewards.  As a practicing Anarcho-Syndicalist, this fully suits the criteria of my value system. I take the art I like, and after assessment, I pay the artists what I feel it is worth. This month I stuffed forty bucks in Cory’s pocket for the pleasure of reading his stuff for free. 

Really, it’s the only way to reward artists honestly. And good ones do deserve honest rewards. 

]]> By: stegodon http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/ian-mackaye-minor-threat-fug.html#comment-1592179 stegodon Tue, 27 Nov 2012 06:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196307#comment-1592179 Yes, it is. I'll admit a pro-MacKaye bias, but I think it would be regardless. I'm submitting to voluntary taxation (yeah, yeah) by buying a couple Powerball tickets. If I won I'd definitely play trustee to this indefinitely... and buy a house, too, later.   Yes, it is. I’ll admit a pro-MacKaye bias, but I think it would be regardless. I’m submitting to voluntary taxation (yeah, yeah) by buying a couple Powerball tickets. If I won I’d definitely play trustee to this indefinitely… and buy a house, too, later.  

]]> By: horn5555 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/26/ian-mackaye-minor-threat-fug.html#comment-1592123 horn5555 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196307#comment-1592123 "I encourage all people to accept the mantle as patron of the arts."  That is a persuasive statement, at least it persuades me.  It re-frames the payment vs no payment discussion in a way I can accept.    Is it persuasive to other people?  “I encourage all people to accept the mantle as patron of the arts.”  That is a persuasive statement, at least it persuades me.  It re-frames the payment vs no payment discussion in a way I can accept.    Is it persuasive to other people? 

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