Maverick

Question: Is music taking a turn for the worst given that REAL musicians don't have the popularity of some of the less talented, immature, and sold out musicians in the modern music industry? Or do you think there will be some kind of enlightenment period hopefully in the near future. Moreover, does the present situation in the music industry bother you at all?

both our faults... I should have been more clear.... I apologize as well.

Yes, I was generalizing, like "TheKwas".... Don't try to justify making such an assumption... I'm not going to bicker about this anymore... so I guess if you want to blame me and call me irresposible/immature... fine.

grow up man, don't assume that I was referring to you. I was referring to the news and ppl who have a problem with it.

must be the case... cause was really immature and stupid.

Then u stfu and let the sign stay.... when they start actually spreading hate and being a bunch of morons then you arrest them....

terrible...... fart jokes? why and how? Anyone who enjoyed this film needs serious help.

I would question whether or not MG will be releasing shit for a while. He seems like one disgruntled musician lately.

I'm kind of getting tired of this b.s. though. Either stop making blog entries and wait until you've acquired some way to fix your problems or just live with it. This back and forth nonsense is just frustrating.

My new favourite Matt Good moment is when he came in here and ripped apart all the morons who were acting like 2 year olds. I expected nothing less.

Indeed, but I just saw a "matt123good321" online... probably someone who's going to try to impersonate him or something. lol

On another note, more or less off topic, Crusader check to see if this: matt123good321 is actually Matt Good. Why would someone make that name unless they were? Moreover he already has an account (technically).

Indeed, truly it is not possible to determine the age range of the abusers just by enacting a poll on this site. Nonetheless, it's most likely that the persons did fall in the range of 18-24 (or whatever) because they are the likely range to be most appealed to Matt's music. Yet, their age had nothing to do with it. They were acting incredibly immature nomatter what their age and their actions were more of a reflection of their attitudes and character. Cheers.

Yeah, I find it very difficult to be overly judgemental about Matt's decision and actions or lack there of because of the past events on his blog. I think summerbronze articulated that very well. Take care.

Personally I would have to agree with summerbronze on this one. I think Matt expected that he would be verbally assaulted and scrutinized by rightists, Bush followers, etc. Yet, I think he just couldn't put up with how concentrated and frustrating it became. And then it finally became almost nightmarish. He probably figured he could deal with a great deal of the bullshit but it just became mind boggling to the point at which he asked himself, "is this worth it?" Because, let's be honest, when it's not worth it anymore it's time to throw in the towel for a while. Who knows though? Maybe he's gone back to the drawing board and is thinking up new ways to approach his blog and ultimately deal with the inevitability of having to avoid or put up with morons on a daily basis. What do I see in Matt Good? I think there's a good in him (pardon the pun) and the intellect that drives him to do what he loves no matter what can potentially stand in his way. I know it sounds superheroish (is that a word?). He has the ability and the drive to be a productive informer and entertainer and I think this will ultimately cause his return. I'm certainly not going to speak for him. We'll just have to see....

Summerbronze, Yeah, I think it just took us a while to understand eachother through the internet interface. It's not an easy job. Anyways, that was enjoyable and I think I better understand your viewpoint now and definitly agree with you on many aspects of it. Thanks a lot and take care.

Summerbronze, I said Matt's blog had flavour and style that other news articles and such lacked. That was the main idea. Also, I pointed out in my second entry that I recognized the bias in both and my opinion is that Matt's bias is far less extreme than those seen in the media. Even you yourself pointed out that there were degrees of bias. So Matt's quality of being able to add flavour and reduce bias is far more deisrable than the majority of other news sources I have encountered. I hope that's clear. Moving on, I made no mention that what Matt wrote was necessarily "right". I simply agree with his view on many aspects of the news as he shares a left wing mentality that is very reflective of my ideals. Therefore he is certainly a candidate of mine to reflect a view and standpoint that would be in accordance to my views. The point you made about Matt relying on several other sources is well put and possibly your strongest of arguments to persuade others that being such a news junkie is seemingly and ultimately a responsibility to us all. Yet, I would strongly disagree that solely reading Matt's blog, which happens to consult these many other sources, isn't indicative of forming "an educated, and well-rounded opinion on the news." I think Matt's research of primary sources and several articles is the very reason why his reports are credible and representative of educated news representations. Moreover, Matt represents himself through solid findings, quotes, and facts.

Yah Matt, Thanks for the good times. The time and effort doesn't go unappreciated by your true fans, remember that. Anyways, have a good one in Europe.

Summerbronze, You insist that no blog should be used as an exclusive source for news. I think that's where we come into slight disagreement. There's no argument that Matthew was a credible source for information related to certain subject matter. I found myself intrigued and interested in this subject matter. His eloquent, effective work was my sole source for this in depth information. Now, you're condemning this nature. I feel that Matt represented this information very well and could be used as an exclusive source to get a very good understanding of the situations. You seem to disagree. Maybe you think that Matt wasn't being concise or effective in his work. Maybe you think that he wasn't credible enough to rely on solely. Who knows? Yes, there is bias in every news article or written information for that matter. But, I think it could easily be argued that Matt evades the social biases that are constantly fed into published works in todays newspapers and such. Sure, he added a slight (emphasison slight) left wing bias that is more or less unavoidable by nature. But, I feel he avoided the overwhelming bias that we're all accustomed to through the media. This bias is noticeably extreme. You also questioned what i considered to be ideal. Whether it was, "added opinion and flavour" or the latter, "watered down, bias news editions". I obviously would rather the former. Thus, there is a level of articulation and wit that seemingly allows for an easier more effective read (why do I feel like I'm stating the obvious?). Yes, Matt created links to different sources and those were for people, like yourself, who wanted to read further and witness different perspectives and styles. But, for some of us, we were satisfied with Matt's position and his arguments and work. That's just my take of course. You're probably right that Matt would just rip me apart for all this. Thank god i'm only deal with you. EDIT: I just checked out matthewgood.org and that sounds promising. Moreover that didn't sound like a statement by Universal.

I think the rare tunes from Loser Anthems and Lo-Fi should be added. I would love to own Fated and The Fine Art of Falling Apart. As well as many others I haven't even heard yet, which is depressing.

Is it so impossible that Matt could just ignore the morons who keep pestering him and just not respond to them and edit their b.s. out? Or is this too much of a hastle? Being a commerce student, I realize that people face trade-offs and that you simply need to figure out whether or not the gains outweigh the losses. His blog is a work of art, ultimately impacting on all his fans and others who read it. Does he not get a large sense of self-satisfaction from realizing this? Does he not feel that educating his fans and others is important? Or is all this not great enough, insofar as he is willing to give it up so he isn't pestered once and a while. I mean, it's kind of frustrating to know that MG's blogging talents and web presence is wasted because of ppl with no respect have caused him to go on this meltdown frenzy. Frankly, they don't represent the majority of his fan base. I think he should realize that. Of course, I don't have all the facts and if there are other factors than this post has zero credibility. Take care. P.S. Summerbronze, I think you're way off. MG was presenting his news in a fashion and perspective that was far different from your average news article, etc. He also added opinion and flavour to his work that I greatly appreciated and ultimately lured me to be attentive of. For these reasons, I think many ppl found it enjoyable for them to read Matt's material and evade boring, watered-down, biased news editions. So, I did come to Matt as a source for news. Why? Because it was enjoyable, refreshing, and ultimately represented the work of someone I have for a long time admired. So I don't think it's fair to say that Matt wouldn't have desired for ppl to read his input if they weren't going to be news ambitious outside of his blog. Cheers.

gj john... it's all cleaned up now.

For the last time: AoB Now I wish you guys would stop asking me that. lol

Sweet mother of mercy. I think this was a ticking timb bomb just waiting to go off... it just needed the smallest of sparks and then that was it. I mean, he had been givin' grief for as long as I remember on his blog. There comes a point where there just is no point. That's my look at it anyways.

I knew Anton would come to my defense... he's the only onw who sticks up for me.... that's why is so intimidating and almighty.... all praise lord Anton. EDIT: btw, don't you guys think a lot of JEW's riffs and instrumentation sound the same.... for some reason I can just tell when it's them from the first 2 minutes without having heard the song before.... or is that just me?