Seriously. The brave new world is totally weird.
Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.
Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Dana - Sep 25, 2008 8:51:41 am PDT #7484 of 28404
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
juliana - Sep 25, 2008 8:53:28 am PDT #7485 of 28404
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
::boggles::
REALLY??
Heheheheh. Yeah.
I think what we're seeing here (re: bandom in specific, though the phenomenon is not restricted to that) is the leading edge of the new interaction between artists and audience. A lot of these artists are on the web constantly, they are very aware and very comfortable with social media, and some of them actually did write fanfic back in the day (and may still - there's some suspicion on that point). They're too savvy to believe that they wouldn't get the same treatment. Some of them enjoy it, some of them don't.
P.M. Marc - Sep 25, 2008 9:01:36 am PDT #7486 of 28404
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
REALLY??
Really. Victoria from Cobra Starship left feedback on a piece of femslash written about her, saying the stockings were a nice touch, and Gabe Saporta has said there should be more stuff pairing him with the dude from The Academy Is...
A lot of these artists are on the web constantly, they are very aware and very comfortable with social media, and some of them actually did write fanfic back in the day (and may still - there's some suspicion on that point).
What she said.
Unlike with Popslash, a lot of these bands are still small enough that I can see them play in a dive bar. It's a brave new world.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 25, 2008 9:06:55 am PDT #7487 of 28404
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I'm pretty sure Tom Conrad from the Empires (and formerly of The Academy Is....) also left feedback saying "Just lovely...."
Tom Scola - Sep 25, 2008 9:35:52 am PDT #7488 of 28404
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Certain cultural historians (and megan walker knows what I'm talking about, because I saw the book on her shelves) make a distinction between popular culture and mass culture. Popular culture is something that has always existed, and it's defining feature is that it's participatory. Mass culture is a product of late 19th and 20th century and it's unidirectional. Producers expect their fans to mostly just passively consume their product.
While bandom seems weird, the fact that people can interact with the band and each other and contribute to and help shape the culture is a natural state of affairs.
Atropa - Sep 25, 2008 9:47:02 am PDT #7489 of 28404
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
and some of them actually did write fanfic back in the day (and may still - there's some suspicion on that point).
Yep. I haven't been crazy enough to try and track down the fandom that I *know* one band member wrote in, but I do know it's out there.
Aims - Sep 25, 2008 10:12:39 am PDT #7490 of 28404
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Yep. I haven't been crazy enough to try and track down the fandom that I *know* one band member wrote in, but I do know it's out there.
Siouxsie wrote HP femslash, didn't she?
Atropa - Sep 25, 2008 10:14:24 am PDT #7491 of 28404
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Siouxsie wrote HP femslash, didn't she?
AHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh lord, what a funny idea. No.
P.M. Marc - Sep 25, 2008 10:46:07 am PDT #7492 of 28404
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yep. I haven't been crazy enough to try and track down the fandom that I *know* one band member wrote in, but I do know it's out there.
Spill to me in email. I'll find it.
megan walker - Sep 25, 2008 10:52:02 am PDT #7493 of 28404
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
and megan walker knows what I'm talking about, because I saw the book on her shelves
Of course, that assumes I've read all the books on my shelves...