23 August

One of the reasons I decided against becoming part of the music industry is that it’s mostly not very bright. Like I always say, I know, it’s an industry about entrenching teenage life across our entire lifespan. And you can see it in plain sight right here, the outrage that big music companies act like arseholes over copyright. Artists begin their careers falling over themselves to sign with a label, to get rich and famous, and then when rich and famous turns out to be the adult world of multiple dimensions of shit, wonder why they can’t just be rich and famous, without the adulting. I’m hoping it all collapses in a heap, so adults can go back to focusing on adult things again, rather than acting like teen fans and groupies their whole life. Return music to where it belongs, ordinary life, away from rock stars and gigs and permanent adolescent fan culture.