I will second Erick's blurb about nothing personal, airing personal info, etc. but as I advised Young Steve last time he flamed out, better to back from the precipice than let this board consume him because he is attaching a level of meaning to this thing far greater than it deserves.
I will say though, that the thing that gets me riled is that Young Steve's rants are a series of restrictions: You cant be sincere in your liking of ____, this can't hit you in the gut, exploration can only be done in a content that I (Young Steve) understands otherwise it is not valid. If that is his personal credo, fine. It leads to a less satisfying more stifled life but it is his life. However to prescribe his tastes and fear/insecurity based rules as the one true way is idiotic and, to me, an invitation to attack. And to use one's own life and experience and received wisdom as the only way to measure somethings worth, without the out of "I just dont understand, so I'll let it be" is fucked up. That is what fundamentalists do. It isnt right because it seeks to deny me the freedom to appreciate things on my own terms. But I do understand, partially, where Young Steve is coming from, as there are various times in my life that I've rejected some form or music or a band because I didnt understand it, it didnt hit me directly, or I was clinging on to some received wisdom that said this or that sucks. If I continued on that way I would have never listened to VU (hippies), Fugs (hippies), Wire's Chairs Missing (not the direct impact of Pink Flag), any jazz (thanks to reacting to received wisdom of jr high music teachers), and dozens of bands who "weren't punk". Stupid way to go through life.
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