and this is true

um, fuck you, slate! though i can’t decide exactly how i feel about this analogy, because on the one hand, it’s fucking gross to be like “ew i don’t want to have philosophical conversations with a whore” with the added implication that who would expect a sex worker to be smart enough to converse with such a genius a writer for SLATE? on the other hand, i ALSO think that the issue of selling out is kind of bullshit because hey, guess what: your favorite bands don’t owe you shit! so i guess the analogy does fit, for me personally. but still. EW.

ETA: also, jumping on the black-eyed peas for selling out? 1) THEY ARE POP NOW, GET OVER IT 2) SNL already did this, like 4 years ago, except way funnier (“let’s get bar mitzvah’d in ha! let’s get bar mitzvah’d in here!”)

(via isabelthespy)

——//this is me now, not sure how this is going to look posted//

The analogy doesn’t really hold. Besides, the concept of selling out is too wide now. To me it only applies if the band built itself proclaiming themselves to be a certain way and then later did something in completely opposition of that for money or the hope of more money. Too often we bring our assumptions of what a band is about without them making that statement for themselves.

So if Rage Against The Machine started promoting different products that would be selling out. When pop artists like Lady Gaga or Rihanna or *insert any other pop artist here* makes commercials to capitalize on their current fame, then not so much.