I Find Rebellion Packaged By A Major

I Couldn't Talk To People Face To Face, So I Got On Stage And Started Screaming And Squealing And Twitching.

There's Still A Feeling That Uncensored Emotions Make A Good Song. They Don't. Pure Emotion Is Just Somebody Screaming At You, Or Crying. It Doesn't Communicate Anything.

My Favorite Term For A New Kind Of Performance Is "security Theater." In This Genre, We Watch As Ritualized Inspections And Patdowns Create The Illusion Of Security. It's A Form That Has Become Common Since 9/11, And Even The Government Agencies That Participate In This Activity Acknowledge,off The Record, That It Is Indeed A Species Of Theater.

People Use Irony As A Defense Mechanism.

It's A Fundamental, Social Attitude That The 1% Supports Symphonies And Operas And Doesn't Support Johnny Learning To Program Hip-hop Beats. When I Put It Like That, It Sounds Like, 'well, Yeah,' But You Start To Think, 'why Not, Though?' What Makes One More Valuable Than Another?