tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14234730.post7724837667086561694..comments2023-10-31T03:25:33.696-07:00Comments on Cassandra Says: Cassandra Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07775317504418213521noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14234730.post-72131698321167175212007-08-11T20:54:00.000-07:002007-08-11T20:54:00.000-07:00Yeah, well, I was starting to worry about me, too....Yeah, well, I was starting to worry about me, too. Glad you were able to catch OTEP! And too bad re: Ozzfest... I'd thought of emailing you to see if I could set you up w/ tix and whatnot, then of course learned they were free this year, so kind of spaced on any further action on that front. Another time, perhaps... dunno if '08 will be free, too. (Of course I have no pull whatsoever unless LoG is playing.)<BR/><BR/>Re: <EM>I've always wondered if the guys are actively selecting for stupidity or if it's just that women with brains don't tend to make themselves available in an "I live to be your arm candy, oh master" way.</EM> I suspect it's a bit of both, and also a matter of some women out of vast insecurity successfully aping the appearance of stupidity in order to snag that symbolic win of a Righteous Metal Dude/reverse arm-candy. <BR/><BR/>FWIW, I figured out who the dude was, if not his arm-candy-accompaniment: Mike Spreitzer of Devildriver. If the woman in question was someone other than a mere roadside attraction (like an actual girlfriend, wife, whatever), I might feel bad about the above characterization, but geez, that dialogue (really it was just a sort of staccato monologue) was just so sad to hear.<BR/><BR/>I'll get a post up eventually about the trip, once I can stop being so endlessly distracted by the latest crapfest issuing from dumbass hackativists and the feminists of all varieties they're all excited about attacking, bleah. (This has not been a good week for one with manic tendencies... I get <EM>way</EM> too sucked in by it all, and for what?)<BR/><BR/>Okay, tangent over. Take care o' yer bad self.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14234730.post-24254173998937339062007-08-10T20:33:00.000-07:002007-08-10T20:33:00.000-07:00Also - I finally heard Otep. I like her.Also - I finally heard Otep. I like her.Cassandra Sayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775317504418213521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14234730.post-52189443864729441342007-08-10T20:32:00.000-07:002007-08-10T20:32:00.000-07:00Victoria - You live! I was starting to worry about...Victoria - You live! I was starting to worry about you. <BR/><BR/>The fangirl thing is...special. I've gotten to the point where I actively avoid socialising with musicians, which is a shame as I'm sure SOME of them are perfectly decent human beings, mostly out of a desire to avoid the fangirls and avoid being mistaken for one. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad you had fun at Ozzfest, BTW. I'm probably not going since I left it too long to get tickets and the process looks a little complicated this year. <BR/><BR/>Random though RE fangirls and the dudes who love them...I've always wondered if the guys are actively selecting for stupidity or if it's just that women with brains don't tend to make themselves avaliable in an "I live to be your arm candy, oh master" way.Cassandra Sayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775317504418213521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14234730.post-69700017079949745902007-08-10T20:08:00.000-07:002007-08-10T20:08:00.000-07:00Late arriving to this post (as is my habit with al...Late arriving to this post (as is my habit with all your posts, of course), but it gave me a laugh. Just got back from Ozzfest in Columbus, OH and the highlight was definitely hanging out in the autograph tent for Lamb of God and watching the parade of autograph-seekers go by. Such a wacky cross-section of humanity, that. Oh and also, on LoG's tour bus later, some woman showing up on the arm of a member from another band (I wasn't invested enough to find out which band) dressed in a manner I won't even attempt to describe, and also speaking loudly and in a bizarrely non-contextualized manner about how she did or did not want to shove various objects up her "vag." I just kind of stared at her, wanting to say something to the effect of, "Oh honey, I hope you're getting some kind of fulfillment out of being this dude's arm candy, 'cause you're really making an ass of yourself." <BR/><BR/>The funny thing was that when the pair stepped onto the bus, they were interrupting a passionate discussion about feminist literary theory and related matters which I was having with Cindy (LoG's singer's wife). (An odd setting for that type of conversation, to be sure.) The desperate fangirl shtick was just so sad to witness like that (of course I've seen it hundreds of times, as performed by myriad other desperate fangirls). I was torn between wanting to offer her a hug or something or just ignoring her. Went with ignoring her. The guerrilla sociologist in me would still love to know how she'd have reacted to the hug offer (with stupefaction? with violence? some combination therof?) but cest la vie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14234730.post-50104703433441251872007-06-27T14:00:00.000-07:002007-06-27T14:00:00.000-07:00CS: That look is pretty big on the east coast too...CS: That look is pretty big on the east coast too, at least in my neck of the woods...nah, I didn't see any at Ministry, but at NIN, Crux Shadows, and a few other shows I've been to....um, yep. I actually posted once about how I just did not get the lolita look...but hey, to each their own I guess.Renegade Evolutionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17905949172886730262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14234730.post-72209655453210110982007-06-25T21:55:00.000-07:002007-06-25T21:55:00.000-07:00Ren - Oddly enough I've never seen the lolitas at ...Ren - Oddly enough I've never seen the lolitas at any other show in the Bay Area. They weren't at Ministry (good thing, or I really would have shoved them in the pit). <BR/><BR/>Heh, I should have figured you'd like the blood...Cassandra Sayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775317504418213521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14234730.post-12126393451506692732007-06-25T18:39:00.000-07:002007-06-25T18:39:00.000-07:00I like the blood...but no, you go to any goth/indu...I like the blood...<BR/><BR/>but no, you go to any goth/industrial/metal/rave show, you will see the babydolls...<BR/><BR/>I never got the lolita look...then again, I tend to look like an extra from bladerunner, so....Renegade Evolutionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17905949172886730262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14234730.post-2919879577183573892007-06-25T17:58:00.000-07:002007-06-25T17:58:00.000-07:00Also...it's not so much that it makes me feel old ...Also...it's not so much that it makes me feel old (the age difference makes me sneery and arrogant more than paranoid, to be honest) as that I resent having to babysit. I do worry about people getting hurt, and when I'm at a concert that's not my job. I'm not security, nor am I their mother. I shouldn't HAVE to watch out for kids who're too dumb to realise that mosh pits are dangerous.Cassandra Sayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775317504418213521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14234730.post-29550450590931787542007-06-25T17:54:00.000-07:002007-06-25T17:54:00.000-07:00Zan - Oh, I can see why they would find him sexy, ...Zan - Oh, I can see why they would find him sexy, although I don't (he's REALLY not my type). There's definately an interesting sort of intensity there, and the man does have killer abs. It's the kawaii thing...the word definately implies cute in the fluffy puppies and kittens sense. I think it's a sort of racism, honestly...he's Japanese and he's kind of small, therefore "kawaii", which is not a word that would normally be applied to a man in his thirties.Cassandra Sayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775317504418213521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14234730.post-27102708387802428912007-06-25T17:50:00.000-07:002007-06-25T17:50:00.000-07:00thin black duke - You too, huh? I thought this phe...thin black duke - You too, huh? I thought this phenomenon was restricted to my chosen musical genre. Which other genres are afflicted with the annoying adolescents?Cassandra Sayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775317504418213521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14234730.post-61409751805507838582007-06-25T17:19:00.000-07:002007-06-25T17:19:00.000-07:00I don't know, Cassandra. I wouldn't call him cute ...I don't know, Cassandra. I wouldn't call him cute when he's covered in blood, but something about it definately appeals to me.<BR/><BR/>But yeah, I avoid a lot of concerts for the same reason. Too many children! It makes me feel old and I tend to go into protector mode -- gotta grab the kiddies about to jump in the pit because they think it's a 'dancefloor'. Gah.Zanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086497481509929875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14234730.post-49885848845579301102007-06-23T08:38:00.000-07:002007-06-23T08:38:00.000-07:00"Please, God, let some other adult [insert any mus..."Please, God, let some other adult [insert any music genre] fans in the US get exposed to this band so that I don't have to go to shows with insane teenagers any more. I'm begging here."<BR/><BR/>And I thought I was the only one.Kevin Andre Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02842238481549571107noreply@blogger.com