The City Veins

As I mentioned in yesterday’s Fan of the Month blog, we’ve been brainstorming new and interesting ways to get people interested in the band.  Mentioned several times in that conversation was the need to network, something that we as a collective are neither good at nor enjoy doing.  For me, the metamorphosis into becoming a social butterfly must take place through the annonymity of the internet.  So I’ve been hittin’ the pages of every major music blog, leaving pointless comments about issues that I don’t really care about.  This brings me to a few observations:

1)  Those who comment on music blogs are primarily attached to other music sites and are likely commenting for the sole purpose of drawing attention to their site.

This begs the question:  who is actually reading the sites as a fan?  I mean, I am reading the sites as a “fan” because I love music, but I wouldn’t necessarily be drawn into conversation except for the fact that I am promoting something.  Those who comment on pages are either incredily committed to a particular topic, or promoting some crappy site (ie–this one).

2)  People love daily specials.

This is stuff like “bitorrent brunch”, “friday I’m a Remix”, “Two-fer Tuesday” and other clever statements to suck people in.  Often very clever stuff and very useful.

3)  I don’t have nearly as much to say as other people do.

In graduate school we talked about non-representational theory, which rejects the idea that any small microscopic action can be analyzed and blown up into a general and more abstract universal theory, favoring an examination of each event as unique and separate from all other similar events and rejecting the creation of any universal theory.  Each blogger should be required to learn about non-representational theory, because they think that every action means the world.  And you see what I mean?  I don’t have much to say, just many words to say it.  

4)  Death Cab for Cutie was once really appreciated, but now is the subject of ridicule.

Indie hipsters do not like the OC.  The OC was very much in favor of Death Cab.  As a result, Indie Hipsters no longer like Death Cab.  I suppose this is because they worry that the OC will suck them in all the way from Williamsburg.  I think they are safe. 

5)  People love lists.

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