john gourley speaks
i think i said before that i was going to write a very long-winded post on our torrent-minded generation. i’ve always been pro-downloading (free music! whoo!) but to the extent of deciding if an album was worth it or not. taking back sunday’s new again? if i bought that album, my ten dollars would have been crying for weeks to come. castledoor’s shouting at mountains? so glad i bought it.
the satanic satanist?
well, the album leaked yesterday. i downloaded it immediately. i’ve listened through the album maybe nine times today. pretty ready for the tenth. i told everyone. everyone who cared, that is. why? for one, just one year ago, i was the only portugal. the man fan i knew amongst my circle of friends. last halloween, i rolled through with twelve, maybe even fifteen kids to see the show. i’m here to spread the love of music, the interesting sounds and stories, the pure genius of people like john gourley, like bobby darling, like thomas durden, like alex greenwald, like chris conley, like geoff rickly, like greta salpeter, like aaron weiss, like kirk huffman, like kyle o’quin… the list goes on. and the point isn’t hurray, free music. it’s holy shit, this is interesting. wow, i’ve never heard something like this before. jeez, this is pretty effing cool. damn, that was sick what he just did. there are some people (zackb) who i will run up to every week with ten bands, going, “listen to this! and THIS! AND THIS! why haven’t you listened yet?!” and yeah that’s intense. but i’m a pretty intense dude. and even if i fire off ten bands, if one sticks, that’s one band that will stay in your head and dance around and light campfires and build a tent and stay nestled and safe and sleep soundly every night till they release a new record and you love that shit too.
so. the point. the point is that torrents are awesome, but the important thing is to help these guys who have created the albums you grow to love. if you want to torrent katy perry’s shit, fine, she’s a slut. and i know i’m not being fair to katy perry, maybe she is a very respectable artist in her own right. even though i know she’s not and that she’s a huge slut. but in any case, itunes and amazon offer all the albums you could ever wish for under $10. be kind, be loving, and be rewarding for the people who make these albums buy dropping that $10. think you’ll be spending too much on albums? who cares? would you rather spend $50 on albums in a month or $50 buying a round of jager bombs in one night that you’ll regret buying the very next morning*?
click the title above and check out john gourley’s response to portugal. the man’s album being leaked. it’s longer, better, and much more personal than this post, and i hope you all go through it, portugal. the man fan or not, and hopefully we can turn our torrent generation around. cheers. p.s. iphone is definitely not as cool as pirate hunting. flippin tapion, that flippin nerd.
*this does not apply to paul lenti, tim faley, or jaaperific, all who regret nothing, especially not a round of jager bombs.
