Lets be honest with ourselves. Death Grips is pretty much only a meme band cus suburban white kids think black people are funny. Memes of MC Ride sitting and eating a fucking sandwich at Subway was soon as kooky whacky edgy stuff that you could post for a cheap laugh, photos of him painting with his cat were “surreal” for a lot of people. You never saw people circulating their interviews or sharing pictures and videos of him when he was younger and expressing really profound thoughts on art and music and politics, even though all of those things are very easily accessible online, cus that’s not gonna get you clout.
I really don’t get it. Like, yeah, Death Grip’s sound is probably pretty jarring if you’re not used to heavier music, but it wears off after a while. They’re a Punk band with Industrial and Hip Hop elements, of course they scream and have politically charged messages and whatnot, so does every artist in each of those genres. Of course the guy has a fucking life outside of screaming on a stage, every artist does. You never see people making memes of Black Flag or Skinny Puppy for doing the same shit, you don’t even really see memes of the other two members in the very same band doing the shit they do, despite being just as erratic and unorthodox as their frontman.
This is why I don’t believe people when they tell me a song or band is a meme because people like the song / band in question, I think they are just making fun of people and treating art like a game solely because the art in question doesn’t fit their scant little worldview. Shit’s so lame.
i moved abroad to start college two weeks ago, hoping that in the meantime i will’ve found a place to stay, be it a dorm or a room to let in an apartment. it’s been two weeks now, and every offer i had turned me down. i am typing this in the public library, with all my belongings in a suitcase next to me. i had to get into what i had of rent money, to buy something to eat. i am down to my last €100.
i need your help, any donation is a blessing, and reblogs are much appreciated. i’m looking for €300~400, that amount of money will be enough to have on hand to pay immediately once i have found a place. i do have a job, so i’m expecting to get paid soon after moving in.
