1st: this is like 100% my favourite band right now
1st: this songs even better than the other one
i love that that tehy’re legitimately good at basketball
i love that that tehy’re legitimately good at basketball
1st: ill eat all ur intestines
cuz i know u hate cannibalism
and then you’ll be responsible
for sending me to prison
cuz i know u hate cannibalism
and then you’ll be responsible
for sending me to prison
1st: master your body theres a soul within
3rd: real
5th: im out because i need some semblance of a normal life in order to be happy.
bye internet <3
bye internet <3
6th: i “quit the internet” but it didnt work out
ok so, i figured out this amazing thing about my creative process. Basically I have this weird situation where the first two books I ever read were Lord of the Rings and Dune. Basically my dad had been reading lotr to me at night when i was like, 4 or…
ok so, i figured out this amazing thing about my creative process. Basically I have this weird situation where the first two books I ever read were Lord of the Rings and Dune. Basically my dad had been reading lotr to me at night when i was like, 4 or…
6th: my tumblr is not a news source im debating whether or not i should delete this shit i will decide in the next 5 minutes
my specific problem is that i dont like the shit i say on here taken out of context and posted elsewhere and its not a story and its not an official statement.
my specific problem is that i dont like the shit i say on here taken out of context and posted elsewhere and its not a story and its not an official statement.
6th: positive vibes
theres a shocking amount of good music out of new zealand, randa, black city lights, and now this
theres a shocking amount of good music out of new zealand, randa, black city lights, and now this
6th: fuck im too opinionated on the internet
6th: something i want to say
So I made that post about my favourite songs of 2012 (including taylor swift and gangnam style etc.) and people just hated on it.
I just don’t understand.
I mean, I do understand. I have my own issues with ‘the industry,’ I have issues with how it’s hard to compete with a bunch of people with great connections, and that a lot of real artists get lost along the way because they dont have an ‘in.’ and that women feel pressured to act like strippers and its ok to make rape threats but its not ok to say your a feminist. However, I don’t see why we have to hate something just because it’s successful, or assume that because it is successful it has no substance.
Like, how can you hate Beyonce? Shes changing the world. She stands for people of colour and women everywhere succeeding in a stifling patriarchy without compromising her morals. And she makes challenging, interesting art. She’s always positive. She is everything good. And the fact that she is hugely successful is not a shitty thing. It’s an important and amazing thing and she clearly works hard for it.
and I’m sorry, but I think it’s fucking incredible that a korean language song is the most popular thing on the planet. Thats so good for humanity. Psy wrote and produced gangnam style himself and directed the video HIMSELF. No one made psy. psy is a genius and i dont think its so terrible that hes been recognized for this. It also doesn’t make him evil. His art is creating a generation of kids that will grow up seeing asian culture as being as valid as western culture which they currently don’t. I know because I grew up in Vancouver and half my high school was korean or chinese and the kind of shit i heard all the time was horrible. I used to walk around with my chinese boyfriend and people would yell slurs out of cars. Racism isn’t over. Sexism isn’t over. The only way things actually effect social change is by hitting the audience that perpetuates these ideas. therefore, when a deserving artist blows up its good for everybody.
I’m tired of people telling me I’m ignorant for liking pop and hip hop, because I’m not. I know whats up with music. I have thoroughly investigated both mainstream and experimental music. in fact, i was so dedicated to experimental music that I didn’t even bother to learn about pop and R&B until i was 21. I put out multiple records on a label that was run by my friends and released my music on tape because it was the cheapest option. so please don’t tell me that I haven’t been enlightened to the world of alternative music.
and yet I know very few adult males who consider themselves serious ‘music guys’ who don’t laugh when I say I like Mariah carey.
Why? because shes beautiful and people like her. therefore she must be selling sex, right? so obviously her music is terrible, right? ugh.
http://gawker.com/5930988/acquiescent-nothingness-incessantly-a-glossary-of-mariah-careys-10+cent-words
The first time I heard mariah carey it shattered the fabric of my existence and I started Grimes
So I made that post about my favourite songs of 2012 (including taylor swift and gangnam style etc.) and people just hated on it.
I just don’t understand.
I mean, I do understand. I have my own issues with ‘the industry,’ I have issues with how it’s hard to compete with a bunch of people with great connections, and that a lot of real artists get lost along the way because they dont have an ‘in.’ and that women feel pressured to act like strippers and its ok to make rape threats but its not ok to say your a feminist. However, I don’t see why we have to hate something just because it’s successful, or assume that because it is successful it has no substance.
Like, how can you hate Beyonce? Shes changing the world. She stands for people of colour and women everywhere succeeding in a stifling patriarchy without compromising her morals. And she makes challenging, interesting art. She’s always positive. She is everything good. And the fact that she is hugely successful is not a shitty thing. It’s an important and amazing thing and she clearly works hard for it.
and I’m sorry, but I think it’s fucking incredible that a korean language song is the most popular thing on the planet. Thats so good for humanity. Psy wrote and produced gangnam style himself and directed the video HIMSELF. No one made psy. psy is a genius and i dont think its so terrible that hes been recognized for this. It also doesn’t make him evil. His art is creating a generation of kids that will grow up seeing asian culture as being as valid as western culture which they currently don’t. I know because I grew up in Vancouver and half my high school was korean or chinese and the kind of shit i heard all the time was horrible. I used to walk around with my chinese boyfriend and people would yell slurs out of cars. Racism isn’t over. Sexism isn’t over. The only way things actually effect social change is by hitting the audience that perpetuates these ideas. therefore, when a deserving artist blows up its good for everybody.
I’m tired of people telling me I’m ignorant for liking pop and hip hop, because I’m not. I know whats up with music. I have thoroughly investigated both mainstream and experimental music. in fact, i was so dedicated to experimental music that I didn’t even bother to learn about pop and R&B until i was 21. I put out multiple records on a label that was run by my friends and released my music on tape because it was the cheapest option. so please don’t tell me that I haven’t been enlightened to the world of alternative music.
and yet I know very few adult males who consider themselves serious ‘music guys’ who don’t laugh when I say I like Mariah carey.
Why? because shes beautiful and people like her. therefore she must be selling sex, right? so obviously her music is terrible, right? ugh.
http://gawker.com/5930988/acquiescent-nothingness-incessantly-a-glossary-of-mariah-careys-10+cent-words
The first time I heard mariah carey it shattered the fabric of my existence and I started Grimes
6th: hey it's claire
So I’m pretty new to this whole thing and I apologize if I behaved rashly or offended anyone.
Despite the fact that I can be outspoken, I’m a very private person.
I started that tumblr specifically to have a ‘non-official’ platform to voice my opinions. Obviously this was naive of me and i should have known how it would turn out. but i guess i just grew up on the internet and the internet is where i do things. its been intense to become a part of the content on the internet rather than just a passive observer.
I definitely meant what I said concerning beyonce, psy etc. and I’ve put that post back up (below) because I dont want my words to be taken out of context.
but i couldn’t handle my personal website becoming a content farm. My passive thoughts are not official statements.
i just need to have a normal life right now. I’m trying to write my record and I’ve never tried to make art with so many people watching. I love writing, but this tumblr is making things hard concerning my record.
I’ll start writing here again once I finished. I also just need to fully process having a ‘public life’. I haven’t parsed all this stuff yet and it’s been a real shock to the system.
again, I apologize if I upset anyone or reacted immaturely. I’m simultaneously honoured that something I say could get so much attention. I’m just not quite used to it yet. <3
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So I’m pretty new to this whole thing and I apologize if I behaved rashly or offended anyone.
Despite the fact that I can be outspoken, I’m a very private person.
I started that tumblr specifically to have a ‘non-official’ platform to voice my opinions. Obviously this was naive of me and i should have known how it would turn out. but i guess i just grew up on the internet and the internet is where i do things. its been intense to become a part of the content on the internet rather than just a passive observer.
I definitely meant what I said concerning beyonce, psy etc. and I’ve put that post back up (below) because I dont want my words to be taken out of context.
but i couldn’t handle my personal website becoming a content farm. My passive thoughts are not official statements.
i just need to have a normal life right now. I’m trying to write my record and I’ve never tried to make art with so many people watching. I love writing, but this tumblr is making things hard concerning my record.
I’ll start writing here again once I finished. I also just need to fully process having a ‘public life’. I haven’t parsed all this stuff yet and it’s been a real shock to the system.
again, I apologize if I upset anyone or reacted immaturely. I’m simultaneously honoured that something I say could get so much attention. I’m just not quite used to it yet. <3
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17th: so stoked on this
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18th: lafayette, me and colleen hosting rage in australia
yus
yus
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19th: the harvest moon girls <3
man, i just got an n64 emulator for my mac, and it turns out the arrow keys (which are only vertical and horizontal) are the controller thingy but the game is on a diagonal so i cant farm or do anything. so depressed. i guess this is good tho, i would have lost like 40 hours to that game
man, i just got an n64 emulator for my mac, and it turns out the arrow keys (which are only vertical and horizontal) are the controller thingy but the game is on a diagonal so i cant farm or do anything. so depressed. i guess this is good tho, i would have lost like 40 hours to that game
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19th: slowly recovering all my artwork from all the random places ive left it over the last 2 years lol
gonna make a ton of prints and stuff
also wanna start making free posters just b+w to have at shows i feel like thats a good idea im trying to decide if its a waste of paper or a nice thing to do i dunno feedback on that is legit appreciated <3
gonna make a ton of prints and stuff
also wanna start making free posters just b+w to have at shows i feel like thats a good idea im trying to decide if its a waste of paper or a nice thing to do i dunno feedback on that is legit appreciated <3
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22nd: beautiful beautiful andre
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22nd: beyonce posted about grimes on the beyhive and im totally shaking
im so emotional ahhh. i know its small but being recognized by someone you aspire to be like and have admired for years and own all their records ever… its like. i dunno it makes everything shitty so worth it. i dont care if this is cheesy as hell. as beyonce said, i am done with trying to be ‘cool’
this is so much better than any of the parties im missing right now. and i am reminded as to why i spend my friday nights working, so im gonna go back to doing that now.
im so emotional ahhh. i know its small but being recognized by someone you aspire to be like and have admired for years and own all their records ever… its like. i dunno it makes everything shitty so worth it. i dont care if this is cheesy as hell. as beyonce said, i am done with trying to be ‘cool’
this is so much better than any of the parties im missing right now. and i am reminded as to why i spend my friday nights working, so im gonna go back to doing that now.
24th: dark days
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25th: grimezsz art
photo by tommy chase lucas
photo by tommy chase lucas
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25th: i dont read japanese but i believe this is for the grimes show
25th: both songs are legitimately better
26th: my cult leader made a t shirt
26th: im kind of surprised that G dragon hasn’t fully crossed over. Like, he has everything chris brown has in terms of look and style, except he’s not an asshole
27th: appreciating enya today
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27th
27th: this is so badass
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27th: :’)
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28th: that thing just happened where the landlord decides 2 come over in an hour and everyone scrambles 2 make the house look like its inhabited by normal people which basically involved putting up tons of fake flowers until i realized that regardless of how many flowers are in my house it doesnt excuse the piles of garbage and uncomfortable surplus of totoro paraphernalia