Weezer Responds To Fan Fundraising Attempt To Get Them To Stop Making Crappy Albums
from the connecting-with-anti-fans? dept
There are so many "fan-funding" platforms, like Kickstarter, out there that involve trying to raise a certain amount via a bunch of fan pledges, where they only have to pay if they reach the goal. Usually, we see projects on those sites used for things like funding a new album or a book or something. But what about an anti- funding project? Hypebot points us to the fact that some "fans" (and perhaps I should use that word loosely) of the band Weezer are using one of those platforms to try to raise $10 million dollars to get the band Weezer to break up. The organizer is apparently upset that the band doesn't make good albums any more:
I have never been a fan of this band. I think that they are pretty much horrible, and always have been. Even in the early 90's.
But this isn't about me. This is about the Weezer fans. They are our brothers and sisters, our friends, our lovers.
Every year, Rivers Cuomo swears that he's changed, and that their new album is the best thing that he's done since "Pinkerton," and what happens? Another pile of crap like "Beverly Hills" or "I'm Your Daddy."
This is an abusive relationship, and it needs to stop now.
I am tired of my friends being disappointed year after year.
I am tired of endless whimsical cutesy album covers and music videos.
I'm sick of hearing about whatever this terrible (and yes, even if you like the early stuff, you should be able to admit that they are wretched now) excuse for a band is up to these days.
If all 852,000 of you (really?) who bought "Pinkerton" pitch in $12, we will meet our al.
I beg you, Weezer. Take our money and disappear.
Amusingly, one of the band members responded via Twitter saying:
if they can make it 20, we'll do the "deluxe breakup"!
Nicely done. Of course, now that it's gotten attention, the guy who originally posted it is taking it down, saying that he did it (of course) for the lulz (as if anyone thought he was serious?). Anyway, perhaps we should have tried this for our $100 million offer to have us silence Techdirt.
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Do the words -- Lindsay Lohan -- mean anything to you? Do you want your daughter to end up in jail and rehab with her career in the ruins?
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Would YOU want your 17-year-old -- a junior in high school -- to behave like this?
Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus shouldn't want their daughter to be growing up and out of their control, either?
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Here's what the Cyrus family need to do!
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Weezer Responds To Fan Fundraising Attempt To Get Them To Stop Making Crappy Albums
from the connecting-with-anti-fans? dept
There are so many "fan-funding" platforms, like Kickstarter, out there that involve trying to raise a certain amount via a bunch of fan pledges, where they only have to pay if they reach the goal. Usually, we see projects on those sites used for things like funding a new album or a book or something. But what about an anti- funding project? Hypebot points us to the fact that some "fans" (and perhaps I should use that word loosely) of the band Weezer are using one of those platforms to try to raise $10 million dollars to get the band Weezer to break up. The organizer is apparently upset that the band doesn't make good albums any more:
I have never been a fan of this band. I think that they are pretty much horrible, and always have been. Even in the early 90's.
But this isn't about me. This is about the Weezer fans. They are our brothers and sisters, our friends, our lovers.
Every year, Rivers Cuomo swears that he's changed, and that their new album is the best thing that he's done since "Pinkerton," and what happens? Another pile of crap like "Beverly Hills" or "I'm Your Daddy."
This is an abusive relationship, and it needs to stop now.
I am tired of my friends being disappointed year after year.
I am tired of endless whimsical cutesy album covers and music videos.
I'm sick of hearing about whatever this terrible (and yes, even if you like the early stuff, you should be able to admit that they are wretched now) excuse for a band is up to these days.
If all 852,000 of you (really?) who bought "Pinkerton" pitch in $12, we will meet our al.
I beg you, Weezer. Take our money and disappear.
Amusingly, one of the band members responded via Twitter saying:
if they can make it 20, we'll do the "deluxe breakup"!
Nicely done. Of course, now that it's gotten attention, the guy who originally posted it is taking it down, saying that he did it (of course) for the lulz (as if anyone thought he was serious?). Anyway, perhaps we should have tried this for our $100 million offer to have us silence Techdirt.
8 Comments | Leave a Comment..
Being her parents means you need to give her a curfew and stop her -- an underage girl -- from going to bars for 21 year-olds and up, and partying till all hours of the morning, like she did this past Thursday night, Sept.30, at Hollywood celeb hotspot, Voyeur.
Do the words -- Lindsay Lohan -- mean anything to you? Do you want your daughter to end up in jail and rehab with her career in the ruins?
Relatives of yours, who prefer to remain name-less, are already worried that Miley will become a trainwreak. "No one tells Miley no," the source told HollywoodLife.com. "We're concerned for her. She's 17-years-old, but is the one who makes the money ($25 million in 2009) and she calls all the shots in the family," the relative explained.
Now wonder they're concerned --Miley behaves like she's a woman in her 20's, not an underage teen. Aside from the partying at clubs and bars in LA, Paris and Detroit, in the past month or so -- she already has a long history of walking around flashing her bra and putting on PDA-filled live shows, including simulating a girl-on-girl kiss.
Would YOU want your 17-year-old -- a junior in high school -- to behave like this?
Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus shouldn't want their daughter to be growing up and out of their control, either?
Billy Ray and Tish -- you're "making a tremendous mistake. Everyone needs boundaries, whether they are young or old. Young people need boundaries to set themselves up for the future -- what's ok and not ok," points out relationship expert and author of Don't Bet On The Prince Dr. Gilda Carle. "She thinks she can do anything because she is Miley Cyrus but no one can get away with anything. It caught up with Britney and Lindsay and it will catch up with her."
Here's what the Cyrus family need to do!
--Bonnie Fuller
Scantily Clad 17-Year-Old Miley Cyrus Stops By 21+ Nightclub Voyeur In LA!
EXCLUSIVE: Cyrus Family Insider Tells All "No One Says No To Her, Even Her Parents!"
Photos: September's 10 Biggest Celebrity TMI Moments!
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