Comments on: I am blonde and I am catty

By: dr. hason

dr. hason — Tue, 02 May 2006 15:36:34 +0000

willow
i don’t think there were ANY papers about bruce hornsby…it’s shocking now that i think about it.
maybe next year you should propose one!

By: La Foi

La Foi — Mon, 01 May 2006 14:18:59 +0000

Hey, I hear you. I’ve had this problem before. When my boyfriend and I were first together, often at parties people would fawn all over him while treating me as nothing more than The Girlfriend. And not a very interesting one, at that. This pissed me off to the degree where I started imagining it was happening during EVERY social encounter.
It’s taken me a long time to find the right balance between honoring my feelings and not sinking into a dark, delusional paranoia. What has helped is finding a cadre of people in Portland, some of them artists, some not, who are warm and open people, and fun to hang out with. People I value, who value me.
But maybe what helped the most was traveling through Eastern Europe. I met a lot of artists, and none of them treated me this way. This confirmed that I wasn’t crazy. I think in Europe, there’s so much more funding and a sense of pride in being an artist, that you don’t have to spend so much time proving yourself. All my conversations in Europe were not about whether or not I was an artist, and if so, what my credentials were, but about what I was doing.
Anyway, it’s hard sometimes. It’s important to call bullshit when you see it. Don’t let those fakers rule your scene.

By: willow

willow — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:09:07 +0000

Thanks, Hason.
There is a SLIGHT chance I overreacted due to my current state of sensitivity. :-) I did feel a dismissive vibe, but maybe it wasn’t as intentional as all that.
Phil Collins, huh? I guess as assignment of street cred can be pretty random. I thought Bruce Hornsby was the king of ironic adoration. Perhaps he’s been usurped?

By: Sweet Lucy

Sweet Lucy — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 17:28:03 +0000

I dislike snobs of all varieties, whether they be film, music, wine, fashion, or art/design snobs. And being a student of art history, there’s a lot of art snobs out there that like to test me on my smarts and my contemporary art “cred.”
Status games suck. So most of the time, I just opt out. Either walk away from someone trying to engage me in it, or else just be my very real, goofy self and break out in some fucking weird dance moves.
(I believe you have seen aforementioned dance moves in the travel movie on my blog!)

By: hason

hason — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 16:34:31 +0000

willow
i think there was some confusion…they were old friends of your friends who moved away from portland, glad to see them again, not fawning over who they took to be the hipper/more street cred kids.
things are often more complicated than they seem. and street cred levels are bullshit, you are just as cool as anyone in the UrHo posse.
man, speaking of cred etc, the EMPopCon is 12 hrs a day of crazy minutiae and nerd cred…apparently it is now okay to like phil collins. but not dan fogelberg (what I’ve learned so far this afternoon).

By: ahe

ahe — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:58:05 +0000

Willow, I think Chris Walla brought a lot of asshole Seattle scenesters down to Portland with him. Not that I am saddened by their absence up here. Actually, I have heard that there are many Seattle kids moving down to Portland because the rumor is the art/creative scene is far more vibrant and the music scene is on par, couple with the fact that Portland is a lot cheaper.

By: coco

coco — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:23:12 +0000

First of all, you need to ask for some LOWLIGHTS, girlfriend. Let this be the haircut that broke the camels back.From now on, you will be a ruthless customer with a heartily indexed Cosmo in hand.
Next, I don’t know if you are talking about Portland Main, but as the new century progresses, Portland scensters are really slacking on politness.Can it be all these young adults moving here from Podunk USA,who need to throw themselves full throttle into the burning belly of hipsterdom?Maybe it is a double standard,I am generally loathe to talk to someone with a fashion mullet.
Lastly, I hate overgrown college boys and their mastabatoury questions too.I allready spent 4 years at LC, enouh allready!

By: Mikey

Mikey — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:52:49 +0000

I think a smaller group is better for a Q+A. The guy last night was great! He was funny, high energy, and kept trying to push his merch. Good bits!

By: piu piu

piu piu — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 04:35:26 +0000

i agree about Q & A’s. sometimes they are just ridiculously boring and unnecesarily pretentious

By: Steve Schroeder

Steve Schroeder — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:31:58 +0000

I would really recommend waiting on making another hair appointment. I really like it.
ALSO, IT WILL ASSIST YOU IN GETTING A JOB!