<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>









































































  <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
    <channel>
      <title>Comments On: Idolator vs. Indie Rock: Round 1,000,000
    
      by Mike Conklin</title>
      <link>http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2009/08/27/idolator-vs-indie-rock-round-1000000</link>
      <atom:link href="http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/Rss.xml?oid=1252503&amp;id=comments" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />      <description>Comments On: Idolator vs. Indie Rock: Round 1,000,000
    
      by Mike Conklin</description>
      <language>en-us</language>
      <copyright>Copyright 2013 The L Magazine. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The L Magazine readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The L Magazine.</copyright>
      <webMaster>editor@thelmagazine.com (The L Magazine Webmaster)</webMaster>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0400</pubDate>
      <lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:15:00 -0400</lastBuildDate>
      <generator>Foundation</generator>
      <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>
      
        
          <item>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Re: Idolator vs. Indie Rock: Round 1,000,000]]></title>

    
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2009/08/27/idolator-vs-indie-rock-round-1000000/#1252702]]></link>

    <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2009/08/27/idolator-vs-indie-rock-round-1000000/#1252702]]></guid>
    <author><![CDATA[Mike Conklin]]></author>
    <description>
      
      <![CDATA[I guess, like I said in the post, I just don't see what anyone, let alone Stephenie Meyer, has to gain from pandering to or attempting to exploit the indie kids, meaning, I don't think Bon Iver's fan base is going to have any significant impact on the franchise--positive or negative, cultural or financial. I read that same post everyone else read (at <a href="http://stepheniemeyer.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">stepheniemeyer.com</a> from 8/17), where she talks about the music she's been listening to this summer, and I have a hard time looking for ulterior motives from a woman who just seems to really like the Weakerthans.
        
        <br />
        Posted by 
        
          <a href="http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/Profile?oid=1150880">Mike Conklin</a>]]>
    </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:35:55 -0400</pubDate>
    <source url="http://www.thelmagazine.com">The L Magazine</source>
  </item>
        
          <item>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Re: Idolator vs. Indie Rock: Round 1,000,000]]></title>

    
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2009/08/27/idolator-vs-indie-rock-round-1000000/#1252689]]></link>

    <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2009/08/27/idolator-vs-indie-rock-round-1000000/#1252689]]></guid>
    <author><![CDATA[maura]]></author>
    <description>
      
      <![CDATA[Ah, but you left out my final comment -- which had a link to a story on Comic-Con, and the treatment of Twilight fans there that was like they were some sort of scourge upsetting its purity. And as Mark said, I think that there's potential for a similar reaction from Grizzly Bear fans et al (despite the irony that oftentimes, the online reactions from uberfans of the bands being mentioned can be as crazed as the tweens they love to deride -- maybe Stephenie Meyer and the people at Chop Shop saw this potential, and decided to exploit it?
        
        <br />
        Posted by 
        
          <a href="http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/Profile?oid=1252688">maura</a>]]>
    </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:53:36 -0400</pubDate>
    <source url="http://www.thelmagazine.com">The L Magazine</source>
  </item>
        
          <item>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Re: Idolator vs. Indie Rock: Round 1,000,000]]></title>

    
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2009/08/27/idolator-vs-indie-rock-round-1000000/#1252524]]></link>

    <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2009/08/27/idolator-vs-indie-rock-round-1000000/#1252524]]></guid>
    <author><![CDATA[Mark Asch]]></author>
    <description>
      
      <![CDATA[To be fair, the difference between the "indie" demographic (and it's nice that we're calling it a demographic instead of a genre now, took long enough) and country music and mainstream teen-pop is that self-identified indie fans really hate it when other people get to listen to their (well, our) music. This can sometimes lead to unfortunately torturous justifications such as the one highlighted.<br>
<br>
It's a side effect of having spent high school cultivating an idea of cultural uniqueness as a consolation for loneliness.
        
        <br />
        Posted by 
        
          <a href="http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/Profile?oid=1151003">Mark Asch</a>]]>
    </description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:25:50 -0400</pubDate>
    <source url="http://www.thelmagazine.com">The L Magazine</source>
  </item>
        
      
    </channel>
  </rss>



