Hey QT! I remember that one time the DJ played that song and I still think of u grinding on me even though u r far away. What’s goin down in PC Music-ville? Hope all yall are really ‘coming together’, building a community that appeals 2 #youth_culture mixed with DJ ass bro wannabes who lurk hard on soundcloud for ‘new tracks to spin out.’
Great DJ set! Some unedited mainstream hits, a few PC Music vibes, but mainly you just swaying there with your keut bangs, headphones, and chill backpack. R u real? R u 4 real?
Killed it QT BB!
I’m really trying 2 figure out just how scalable PC Music is. Is it just indi_EDM [via an ‘independent-seeming branch’ of EDM]? Or is it ‘an auth art movement’ that provides commentary on popular sounds/the images behind pop artists & DJs? RELATED: Is PC Music Scalable?
This DJ set by QT at the Boiler House may be ‘the worst DJ set ever’ 2 ppl who don’t ‘get’ it. But it also might be ‘enjoyable’ 2 a lamestreamer. But it might also be art. I feel like I think I ‘get’ it, but also might need blow/MDMA 2 vibe 2 it in a social context in which I appreciate. Is pop music the Master Art? Is PC Music the Master Art?
I’m not sure who my ideal auth hottie is. Is it sorta a Molly Rankin ALVVAYS lookin good vibe, or should I just go ‘pure robot-wave’ woman?
I feel like I just want a woman who has properly commodified herself. QT has ‘symmetric-wave’ good looks, even if it ventures into alien/robot mode.
Sure, Hannah Diamond is still looking slender/fyne, but I might be more into QT now after this ‘horrible, horrible’ [via hella auth] DJ set. [via letting a mainstream playlist play]
Are ‘bangs’ back, but in a very intense way?
Is QT ‘the ultimate QT’?
R u gonna get QT bangs, or will ur employer think u r ‘insane’?
Who is the ideal auth hottie?
Is PC Music scalable?
Is QT’s look ‘hot’ or ‘too Tumblr IRL’?
Is PC Music auth?
Is PC Music just ‘London’s garbage’?
Or is it high-high-end netstream?
Or is it too ‘high end’ for mass markets to get in a dubbysteppy kind of way?
Will there be one breakthrough hit that ‘reaches the masses’?
Is QT’s DJ set the greatest DJ set of all time?
I was at SXSW last week. It was lame. One thing my auth / alt-leaning / net-stream friends all agreed upon was that ‘there were way more black people walking around’ than years before. Not just black ppl, but also the genre of white ppl who think that they can ‘dress like Kanye West/Justin Bieber’ and nod their head to the popular rap song.
Like, there were street vendors selling unlicensed SXSW t-shirts as if it was ‘a music festival’ with ‘a lineup’ or something. It was super weird. Who the eff would wear a SXSW t-shirt?
I wondered if it was just ‘because I am older’ and ‘out of touch’ with ‘youth culture’, therefore I am eager 2 try to make my ‘youth culture’ context seem more meaningful. However, several unbiased ppl said, “Yes. There are tons of URBANZ at SouthBi… and I’m not talkin about the chill urbanites who are helping 2 gentrify communities [via displacing minorities].’
Please understand that I am already aware that:
-I am a minority, therefore I am allowed 2 talk about whites/minorities/racial issues
-SXSW is stupid
-SXSW doesn’t ‘break’ any bands
-‘real influencers’ don’t go to SXSW. Most only do to participate in sponsored brand activations that they sold to some shitty mainstream brand who thinks SXSW still matters.
-Much of this is coming from dealing with my previous blog HIPSTER RUNOFF becoming an irrelevant cultural mechanism and dealing with the fact that Carles.Buzz will never ‘scale’ into these audiences.
YOUTH CULTURE = the most generically scalable slice of POP CULTURE?
SXSW as a scalable mechanism.
What do the 4 letters ‘sxsw’ even mean? They are just a branded experience that cause ppl who ‘didn’t go to SXSW’ to have FOMO [via fear of missing out]. Nothing really happened. No1 had fun. Brands didn’t gain anything. Media content farms just got coverage. No small_scale bands made any money. Tech startups may or may not have received ‘buzz’, but their products aren’t any more useful. It is just an attention economy that is ‘as relevant’ as the Gathering of the Juggabros.
It felt like a new vibe of ppl were at all of the mass free events like ‘the Fader Fort’. Is there some theory that ‘poor ppl’ will eventually find out abt free things [via welfare/food stamps/disability/government_assistance] and then ruin those free things, giving them a bad name 2 ppl who ‘work’ 2 pay 4 things?
Did that ‘urban guy’ who plowed thru ppl at SXSW last year give the festival too much buzz with World_Star_Hip_Hop style audiences?
Theory: If SXSW is an event fueled by cultural content farm buzz… the majority of ppl who real cultural content farms thrive on ‘hip hop coverage’ [via the Negrofication of Pitchfork Theory]. Therefore, to enable the greatest amounts of internet_buzz, hip-hop acts were ‘essential’ in facilitating the internet buzz circle_jerk cycle.
Rap is ‘obvi’ more popular than even the most scalable of indie bands. Fans of scalable indie bands would rather just pay to see their fave mnstrm indie band at a price-protected amphitheatre. Tweens who like alt rock don’t even know what SXSW is, they are mainly there 2 see Bleachers at the MTVWoodies.
Youth culture is dependent upon cultural experiences 2 feel connected ‘something bigger than themselves.’
Cultural content farms utilize the ‘hype’ of live cultural events to create ‘popular artists’ who facilitate community connection.
‘Fame’ as perceived by youth culture is tied into social media mentions/ follower counts / Facebook feed algorithms based on your likes/friends.
N e ways…
I think SXSW is basically just a hip hop festival. #youth_culture doesn’t really know how to get excited about the scalable indie of yesteryear. Was just weird for me to witness it in person instead of just seeing the shift on the internet.
What is the current youth culture paradigm?
Are ‘hip hop heads’ just more noticable?
Are they just ‘louder’?
While this isn’t really a racial thing, nor am I saying ‘SXSW should be whites only’, I am only really saying that white youth culture has not utilized the internet to create a tier of.
Does n e 1 know of any auth remote festivals where true artists go?
Does n e 1 know a kewl technology conference where no1 uses mobile data, electricity, or depend on scalable social tools?
I just wanna auth out ///
I wish I ‘got’ the hottest ticket
Is SXSW officially a ‘hip hop festival’?
Has it finally been ‘so free’ that the ‘leeches of society’ have descended upon it?
Are the same ppl who go to SXSW the same ppl who ‘watch Catfish’ [via MTV]?
Now that ‘every1 reads the internet’ are cultural content farms just dependent upon human trends with the widest reach [via hip hop + r&b]?
Did yall see Miley at the Fadesy Fort with Mike Will Made It? What a moment! Gonna tell my kidz about it, like the time I saw Panda Bear play out Person Pitch.
Will Social Media ever die?
Will SXSW die when social media dies?
When will a new paradigm of scalable culture emerge?
Will it be on the internet?
Will a segment of the population eternally live with their lives #influenced by social media?
Is it a real shame that Bobby Schmurda is in the slammer so he couldn’t get SouthBi buzz?
Where is the centre of the world?
Every1 who reads carles.buzz is insane
Not part of mass culture / pop culture / nestream culture
We r so effed
This is all we have.
thank u 4 giving me the strength 2 go on
Knowing ur out there makes the world a better place.
