HonkyTonkWoman

Wait… Like the Principality of Sealand?

Was Major Bates still there?

You’re standing a moral trapdoor. If you’re going to blame Foo Fighters for taking Amazon’s money, you’re going to have hold morality against every other artist on Amazon Music. Every artist selling physical media on Amazon. Every artist participating in any Amazon sponsored summer music events. Every last one of them.

Provided you manage to do that, rid your musical world of every artist attached to Amazon, go for Ticketmaster next.

Then go for the ones who allow Budweiser, Miller Lite, or Deathwater to be sold at their venues. All of them are produced by corporate behemoths killing this planet.

Moving forward from there, we could start breaking out all the shitty record labels you should have issues with, before going onto any band that has performed with an instrument made from a questionable source of wood (ahem…).

If this what you’re willing to burn your fandom over, I feel sorry for you. I hated that Pearl Jam caved to Ticketmaster, but it didn’t change my opinion of their music.

It’s the music that speaks to you. You’re the one allowing some odious sense of morality about corporate contact take it away from you.

What in the hell is rock & roll about that?

And for the record, I don’t even like the fucking Foo Fighters. They sold out long ago.

I give money to musicians who make music that speaks to me & I’m for sure as shit not going to let a corporation get in the way of that.

If Jeff Bezos wanted to give Widespread Panic $50k for a show, I’d support it. Why? Because John Bell directly supports Hannah’s Buddies, Dave Schools & Jerry Joseph have supported an organization bringing guitars and lessons into war torn communities in the Middle East, because JoJo supports musicianship rebounding from Katrina, especially in communities of color.

If Jeff Bezos wants to give a band I like a metric shitton of money, I feel relatively at ease in assuming they’ll do something better with that money for society than Bezos ever will.

But go on you. You keep fighting that good fight… hope you can still a find a band that isn’t tainted.

Look, congratulations on being able to turn down a paycheck from Amazon. I myself would absolutely take that paycheck from Amazon.

But I digress… So, back to the topic at hand.

In what way is any of this FF’s fault? What have FF done to divide anyone? Perform?

Amazon wanted a concert. Amazon got a concert. Amazon was going to get a concert, regardless of who performed.

Your argument is that FF are fault because… because why? They should’ve turned it down?

Who should have performed for Amazon then?

If that argument is so weak, you go right on ahead and tell me who the ethical choice would be for an Amazon concert? Dua Lipa? Green Day? Chris Brown?

You know what? Your right. Every single established musical act should have displayed the mental fortitude & character to turn down Amazon’s money.

The key word there is SHOULD, but should isn’t always realistic.

Be mad at Amazon. I’m with you on that. But blaming a band because you don’t like person who signs their check is pretty self defeating in my opinion.

The Foo Fighters don’t owe any of us shit & our opinions on their income streams are irrelevant.

Not he dipshit. Go on now, go on home. You’ve gotten cranky & are in need of an attitude adjustment.

I guess my point is, in what way is Foo Fighters playing for Amazon divisive?

Amazon was going to pay someone to perform at that show & that performer, regardless of whether it was FF, was not going to convince Amazon to give that money to employees that deserved it.

So what exactly did the Foo Fighters do to earn this level ire? You’d rather Amazon gave that money to another performer?

If everyone really feels that strongly about FF taking this gig, then start a campaign telling FF how you think the money should be spent.

I’d certainly consider that a better use of everyone’s anger.

No puddin’, not in the least. Now you go on & keep playing lil Tommy Toughnuts, I’m sure your mom will call you in for dinner soon

You sure are making a world of difference lambasting internet strangers. Keep after it, everyone will realize how hard you are any day now.

Calm down their puddin, ain’t nobody trying to eat your pie.

Go on about yourself with your bootlicking antagonistic bullshit.

Every musician who releases music works with corporate overlords jackhole.

Tell me, what noncorporate music playing device do you listen to your tunes on?

When you buy a beverage at your non-corporate venues, whatcha drinkin’ their pal?

Dave Grohl didn’t steal your rent money & you have fucking clue rock & roll is, Junior.

In case you haven’t noticed, EVERY SINGLE FOO FIGHTERS CONCERT SUPPORTED CORPORATE OVERLORDS. The tickets you bought? Corporate Overlord sold 'em to you. The tunes you bought? Corporate Overlord. The venue you went to? Sponsored by a corporate overlord. The Beer you drank at the venue, the fucking merch you bought, hell, even the fucking parking fee you coughed up went to a corporation. You don’t get to enjoy music anymore without supporting corporate overlords.

You’re being an antagonistic asshole and you know it. And you use the term bootlicker incorrectly.

Seriously. This is as shitty as the Right boycotting Budlight.

Go ahead & burn your FF tunes. Hell make a social media post about it. It’ll do good, we promise.

Why don’t you wait & see what Dave does with money? Anybody know what his charitable interests are?

Y’all just want to burn some one & you’ll burn your heroes as easily as your villains. Buncha fuckin’ assholes.

Just a heads up, if you’re in the US, a lot of post offices have self serve kiosks away from the counter. You can use any envelope/packaging you like, as long as it fits on the scale at the kiosk.

Also, if you do decide to mail cash, fold it up inside another piece of paper. Maybe use two.

Idea being that some envelopes are translucent when held to the light, & cash is easy to spot. Folding it in paper will at least help with opacity.

And on a different note, you can legitimately use any packaging you like to mail something. It doesn’t have to be a blank envelope or packing box. You can literally slap an address & sufficient postage on a potato, & it will still reach its destination.