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Greg Krehbiel

Somewhere, some parent is thinking, “But my parents didn’t like my music either”

by Greg Krehbiel on 30 September 2003

And letting their child go to this concert.

2003-09-30  »  Greg Krehbiel

Talkback x 4

1. Julie
   30 September 2003 @ 10:32 am

   "Tourtelot said that while some of the band’s past stunts have been done for shock or entertainment value, some sort of symbolism and self-expression was always at the root."

   Not too sure what grinding up live rats and selling tickets to watch a desperate person commit suicide may be expressing…eh…maybe Tourtelot should just wear a t-shirt that reads, "I’m a Philistine!"

2. GregK
   30 September 2003 @ 4:36 pm

   The sad thing is that the Philistines were actually quite cultured. Maybe we’re heading that way — toward a very cultured culture of death.

3. Jane
   1 October 2003 @ 12:01 pm

   "Letting" their children. I don’t know how accurate my impressions are, since I don’t actually associate with any people who think this way, but at least based on what I read and hear in the media, parents have pretty much abandoned the idea that they "let" or "don’t let" their kids over 18 months old do *anything.* They just "try to instill good values" and "hope they make good choices" and wring their hands a lot.

   If that’s true, stuff like this is inevitable. But I tend to share the opinion on this that I heard voiced the other day: no such thing is going to happen and nobody really means for it to happen. It’s all just a publicity stunt. Of course, it’s still a very, very bad thing that positive publicity can be garnered among certain segments of the population by such a stunt.

4. GregK
   1 October 2003 @ 12:07 pm

   Jane — I think you’re right. It’s only us Neanderthals who think parents have authority over their children.

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