Line Out - Comments on Hey, Remember "Selling Out"? http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/hey_remember_selling_out Remember how, in the '90s, post-Nevermind and pre-Napster/music industrial collapse, people in music, especially in indie and punk, worried a whole lot about "selling out"? It was kind of a big fucking deal. Jawbreaker, for one, famously signed to Geffen... Copyright 2008 Mon, 19 May 2008 17:10:31 -0800 Tue, 20 May 2008 20:39:38 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Chris Estey Eric,

You ever read this book?

http://www.amazon.com/Amped-Notes-Go-Nowhere-Punk-Band/dp/0967790808/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211242791&sr=1-2

My favorite chapter is when he talks about all the funny shit they did to the A&R people who sent the band letters during the band sweep of that era. Like they would ever fucking sign to a major!

]]> Chris Estey http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/hey_remember_selling_out#c1027957 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/hey_remember_selling_out#c1027957 History Mon, 19 May 2008 17:24:51 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy No, I'll have to check that out. Thanks, Estey!

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/hey_remember_selling_out#c1027959 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/hey_remember_selling_out#c1027959 History Mon, 19 May 2008 17:27:22 -0800 Comment by TheNiceAsshole I remember seeing good ol Jawbreaker back in the day at the Firehouse.

Major or indie, they always had that "sincere, heart-wrenching" quality to them. That's why after all these years, Dear You is still a favorite in my collection.

]]> TheNiceAsshole http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/hey_remember_selling_out#c1027967 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/hey_remember_selling_out#c1027967 History Mon, 19 May 2008 17:43:43 -0800 Comment by Sarina yes yes!! I saw them all three times at the Old Fire House and they never disappointed.
And I still play my swirled blue Dear You too!

]]> Sarina http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/hey_remember_selling_out#c1028116 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/hey_remember_selling_out#c1028116 History Tue, 20 May 2008 01:37:59 -0800 Comment by E @4 - i bet you pierced your nose too, way before it was cool...

so when's the jawbreaker reunion gonna be?

]]> E http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/hey_remember_selling_out#c1028162 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/hey_remember_selling_out#c1028162 History Tue, 20 May 2008 08:58:05 -0800 Comment by David Well, that's better than Kevin Barnes' justification of "we live in a capitalist society, therefore it's impossible (by definition!) to sell out!"

]]> David http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/hey_remember_selling_out#c1028544 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/hey_remember_selling_out#c1028544 History Tue, 20 May 2008 14:28:03 -0800 Comment by Teenage Fanclub Jawbreaker? Really scraping the barrel these days, Grandy.

]]> Teenage Fanclub http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/hey_remember_selling_out#c1028784 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/hey_remember_selling_out#c1028784 History Tue, 20 May 2008 19:54:23 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy Your barrel-bottom is my ceiling. Jawbreaker rules.

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/hey_remember_selling_out#c1028799 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/hey_remember_selling_out#c1028799 History Tue, 20 May 2008 20:39:38 -0800