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the internet is funny. i avoided all of it for a long time because it seemed gross and lame. i mean, i fought with my label not to have a myspace page at all in the beginning because, well, because ...

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Daily Noise Blog | SPIN.com — ... The brain behind the dance rock act blogs about his new album and the uselessness of art in a personal MySpace rant. [MySpace] ...

Echo Chamber: James Murphy
Pitchfork: Latest News — "things that are too 'useful'... well, i don't entirely trust them. i kind of like useless things. for instance-- and this is a pretty facile and simplified metaphor here-- art is useless, and nazis made lots of useful things. i like dumb meandering things that make me happy and confused, and don't particularly like 'effective marketing tools designed for maximum accurate data capture' blah blah blah. it all sounds so sad and functional. i don't like the idea of people sitting in a room talking about the best way to word things to get the right reaction from a base of 'users' etc. i don't like thinking that those people used to love to do something, or wanted ...

James Murphy Explains Why The Internet Is Funny
Stereogum — October 9, 2009 James Murphy Explains Why The Internet Is Funny • The LCD head rhapsodizes about art and Nazis, laments social networking's descent into marketing/manipulation, and finds Facebook to be the most "idiotic and hilarious" of them all. So he posted this awesome rant on MySpace instead. (via P4K ). Posted at 5:27 PM Tags: LCD Soundsystem Bookmark and Share Previous Post: New Devendra Banhart - "Walillamdzi" (Stereogum Premiere) icon box thumb Leave a comment Name Email Address URL Remember personal info? Comments

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