Arcade Fire
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Tour's off to a great start
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Some people are having fun with the setlists
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pjhawks said:Tim Simmons said:It’s great that dirt balls are getting called out. It’s brutal when it’s a band you love so much. Fuck you Win.
I only read the first 2 stories though so if they got worse after that I'll go back and read.0 -
I don't know. There was a power dynamic discrepancy there. Most of the girls were fans. To take advantage of it is sleezy. Yeah, it was commonplace in rock and roll for some time, but it seems the culture has tired of that and rightfully so.
There is some grayness to some of the interactions, but he admitted it was top to bottom wrong and thats the line right there.
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Feist is off the tour. They're doing a US run with Beck in a couple months so interesting to see how that will shake out.
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/feist-drops-off-arcade-fire-tour-following-allegations-against-win-butler/
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Tim Simmons said:I don't know. There was a power dynamic discrepancy there. Most of the girls were fans. To take advantage of it is sleezy. Yeah, it was commonplace in rock and roll for some time, but it seems the culture has tired of that and rightfully so.
There is some grayness to some of the interactions, but he admitted it was top to bottom wrong and thats the line right there.
Like you said, though, the accusations against Win go beyond merely sleeping with fans.0 -
Tim Simmons said:I don't know. There was a power dynamic discrepancy there. Most of the girls were fans. To take advantage of it is sleezy. Yeah, it was commonplace in rock and roll for some time, but it seems the culture has tired of that and rightfully so.
There is some grayness to some of the interactions, but he admitted it was top to bottom wrong and thats the line right there.0 -
pjl44 said:Tim Simmons said:I don't know. There was a power dynamic discrepancy there. Most of the girls were fans. To take advantage of it is sleezy. Yeah, it was commonplace in rock and roll for some time, but it seems the culture has tired of that and rightfully so.
There is some grayness to some of the interactions, but he admitted it was top to bottom wrong and thats the line right there.
Or Teachers fucking students, or bosses/subordinates, coaches/players etc...
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Tim Simmons said:pjl44 said:Tim Simmons said:I don't know. There was a power dynamic discrepancy there. Most of the girls were fans. To take advantage of it is sleezy. Yeah, it was commonplace in rock and roll for some time, but it seems the culture has tired of that and rightfully so.
There is some grayness to some of the interactions, but he admitted it was top to bottom wrong and thats the line right there.
Or Teachers fucking students, or bosses/subordinates, coaches/players etc...0 -
Tim Simmons said:pjl44 said:Tim Simmons said:I don't know. There was a power dynamic discrepancy there. Most of the girls were fans. To take advantage of it is sleezy. Yeah, it was commonplace in rock and roll for some time, but it seems the culture has tired of that and rightfully so.
There is some grayness to some of the interactions, but he admitted it was top to bottom wrong and thats the line right there.
Or Teachers fucking students, or bosses/subordinates, coaches/players etc...0 -
nicknyr15 said:Tim Simmons said:pjl44 said:Tim Simmons said:I don't know. There was a power dynamic discrepancy there. Most of the girls were fans. To take advantage of it is sleezy. Yeah, it was commonplace in rock and roll for some time, but it seems the culture has tired of that and rightfully so.
There is some grayness to some of the interactions, but he admitted it was top to bottom wrong and thats the line right there.
Or Teachers fucking students, or bosses/subordinates, coaches/players etc...Post edited by pjl44 on0 -
nicknyr15 said:Tim Simmons said:pjl44 said:Tim Simmons said:I don't know. There was a power dynamic discrepancy there. Most of the girls were fans. To take advantage of it is sleezy. Yeah, it was commonplace in rock and roll for some time, but it seems the culture has tired of that and rightfully so.
There is some grayness to some of the interactions, but he admitted it was top to bottom wrong and thats the line right there.
Or Teachers fucking students, or bosses/subordinates, coaches/players etc...
It’s not a fair comparison. It makes zero sense.A rock star or sports star can only date someone who has no idea who they are? Ridiculous.0 -
Fine. But threading that needle is incredibly tough. I'm sure its possible though. But if someone looks up to you, theres a power imbalance. Their feelings toward you are influenced. Its incredibly difficult to tell if they are into you or just the idea of you. And in this particular case, the starts of these relationships that Win had, that came into play.0
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Tim Simmons said:Fine. But threading that needle is incredibly tough. I'm sure its possible though. But if someone looks up to you, theres a power imbalance. Their feelings toward you are influenced. Its incredibly difficult to tell if they are into you or just the idea of you. And in this particular case, the starts of these relationships that Win had, that came into play.0
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Im sure it happens there at times. Sure. But people usually don’t go around advertising what their worth is.Post edited by Tim Simmons on0
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Also, to be clear, there is more to this than power dynamicPost edited by Tim Simmons on0
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Tim Simmons said:Fine. But threading that needle is incredibly tough. I'm sure its possible though. But if someone looks up to you, theres a power imbalance. Their feelings toward you are influenced. Its incredibly difficult to tell if they are into you or just the idea of you. And in this particular case, the starts of these relationships that Win had, that came into play.What can Win Butler possibly do to this person if they tell him to fack off when he takes a shot?When you are a boss, teacher or coach for example, the harassment is generally accompanied by some veiled threats. This is where the power imbalance is obvious. I just don’t see that here.0
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you’re being purposely obtuse with your hypotheticals. The power imbalance comes by him taking advantage of the stars in their eyes type adoration they have for him. He knows that they are into him, even if it isn’t attraction or sexual, and using that adoration to get him gratification in some way.But to answer your first question, “what is he going to do”? Well, like what actually happened, Win can keep texting you, texting dick pics, show up to your house, continue to make sexual advances despite a protest. That’s sexually aggressive behavior, but for most of those girls, it started with the power imbalance.0
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Tim Simmons said:you’re being purposely obtuse with your hypotheticals. The power imbalance comes by him taking advantage of the stars in their eyes type adoration they have for him. He knows that they are into him, even if it isn’t attraction or sexual, and using that adoration to get him gratification in some way.But to answer your first question, “what is he going to do”? Well, like what actually happened, Win can keep texting you, texting dick pics, show up to your house, continue to make sexual advances despite a protest. That’s sexually aggressive behavior, but for most of those girls, it started with the power imbalance.As a person who has been wrongly accused of something in the past it is a touchy subject for me. I apologize for coming across aggressively.I still don’t get this though. If a woman is fond of you for what you do professionally, it is “unethical” to pursue relations due to a power imbalance? Sounds like he had a real thing for a few fans and his better judgement disappeared when all the blood went you know where.
Not defending his behaviour, it’s pretty juvenile and despicable if true. However, the pendulum in this power imbalance thing has swung a little too far in my opinion. Luckily playing on the pendulum throws farther out to the one side swinging has to sweep back the other way.0 -
Tim Simmons said:Im sure it happens there at times. Sure. But people usually don’t go around advertising what their worth is.0
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