tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12078621.post5614534459570316904..comments2023-12-21T01:30:11.527-08:00Comments on Oscillator: Don't Go Away Mad, Gerard CosloyMarcos Hassanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02465279795576273980noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12078621.post-25911234776979491552008-11-04T21:17:00.000-08:002008-11-04T21:17:00.000-08:00Gerard is a hypocritical douche.Gerard is a hypocritical douche.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12078621.post-22096503571733641252008-09-23T14:09:00.000-07:002008-09-23T14:09:00.000-07:00Marcos, if you would like to interview me, you can...Marcos, <BR/><BR/>if you would like to interview me, you can send any questions you like to gerard@matadorrecords.com and I will do my best to answer them. <BR/><BR/>The matador blog post was meant to be in fun and I do not seriously want you to fuck off. Or even start buying records you don't like. We released Bardo Pond records not because we were trying to turn them into "media darlings" (sorry if I am misquoting you), but because we liked the band and wanted more people to hear them. That's a messy process sometimes, but I have no bad feelings about the way we treated Bardo Pond and no bad feelings towards them whatsoever. <BR/><BR/>As far as a band like Bardo Pond being "made to stay underground", I think we will have to respectfully disagree. Without turning into rock star jerks, I believe Bardo Pond are similar to most of the bands we've worked with --- they wanna do what they do with a minimum of interference, they wanna be paid for their work and they have great respect for the intelligence of the audience. But very few of them actually define themselves as "underground". <BR/><BR/>"Making a band 'as big as Interpol' isn’t the only meaning of 'success'"<BR/><BR/>I couldn't agree more. Again, the blog post was coming from a particularly sarcastic point of view (ie. mine) and was not intended as a genuine attack on you or your values ---- even if you inspired the post :)<BR/><BR/>thanks<BR/>GCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com