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I've been pretty good friends with one of the band members of VW since college, and I don't think the comments stem from a "too-cool-for-school" mindset. I rem

I've been pretty good friends with one of the band members of VW since college, and I don't think the comments stem from a "too-cool-for-school" mindset. I remember one of my nerd friends and I talked about our approach for a poker bot to this member of VW, and he was extremely interested in the idea, even though he didn't have a technical background. The thing that really bothers him, though, is "inauthenticity", and having a mainstream music band member play a web entrepreneur would probably elicit jeers.

hugh_ 17y ago
Does he consider Blink 182 to be more "mainstream" than Vampire Weekend?
- hyperbovine 17y ago
  Hrm... one writes songs about handjobs, the other, the Oxford comma. Vampire Weekend is definitely more current, I'll give em that.
- blasdel 17y ago
  One does bog-standard 3-chord power-pop-punk with standard 'rebellious' studded-crap accouterments, the other does mellifluous afro-pop in menswear from a Wes Anderson character's closet.