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Indeed. I think many people don't realise how many artists do actually have day jobs as well - it's not always as lucrative as you'd think.
by tigeroil 2y ago
Indeed. I think many people don't realise how many artists do actually have day jobs as well - it's not always as lucrative as you'd think.
- iamben 2y agoThey've toured for 40 years, sold 8 million records and have over a million monthly listeners on Spotify. The singer's label has put out many of the big punk bands for the last 30 years. I agree with your point, but this lot are fine.
- gorgoiler 2y agoThey are indeed “doing just fine” which I am sure is what you must have been referencing — from one of their most famous songs: Buy me a Becks beer or pass me the bong Gimme some Bushmills I'll sing you this song Open another big box of cheap wine We're over 30 we’re doing just fine The last time I saw them live it was pushing 40 instead of over 30 and that was nearly a decade ago.
- iamben 2y agoHahaha, yeah, they're a fun band. I saw them (for the last time, I guess?!) a couple of weeks ago (and oddly in reference to the lyrics, I actually saw them tour Pump Up The Valuum as well). Mike is pushing 60 now!
- InDubioProRubio 2y agoSame goes for hard sciences in academic fields. Cant feed family on physics postdoc pay, goto program or drive a bus. You goto do what you gota do!
- falcor84 2y ago"goto" considered harmful, use "gotta" instead
- lukan 2y agoDexter Holland, the frontman of The Offspring, finally got time to finish his PhD in molecular biology, after they stopped touring. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Holland https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Holland For him it wasn't about money, though.
- blitzar 2y agoThat's Dr. Holland to you. Ain't a lot of money in molecular biology these days anyway.
- lukan 2y agoWell, if Dr.Holland would have invented a cure for Covid or a vaccine, there would have been some money I guess.
- moffkalast 2y agoI'm sure the company would've paid him a small bonus, and kept the 99.9999% of the profits from it for themselves.
- blitzar 2y agoI know it kills you, but guess what: There is no "Danny's idea." Everything that comes in here belongs to the agency. I give you money, you give me ideas. https://youtu.be/BnNV4_8izkI?si=Ptz0QCr6V01MOMpN&t=57 https://youtu.be/BnNV4_8izkI?si=Ptz0QCr6V01MOMpN&t=57
- astrange 2y agoThat isn't what happened to the people who actually did invent them at BioNTech/Moderna.
- iamben 2y agoMilo Aukerman of the Descendents has a PhD in molecular biology - there's a great interview (maybe in the Filmage documentary?!) where he's discussing a conversation with his colleagues who are asking "what did you do at the weekend?" and he replies "Oh, my band was playing Woodstock..." (or something along those lines!)
- KineticLensman 2y agoTS Eliot (poet) worked in a bank Phillip Glass (composer) was also a plumber, which surprised the London music critic who unwittingly employed him to install a dishwasher Anthony Trollop was a postal surveyor Kurt Vonnegut was car dealer See https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/52293/11-celebrated-artists-who-didnt-quit-their-day-jobs https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/52293/11-celebrated-arti...