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Why are people so fake and superficial? How do you avoid it when it's everywhere?
Shoes, hair, makeup, clothes, cars, money, jobs, looks,sex, music, it's like American society has completely sold out to fakeness and superficiality.
Why?
I know we can choose to get over it and "ignore" it but, it's reached the point where it's becoming the norm to look like you just walked out of a fashion magazine in many places, and if you're any LESS than perfect, you'll get ostracized.
We're reaching the times where media rules virtually everything and you're expected to look like a TV/Media person in a sense, and if you don't, you're the outsider.
It's becoming like this in at least many upper-scale, and even middle class neighborhoods across America especially around NYC/LA.
How do you avoid this, when it's everywhere and getting worse?
Nowadays, even 70 year olds are starting to look 40 and fake, so it's just reached a point where it's absolutely absurd.
It's getting more and more extreme, and everyone is trying to outdo everyone else.
HELP??!
I feel the exact same way. I can't stand it anymore and I've been thinking of eventually moving to another country because this place is getting ridiculous, in almost every aspect. I don't even watch TV or turn on the radio anymore because it's all the same generic garbage. Everyone looks the same, talks the same, acts the same, has the same interests. It's disgustingly shallow. Even reading through some of the questions that people put on here you can see it. People care more about which celebrity gained weight than what the problems of this country are. I guess that's just how the government likes it though. If they wanted that to change they'd fix that big mess we call an Education System.
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Guitarfixation.com Launches as a New Resource for Musicians
New site features gear reviews, factory tours, and interviews with industry experts
Intended as a one-stop shop for all things guitar, www.guitarfixation.com officially launched this month. Soon to be the first and only stop for new and seasoned guitar players alike, the site features gear reviews, factory tours, shop spotlights and interviews with industry-leading guitar makers.
The site's publisher, Paul Zoskey, says the idea for the Guitarfixation.com was a result of frustration with the existing resources for musicians, "I had long been looking for a single guitar related resource for the latest news/reviews and info, a Gizmodo for Guitars if you will. The problem was I was never able to find it; so I decided why not make the site I've always been looking for myself?"
The contributors for guitarfixation.com come from a cross-section of the music industry, including: San Francisco-based audio engineer and musician Phil Manley (Trans Am, the Fucking Champs, Golden, Oneida and Jonas Reinhardt); vintage guitar dealer for Jay Rosen Music and owner of Classic Bar Music Erin McDermott (Guitar Magazine, Top Ten); San Diego-based musician and owner of Louder Records Tim Soete (The Event, the Fucking Champs); and from Oakland musician Dan Brubaker (Long Thaw, Generalissimo). The site's editor is Nikkole Stone of Toronto band First Person Shooter, and Zoskey, himself an avid guitarist based in San Francisco, is most known for his work at Dolby.
Current featured articles on the site include a tour of Rudy's Music Stop in NYC, a venerated Mecca for musicians of all stripes, as well as an in-depth interview with Santa Cruz Guitars founder and champion, Richard Hoover. Hoover gave guitarfixation.com unprecedented access to his work-bench style factory and speaks candidly about the challenges facing boutique-type companies like Santa Cruz as well as the thrills associated with creating some of the finest crafted acoustic guitars on the market.
An extensive array of stompbox and guitar reviews are already on the site, with more being added daily. Upcoming features include an interview and shop tour with Dot on Shaft guitars founder/CEO Mike Carparelli, and complete coverage and reviews from the LA Amp Show.
For all things guitar visit http://www.guitarfixation.com
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