Try and read the beginning of the Chicago Reader B-Side cover story without screaming internally (or externally). I know I couldn’t! “On January 3rd, a 17-year old Chicago producer calling himself Metallic Ghosts played a concert from his bedroom in Old Town. Also on the bill for this online show were Veracom, a producer from Dallas; […] Coolmemoryz, a Floridian who pretends to be from Japan […]” The article goes on to say that they had their first official Vaporwave inline festival (hosted on Tinychat), which “doubled as a ‘final eulogy’ for the genre. ‘As soon as you name something,’ [Metallic Ghosts] says, ‘it’s going to take off and die.’ “Take off and die!” There is so much to unpack in this nonsense, but at the same time I don’t want to put in the effort. Like, I’m pretty Internet I think (?) but I just don’t even care enough to rebuff anything in this article. Fine. It’s fine.

Try and read the beginning of the Chicago Reader B-Side cover story without screaming internally (or externally). I know I couldn’t!

“On January 3rd, a 17-year old Chicago producer calling himself Metallic Ghosts played a concert from his bedroom in Old Town. Also on the bill for this online show were Veracom, a producer from Dallas; […] Coolmemoryz, a Floridian who pretends to be from Japan […]”

The article goes on to say that they had their first official Vaporwave inline festival (hosted on Tinychat), which “doubled as a ‘final eulogy’ for the genre. ‘As soon as you name something,’ [Metallic Ghosts] says, ‘it’s going to take off and die.’

“Take off and die!” There is so much to unpack in this nonsense, but at the same time I don’t want to put in the effort. Like, I’m pretty Internet I think (?) but I just don’t even care enough to rebuff anything in this article. Fine. It’s fine.

  1. Date Posted Icon 22nd February 2013
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  2. notveryraven said: ughhhhhhhhhhh FUCK Internet subcultures
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    http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/vaporwave-spf420-chaz-allen-metallic-ghosts-prismcorp-veracom/Content?oid=8831558
  4. kyol said: you are the most Internet
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    thank the good lord it’s over
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    genre “Vapidwavve”. -are Milds Kleanez
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