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Comment on Your Music Isn’t Enough: The Importance Of An Artist’s Story by Joel

Joel — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:57:53 +0000

Yeah I actually heard a big wig once say that making something up is advisable. In my innocence and greeness I actually thought he was right.

Comment on Your Music Isn’t Enough: The Importance Of An Artist’s Story by Liam

Liam — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:52:07 +0000

And also: don’t lie. As you say, you’ll have to live with the story for years to come. I interviewed a certain band and asked them about their origin story, as enshrined in their press release, Wikipedia entry, official website etc. There was a silence, before one of them owned up: “Yeah…that never happened.”

Comment on Bucharest, Bulgaria by Liam

Liam — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 06:00:27 +0000

Love you guys. That sleeper train is nearly as cute as you, DE.

Comment on Bucharest, Bulgaria by joelconnolly (Joel Connolly)

joelconnolly (Joel Connolly) — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:33:51 +0000

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New blog post! Bucharest, Bulgaria [link to post]

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Comment on Kecskemet, Hungry by Steph

Steph — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:00:28 +0000

I like that you included an example of my wonderful photography skills: making sure the camera strap is in the shot. Woot! I rule!

Comment on Kecskemet, Hungry by joelconnolly (Joel Connolly)

joelconnolly (Joel Connolly) — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:43:03 +0000

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Comment on Sarajevo, Bosnia by weirdturnedpro (weirdturnedpro)

weirdturnedpro (weirdturnedpro) — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:32:58 +0000

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Comment on Split, Croatia by joelconnolly (Joel Connolly)

joelconnolly (Joel Connolly) — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:29:50 +0000

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Comment on Man Week: Being Young and Learning About Masculinity by Joel

Joel — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:06:51 +0000

I know! I get sick of being called Gen Y and then being told why I’m the worst type of person in the world. Who the hell can claim all these things about me when I’m still trying to figure it all out myself! I also get the feeling 20 somethings delay the whole marriage/home/kids thing because our parents did it so you and “look at the regrets they have”. I don’t think generational rebellion is new so what’s the big deal?

Thanks for the link! Am off to read now :)

Comment on Man Week: Being Young and Learning About Masculinity by Mary

Mary — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:02:27 +0000

“Gen Y can’t commit to anything, are flakey, move around a lot…”

This is totally peripheral to your main point Joel, but this kind of analysis is especially annoying since it’s just the characterisation of twentysomethings. It’s not something special about Gen Y, it’s what people do in their twenties (admittedly, with delayed marriage and childbearing, this period is getting longer). Twenty years from now Gen Y will be the Uptight Stable Generation. John Quiggin had a good analysis at http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/johnquiggin/news/Generations0010.html