After 16 years in a band, the Incendiary frontman has evolved from hardcore shows at a mall to insight meditation on a train. But the distance from there to here isn't as far as you'd suspect.
You are probably thinking to yourself who is this guy John and why does he feel the need to comment on everything I write? I think the reason is because reading about hardcore/ punk and listening to hardcore has taught me more about the world than the expensive liberal arts college I graduated from. My mother once said to me, “how do you remember all this bands names? (And I don’t think she meant it as a compliment) but I digress I think what one of the messed up things about society is if something is not a big hit immediately when it comes out it is a failure. When I read that incendiary was around for about six years before they got big it reminded me of a documentary I saw about Hollywood called: “the monster that ate Hollywood.” it was about the impact jaws had on the movie industry. Even through respected film makers like Quentin Tarantino called jaws “the best movie ever made” he is probably right.but jaws impact on the way we think about art was horrible. Before jaws movies would be in theaters for months before it gathered a following. (Just look at the warren Beaty movie “Bonnie and Clyde”
But I have only one criticism when the member of incendiary said, “I’m a jack of all trades but a master of none(actually I don’t want to be pedantic but the full phrase is “ “A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.” From some reason it reminded of that shelter song “all I know is that I know so little but I do know I know so well.” I wish most people thought like that. Recently I went to a lecture at the museum of mathematics and it was a lecture given by math professor who teaches at C.M. And the lecture was about chatgpt i don’t want to point out the obvious he knew his math but because of his cockiness that was master one skill he thought he was a master of other skills. This math professor started making this crazy statements that chatgpt was was eventually going to replace all doctors. I asked my father who is a physician with four specialties what do you think about what this math professor said. His reply was is that this guy is obviously a crackpot and knows nothing about the healthcare system. If kids really believed that chatgpt would replace doctors why do kids in 2023 still apply to medical school if they thought they will be replaced by chatgpt in five years . After the creation of chatgpt medical school is still extremely competitive to get into and costs at least $250,000 all the lucky kids who get in are willing to pay. Well enough with my ranting.
You are probably thinking to yourself who is this guy John and why does he feel the need to comment on everything I write? I think the reason is because reading about hardcore/ punk and listening to hardcore has taught me more about the world than the expensive liberal arts college I graduated from. My mother once said to me, “how do you remember all this bands names? (And I don’t think she meant it as a compliment) but I digress I think what one of the messed up things about society is if something is not a big hit immediately when it comes out it is a failure. When I read that incendiary was around for about six years before they got big it reminded me of a documentary I saw about Hollywood called: “the monster that ate Hollywood.” it was about the impact jaws had on the movie industry. Even through respected film makers like Quentin Tarantino called jaws “the best movie ever made” he is probably right.but jaws impact on the way we think about art was horrible. Before jaws movies would be in theaters for months before it gathered a following. (Just look at the warren Beaty movie “Bonnie and Clyde”
But I have only one criticism when the member of incendiary said, “I’m a jack of all trades but a master of none(actually I don’t want to be pedantic but the full phrase is “ “A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.” From some reason it reminded of that shelter song “all I know is that I know so little but I do know I know so well.” I wish most people thought like that. Recently I went to a lecture at the museum of mathematics and it was a lecture given by math professor who teaches at C.M. And the lecture was about chatgpt i don’t want to point out the obvious he knew his math but because of his cockiness that was master one skill he thought he was a master of other skills. This math professor started making this crazy statements that chatgpt was was eventually going to replace all doctors. I asked my father who is a physician with four specialties what do you think about what this math professor said. His reply was is that this guy is obviously a crackpot and knows nothing about the healthcare system. If kids really believed that chatgpt would replace doctors why do kids in 2023 still apply to medical school if they thought they will be replaced by chatgpt in five years . After the creation of chatgpt medical school is still extremely competitive to get into and costs at least $250,000 all the lucky kids who get in are willing to pay. Well enough with my ranting.