Marxy Said: "Also, I have an album coming out in less than two months, and I'm sure this academic jib-jabbery is ruining my rebellious rock'n'roll image."

Don't you mean potential record sales?

Is honestly only broached here when you are talking about 'the japanese'? Repeat your blog posts publically and tell the Japanese media they have no content, tell the J-Pop stars and managers they are talentless, tell the radio stations they are ruled by pinky-less consultants. Do this in Japanese (which I know you can read and speak) in Japan in public, and THEN put your album out. THAT, and only that, would prove that you have the courage of your convictions. Otherwise you're just ripping Japan on one end, and benefitting on the other, in a dishonest dynamic. i.e. Talking smack, but not backing it up. Which is much faker than anything you claim about Japan/Japanese.

I agree. I wrote a response suggesting that you are right somewhere else on the blog.

And I should stop saying "Japan/Japanese". When I say Jpop, that does not mean "all Japanese music." I should be more specific.

More than worrying about record sales, there seems to be a current in today's music world that artists aren't supposed to say anything about anything other than their own music, and maybe not even that. Getting embroiled in controversial topics BEFORE the music even comes out is a recipe for disaster, because people will read the opinions written on other topics into the music. They are unrelated.

Thanks.