http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Thu, 6 Mar 2008 21:21:25 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/02/19/074331.php#comment-700316 Thanks for your input, Tim. It really just demonstrates the fact of how many ideas people can have for "indie." I agree about those who self-finance their own CDs. Many of those artists who do the same in America no longer want themselves labeled as "indie" either. 700316@blogcritics.org Thu, 6 Mar 2008 21:21:25 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/02/19/074331.php#comment-698175 Things might be different in America, but in Britain 'Indie' hasn't really meant anything other than a style of music for at least a decade. If anything , it's come to mean 'mainstream' four-chord guitar music (I believe the same thng has happened to the word 'alternative' in the US). A lot of bands playing 'indie' music are signed to major labels, and I've bought an awful lot of self-financed CDs over the past year from bands that would never describe their music as 'indie'. 698175@blogcritics.org Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:10:28 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/02/19/074331.php#comment-696519 Thanks, La Shawn and Jordan! 696519@blogcritics.org Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:02:04 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/02/19/074331.php#comment-696510 Nice article. It's interesting to see how these genre discussions can transfer into other mediums, too, especially film. 696510@blogcritics.org Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:44:26 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/02/19/074331.php#comment-696475 Good post, Seraphina. I was going to weigh in on what I considered indie - bands on independent labels - but I realize it's sound, label, and way of life. In other words, it's all of the above. Major cop-out, but I don't have the answer to "what is indie," either! Thought-provoking... 696475@blogcritics.org Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:13:09 EST