Just watched a bit of the Virgin Fest stream and was pleasantly surprised by some of the music (FBI guy has a bit of a Neutral Milk Hotel-vibe) and by the fact that there were a few hot guys in the audience.
Good job Antifa, because if you didn't make a fuss about it, fewer people would know it existed. If anything, to fight the worst, most toxic aspects of the incel subculture, events like Virginfest just might be the antidote we need. You have a bunch of young people, male and female, who otherwise might've been home alone being lonely and bitter on the internet, enjoying music and nature and socializing in person. If you ask me, there should be more events like Virginfest.
The "antifa" calling incelcore "white supremacist" when Negative XP is Asian (and the nazi song seems more like a parody against Nazis) and their followers include people of different races. The left needs more nuance. In the 90s, they would've co-organized the festival, not try to cancel it.
I drove to the Arlington show which was great. I was trying to explain what Blocked And Reported was to my parents and what the show I saw was about which prompted this sincere question from my Mom: “Where there a lot of incels there?”
Wasn’t sure what to expect after the Heterodox Academy live show which was, erm, sub optimal.
But that was genuinely good.
When the single AntiFa protester turned up at VirginFest, it would have been so on brand just to cut in “repent, motherfucker”, but I guess you can’t have everything.
I really enjoyed this recording! You guys had a great onstage vibe and it felt really easy and natural to me. Everything I like about the pod. If you ever actually perform in the PNW I’d pay to see it.
I find it SO hilarious that this all went down at toki tattoo, one of the preeminent "queer tattoo spaces" praised on tattoo instagram. There is soooo much material for BARpod in that area. A couple years ago it was really inspiring to see a lot of young DIY tattoo artists shaking things up, but ever since 2020, things have turned super toxic. Some of the queer tattoo shop meltdowns are like the Mina's World story on steroids (no pun intended). Honestly, toki was living up to its ideals of "inclusion" by hosting incelfest! RIP toki you tried.
The “so Antifa called the police, and five minutes later the police show up and start dancing while the virgins chant ‘we love cops’” segment made me regret listening to this at work because I couldn’t suppress my laughter.
Also, props for ending on a touching and memorable note with the comment about your mom, Jesse: “she’s in every episode”. Beautiful.
Oy. I really like you guys (enough to subscribe by the year), and I look forward to every podcast. I think you do some excellent reporting and some entertaining reporting, and your on-pod banter is pretty good (though Katie’s repeated animosity toward Jesse is bewildering at times). But … why on earth do you think this would work on stage? If you’re not actually reading, you sound like you’re reading (which is usually not true on the pod) which is exacerbated by the fact that you’re reading louder, to an audience, making the whole thing sound like bad acting. It sounds stiff and unnatural, and any pod-banter you’ve developed feels flat—like you’ve got no chemistry. And on top of it, the audience laughter, which I’m sure is real, sounds canned.
I’m sorry, but I found this and your Heterodox recording painful to listen to.
Maybe the audience loves it—so be it—but I don’t get it.
Jesse (and anyone else) who liked the tunes from Windows XP or whateverthefuck he calls himself, please do yourself a favor and look into the 1999 bedroom-pop classic Ponyoak from Kleenex Girl Wonder. I’m not being sarcastic for once. It’s really good! https://youtu.be/cOA4EWfxInE
Just watched a bit of the Virgin Fest stream and was pleasantly surprised by some of the music (FBI guy has a bit of a Neutral Milk Hotel-vibe) and by the fact that there were a few hot guys in the audience.
Good job Antifa, because if you didn't make a fuss about it, fewer people would know it existed. If anything, to fight the worst, most toxic aspects of the incel subculture, events like Virginfest just might be the antidote we need. You have a bunch of young people, male and female, who otherwise might've been home alone being lonely and bitter on the internet, enjoying music and nature and socializing in person. If you ask me, there should be more events like Virginfest.
The "antifa" calling incelcore "white supremacist" when Negative XP is Asian (and the nazi song seems more like a parody against Nazis) and their followers include people of different races. The left needs more nuance. In the 90s, they would've co-organized the festival, not try to cancel it.
I drove to the Arlington show which was great. I was trying to explain what Blocked And Reported was to my parents and what the show I saw was about which prompted this sincere question from my Mom: “Where there a lot of incels there?”
Saying "man juice" isn't funny, which makes Jessie saying it over and over, funny.
“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Ruined a Whole Generation of Women” is honestly a banger.
I am pleasantly surprised to see J&K cover an incredibly short lived blip of online culture during the heat of COVID.
Katie was right about the pizza bit.
Wasn’t sure what to expect after the Heterodox Academy live show which was, erm, sub optimal.
But that was genuinely good.
When the single AntiFa protester turned up at VirginFest, it would have been so on brand just to cut in “repent, motherfucker”, but I guess you can’t have everything.
I really enjoyed this recording! You guys had a great onstage vibe and it felt really easy and natural to me. Everything I like about the pod. If you ever actually perform in the PNW I’d pay to see it.
I find it SO hilarious that this all went down at toki tattoo, one of the preeminent "queer tattoo spaces" praised on tattoo instagram. There is soooo much material for BARpod in that area. A couple years ago it was really inspiring to see a lot of young DIY tattoo artists shaking things up, but ever since 2020, things have turned super toxic. Some of the queer tattoo shop meltdowns are like the Mina's World story on steroids (no pun intended). Honestly, toki was living up to its ideals of "inclusion" by hosting incelfest! RIP toki you tried.
Jesse and Katie are sitting very far apart... I always pictured them snuggling on a couch for these events
I like the Negative XP song..... 😬😬😬
The “so Antifa called the police, and five minutes later the police show up and start dancing while the virgins chant ‘we love cops’” segment made me regret listening to this at work because I couldn’t suppress my laughter.
Also, props for ending on a touching and memorable note with the comment about your mom, Jesse: “she’s in every episode”. Beautiful.
It’s a different vibe with Katie and Jesse together - I like it!
Great show!
Oy. I really like you guys (enough to subscribe by the year), and I look forward to every podcast. I think you do some excellent reporting and some entertaining reporting, and your on-pod banter is pretty good (though Katie’s repeated animosity toward Jesse is bewildering at times). But … why on earth do you think this would work on stage? If you’re not actually reading, you sound like you’re reading (which is usually not true on the pod) which is exacerbated by the fact that you’re reading louder, to an audience, making the whole thing sound like bad acting. It sounds stiff and unnatural, and any pod-banter you’ve developed feels flat—like you’ve got no chemistry. And on top of it, the audience laughter, which I’m sure is real, sounds canned.
I’m sorry, but I found this and your Heterodox recording painful to listen to.
Maybe the audience loves it—so be it—but I don’t get it.
Off-topic, but a pretty long NYT article was just published about the shoddy research on puberty blockers: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/health/puberty-blockers-transgender.html
Focus was on bone density, detransitioners, and the toxic political climate. No discussion of the suicidality argument.
Jesse (and anyone else) who liked the tunes from Windows XP or whateverthefuck he calls himself, please do yourself a favor and look into the 1999 bedroom-pop classic Ponyoak from Kleenex Girl Wonder. I’m not being sarcastic for once. It’s really good! https://youtu.be/cOA4EWfxInE