In light of Dan Brat's recent "witty" post on masculinity, here is one of my musings from April 22nd, 2010, in a sexist discussion about the beat happening, in which the band is labeled as girlfriend-rock, and it's core fanbase (mostly women) described as an "uneblievable amount of douchebags" by the self-entitled males of internet boredom:
Naive is more like lack of insight rather than experience. Yes, experience can give you insight, but that isn't a guarantee. I think most young adult males are very naive when it comes to sex, even when they think they are cunning, especially when they think they are cunning. And older adult males aren't immune from that naivety, though often continued failure leads to cynicism, which is pretty much the opposite of naive. Whether or not, Calvin [Johnson] is naive or cynical or neither I have no idea. I would assume that nowadays he has things figured out enough. However, the persona he presented in Beat Happening was one of naivety and I'd say that there was a certain amount of truth in it. He does live in a college town and in college towns youth oriented adults like Calvin tend to get stuck in adult-kid mode. That said, he certainly wasn't totally naive otherwise he wouldnt have been able to (with help) make K Records a successful business or made a living off of music. These are just observations. I've talked to the guy several times before, but I dont know him from jack.
I guess you could also ask if Jad Fair is as naive as he pretends to be. I don't think so, but I realize it is an act and that if he thinks he is pulling the naive thing over on people nowadays, he is very naive.
Just replace "Calvin" with "Dan Brat."
"I'm making a career of evil."
