Poseur (noun): a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person

Personally, I like the urban dictionary definition a little better. It’s been [slightly altered] to reflect the current situation:

One who groups him or her self in a particular social clique in order to appear trendy or “edgy” but doesn’t believe in the principals held by said clique and is only leeching onto it in order to avoid the social ridicule of not being part of a clique. A poseur will probably change their “style” once every 6 months, possibly more.

The common thread is insecurity- the insecurity to be yourself and be happy with it. Poseurs are the kinds of people who only appear “cool” to people who are just as insecure as they are. But no one ever found success lying to themselves for acceptance.

“Those mall punks are such poseurs, they have anarchy signs written all over their All-Stars, but not a single one of the retarded 8 year olds knows what it is, or that the sweatshopped armbands they all bought at Hot Topic support the system they claim to be rebelling against. Now lets go home and listen to some [Hamtramck Musician] and cry so we can be hardcore,” says the pussy emo kid with the rich parents and cute girlfriend, who has nothing to complain about, before I punch him.

maybe you should move to pluto. i hear there’s no crime there. everywhere else? yup. it’s there. trust me mr. “musician”… as someone who has toured most of the us and europe. it’s there. my guess is that you’re not aware of the outside world and it’s crime. my tip to you – read any major urban paper. crime is everywhere in major urban areas and the surrounding area.

i’ve played the blowout about 4 or 5 times now (not the past few years) and was always paid, taken care of, and had a good time for what it was.

And why would there need to be a “beefed up” police presence in Ferndale if it’s safe in the first place?

Glad the changes to the blowout have worked out so well.

“HAMTRAMCK LOSES MUCH OF ITS WIND…….we need to look in the mirror”

I played in the Hamtramck version of Metrotimes Blowout last year and I played the Ferndale version the Metrotimes Blowout this year. I can offer a pretty decent compare and contrast of both experiences. I guess the first thing I would point out out is the fact that between the year I played in Hamtramck and Ferndale, a 27 yr old man was the victim of an attempted MURDER that took place at the New Dodge Bar in January 2013. This fine classy establishment is owned and operated by one of Hamtramcks city council people and plays host to several bands during the blowout. But, clearly the place is not safe if people are nearly murdered when they patronize the place. The owner is putting alot of young people at risk by hosting such an event in a violent drug plagued neighborhood wherein murder and attempted murder is “normal”. Cathie Gordon offers no added safety and security to the musicians that play or the patrons that she so desperately needs to sell alcohol to. Frankly all I think she cares about is the owe mighty dollar based on your quotes of her regarding the blowout. Clearly the last thing she cares about is the music or the patrons. Somebody needs to wake up and smell the Tyskie.

The last time I played the Hamtramck blowout there was no added police presence that was evident at all. Public safety is horrible in Sleezy Hamtreezy in the first place and the city is probably too broke from corruption to offer cops overtime to beef up security during the Blowouat. So, while I was walking several blocks (there is no safe secure municipal parking lots near the blowout venues) to the gig, carrying my gear, 3 idiots ran up on me and threatened to rob me of my gear. I counted to three a loud and then I hit one idiot square in the jaw with a conga and heard a loud crack then they ran off. I guess that’s just normal, acceptable and part of the deal when you have the pleasure of playing a gig in “Sleezy Hamtreezy”. I actually have the misfortune of living in Sleezy Hamtreezy. I know dead bodies are getting dumped in Sleezy Hamtreezy down the street from where I live. As a matter of fact I read that info here in your crime log a few months back, thank you for keeping me posted on the dead bodies dumped on my block. I highly doubt it would have made any difference in making any po po report about this incident I encountered last year with some idiots at the Hamtreezy Blowout. Clearly the po po are busy with dead bodies being dumped in the streets of Hamtreezy. Whats more, none of the po po actually live in Hamtreezy nor do they really give a damn about the residents of the city. Kinda like the Fire department.

Anyhow, lets contrast my experience in Ferndizzle last weekend. IT WAS GREAT. The venue I played had a safe secure parking and load in area set up for all the musicians right by their front door. The venue I played gave my entire band free drinks on the house and the owner was extremely thankful and gracious for the MUSICIANS BRINGING BUSINE$$ TO THE ESTABLISHMENT. My band played a great gig in a safe secure venue and everyone really enjoyed themselves. Outside on the streets there was clearly a beefed up police presence with lots of officers walking the beat and patrolling the entire area with cars and trucks. IT IS SAFE. After the gig I actually walked out of the venue and on to the streets for some fresh air after really heating up a dancehall. I mentioned to my wife that I felt so safe that if I wanted to I could stick a one hundred dollar bill on my forehead and walk around Ferndizzle screaming “i got money” and no one would have bothered me or even looked twice. Try that anywhere in Hamtreezy at close to 2 am, let alone in front of the New Dodge Murder Spot. The parking, the venue owners, the fans, the police, the level of civility in the city is all 100% better in Ferndizzle. There really is no comparison.

I hope that the whole blowout is in fact moved completely to Ferndizzle. DETROIT WOULD BE A SAFER LOCATION AS WELL. This way Hamtreezy can focus on bigger issues that absolutely plague the city. NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR A PARTY IN SLEEZY HAMTREEZY. By the way I am getting the hell out of Hamtreezy as soon as humanly possible so long as the crack dealers posted up on my corner everyday and night do not victimize me before I can move.

The total and utter lack of public safety is unlivable. The grass IS greener……………and that’s probably because their is no incinerator dust constantly raining dioxins upon it. I actually think that the entrenched lifers that have led the city to the place it finds itself possibly suffer some sort of IQ deficiencies from the drastic rate of dioxins they breath everyday from the worlds largest waste incinerator. Scientific research in fact proves that people exposed to the level of dioxins that are a constant in the Hamtreezy air do in fact suffer cognition problems and a variety of dysfunctions in thinking. Perhaps that’s what is happening here in Sleezy Hamtreezy. Collective Dioxin Driven Cognition Disorder. CDDCD. Like I said wake up and smell the Tyskie.