"In the world of Twitter and Facebook, everyone can make every light shine on them for one second," muses Brewer. "[English street artist] Banksy said it best: the time for getting famous off your art is over. You don't go into a restaurant because you want to take a shit. When your reason for creating a song is so maybe someday you'll be on a billboard, it's just weak. If you're only fulfilled by a video team following you around to watch you take a dump every day, it sucks to be you."
HUMANWINE + A FAR CRY + THE BOY WHO SPOKE CLOUDS | Paradise Rock Club, 967 Comm Ave, Boston | June 27 at 8 pm | $14 | www.thedise.com
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