The campy-listening thing, I think, is false. I don’t think that there is any such thing, actually. This happens with age, that at some point you might have told yourself and others that you listened to the Backstreet Boys because it was funny. But in fact, you were enjoying it; it’s just a different kind of enjoyment for you. But I don’t think that ironic-distance appreciation is actually a different or lesser appreciation. I think most of that irony is an attempt to say, “These aren’t exactly my kind of people, and I don’t picture myself sounding like that, but I still like it.” I don’t believe in ironic appreciation. I think if you like something, the core of it is you like it.

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John Darnielle The Believer - Interview with John Darnielle

-This goes nicely with my beliefs that the term “GUILTY PLEASURE” is crap. Don’t feel guilty about what you like…unless it’s heroin. Feel guilty about doing heroin or meth.

If you say that a Britney Spears song sucks, try and explain that to a teenage girl who heard it at the right time and place in her life. Does that make it HER guilty pleasure? nope. To her it’s just a great song she likes that people might make her feel guilty for later in life.

Working at record stores I constantly came across somebody buying a bunch of stuff saying “I know, these totally suck, right?” Do they? Then why are you buying them? Own it. Don’t care what some 19 year old kid behind the counter who only listens to Rocket From The Crypt and Weird Al let you think you are dumb. He’s the dumb one. He’s me. 

Here are some things that people have labeled guilty pleasures FOR me:

Enya, The Wallflowers, NOFX, The OC, Madonna, Pizza. (these are all awesome)

If somebody says something sucks, it’s just because they don’t like it. Doesn’t mean you don’t like it or shouldn’t.

Unless it’s the band SCREWDRIVER, fuck those guys and fuck you for listening to it.

(via jonahray)

(Source: heymikewaskom)