Wham City slamming
The backlash to the Baltimore scene’s flagship collective Wham City, which consists of Dan Deacon, OCDJ, Videohippos, Ecstatic Sunshine, Ponytail et al, has hit Wikipedia.
Over the last week, some sulky editorializing has made its way onto the collaborative online encycopedia’s Wham City entry.
On May 22, an anonymous user wrote, “This page was written by the same art school losers that run “whamcity”. Because, really, if we didn’t act like what we were doing was a big deal, no one else would either.” This passage was deleted later that day with the note, “Someone’s a crybaby.”
On May 23, an anonymous user with a different IP address posted, “Now, [Wham City] is comprised of mostly boring suburban art students who have gentrified Baltimore City. They are lame and pretentious.” This bit came down on May 28.
Dan Deacon, Wham City’s main attention getter of late, added new tour dates around the same time the sulk hit the wiki. Someone’s definitely feeling left out.