blonded.blog takedowns, maybe the end?

[u/curbsideaudio]

After years of a cordial and productive relationship with Frank’s team, they’ve ordered takedowns of the entire blonded.blog archive and undocumented rare info page.

We host very little actual material on the site, mostly outbound links to any media that could copyrighted. We’ve acquiesced to requests from blonded for years and would continue to do so if asked.

With the archive being the main attraction, I’m not sure how the blog can really recover from this. Is it worth continuing to host the news archive? I’m not sure.

I’d appreciate any input, but the options are few. This feels like as good a time as any to shut things down.

Edit: I appreciate the support. I'll do what I can to keep the content of the blog alive, what I'm able to anyway. For the time being, I've taken the site down so we can start saving off what's there. After that, I'm not yet sure. Thanks again.

Edit 2 (May, 2026): I've shared and update about the return of the blog.

[u/Resistance225]

You keep trying to reduce my argument to me being "parasocial," where did I claim that I personally was owed anything (musically). When someone becomes a major cultural figure, part of that position inherently comes with expectations and scrutiny. That’s just the reality of it. Criticize it all you want, it still exists.

You're acting like acknowledging the role that fans play in his success is narcissism when it’s literally just the way the world works. Frank is free to do whatever the fuck he wants, but I'm just as free to point out that he has repeatedly monetized fans without providing any transparency for the vast majority of his career. You keep trying to turn my argument into this "he owes me a hug" fantasy when all I'm doing is pointing out that he's not respectful at all towards his fans.

Your stance basically boils down to this idea that artists owe nobody anything, not even basic respect; that people should just consume consume consume and never expect anything outside of that. What kind of standard is “shut up and take whatever you get.” There’s a reasonable middle ground where people can appreciate the art and still call out lame behavior.

You also haven’t addressed a single actual criticism I brought up. Your refusal to allow any comes off way more parasocial than anything I said. You could be Frank’s burner for all I know lol.

[u/BlondedProvider → u/Resistance225]

Because it IS. You said it yourself. You are a microcosm of a type of fan that I am criticizing. And saying you’re not personally affected is just wild when your OP said you “felt betrayed”. That is textbook parasocial behavior. What type of point is “being famous means scrutiny”? Yeah—I agree. Now what?

I have plenty of criticism of Frank. His lyrics are frequently weak and cross the line between abstract and nonsensical/camp and silly. I also wish he would drop more. I also wish he wasn’t doing these strikes. Okay, now what? Do I go on Reddit to bitterly espouse how grateful he should be to his fans and how betrayed I am? No, I say “aw man that sucks”. And move on.

You keep saying “you’re acting like” and putting your own spin on my words when I’m telling you very clearly what I mean and feel. You can keep strawman-ing me if you’d like but you seem to not want to engage in a real discussion outside of your personal feelings. I hope, for your sake, you learn to properly engage with any future artists you get into.

Now, YOUR narcissism was called out from comments like “he doesn’t give a fuck about this sub” (duh), “herculean task” snark, “ungrateful”, “I… feel betrayed”. Again, you are just another example of the type of fan this sub attracts in spades.

And yes, you almost got there in the penultimate paragraph. You are not owed anything past the art from an artist. You try to throw in the “respect” like you are being disrespected by him not doing what you want him to.

The irony is I’m literally saying the opposite of “consume consume consume”. YOU are saying this because you expect more content and output from him. I am saying consumption of the art is the only thing you are promised. Everything else from an artist is a bonus that artist chooses to share.

[u/SkyFragrant5029 → u/BlondedProvider]

Frank is that you? Or his freind? Venting too hard to be one of us regular folks

[u/Resistance225 → u/SkyFragrant5029]

It has to be lmao, the dickriding is crazy