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"At this point, I think I would garner a lot of hate mail if I was now on the cover of Modern Drummer seeing as I'm not a modern drummer anymore"

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Schwartzman’s joke lands because it’s a preemptive self-own: he’s already imagining the backlash before anyone’s even bought the magazine. “Hate mail” is deliberately overwrought, the kind of old-school phrase that makes fandom sound quaint and slightly deranged. He’s poking at how niche communities police authenticity, especially musicians who treat categories like “modern” less as a time marker than a moral badge.

The sly move is the way he treats “Modern Drummer” as both brand and tribunal. It’s not just a magazine cover; it’s a declaration of relevance. By saying he’s “not a modern drummer anymore,” he’s staging an identity crisis that’s really about aging in public. Schwartzman came up as a legit indie-rock figure (Phantom Planet) who then became better known as an actor. That career pivot creates a familiar cultural itch: once you become famous for something else, your original scene starts to see you as a tourist. The quote anticipates that suspicion and defuses it with humility.

There’s also a gentle critique of “modern” as marketing copy. The term sells newness, trend fluency, constant upgrade. Schwartzman’s comedic shrug rejects that treadmill: maybe he still drums, but he doesn’t have to audition for the present tense. The laugh isn’t just at himself; it’s at the idea that artistic identity should be timestamped, verified, and punished when it gets messy.

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Schwartzman, Jason. (2026, January 16). At this point, I think I would garner a lot of hate mail if I was now on the cover of Modern Drummer seeing as I'm not a modern drummer anymore. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/at-this-point-i-think-i-would-garner-a-lot-of-106495/

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Schwartzman, Jason. "At this point, I think I would garner a lot of hate mail if I was now on the cover of Modern Drummer seeing as I'm not a modern drummer anymore." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/at-this-point-i-think-i-would-garner-a-lot-of-106495/.

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"At this point, I think I would garner a lot of hate mail if I was now on the cover of Modern Drummer seeing as I'm not a modern drummer anymore." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/at-this-point-i-think-i-would-garner-a-lot-of-106495/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Jason Schwartzman (born June 26, 1980) is a Actor from USA.

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