(idm) "Only Stupid People Call it Intelligent"-Rather Interesting Records
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What bugs me about "intelligent ( . . . )" is that it encodes a compliment
to itself and its audience into its very name. Can you think of any other
genre-name that does this? Are there sections of record stores labelled
"superior hip hop" or "excellent bluegrass" out there? This is a name that
doesn't just refer to a field, but pats everyone in that field, and by
extension everyone who listens to that music, on the back, and it can't
help but generate a creepy, smug aura.
second post of the day, time to get a life,
Drew