quoted 17 lines I think the McLuhan quotes in my other email address this...his point is>
> I think the McLuhan quotes in my other email address this...his point is
> that new media function as extensions of man, extensions of our sense
> organs, and that such extensions change the way we think.
>
> I know the way I think has been thoroughly reconfigured by my encounter
> with the Net, how about you?
>
> Some writers in cultural studies theorize the human/computer interface
> as a cyborg system already -- when I work on music, for example, I am so
> comfortable with using Digital Performer that it has become like an
> extension of my brain. I conceptualize about how to work with the music
> using terms and concepts from the software.
>
> I think many of us already relate to the Internet this way -- it's like
> a giant memory extension that anyone can tap into if they know how.
> Almost feels like having a bionic brain sometimes...
great point. the computer is not only a memory extension, but also a mirror
on which your own thoughts are reflected back to you, in different and
abstractly concrete ways (huh?:). this, i think is the reason that humans
and their consciousness have been and will be going through changes such as
have never been seen before. we don't know what these changes will pan out
to be, but we are in that crucial stage of scrambling to find new
expressions of all types to help define (or decompose) our thoughts,
processes, experiences, et cetera. vladislav delay is a prime example of
that to me. autechre is an example as well, but i have a feeling even they
will soon become outdated. the new dub movement and even pansonic's
aaltopiiri (which i can't stand, for the record) are also great examples.
HOWEVER... the largest and most vital mistake that can be made is totally
discarding older musics as entirely irrelevant. after all, everything is a
chain. without a firm grounding in the roots of, say, idm or hip-hop or
jazz or classical, many will find themselves lost, and probably just keep on
supporting quasi-artists like the latest clone of britney spears, spice
girls, n'sync, backstreet boys, phish, nas, red hot chili peppers, et
cetera.
vzaem
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