On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Anig Browl wrote:
quoted 6 lines Irish people like to> Irish people like to
> congratulate themselves that our country has produced the world's biggest
> rock band, U2. Now I remember when I was a lad of 10 or 12 and they were
> having their early hits in Ireland - raw-boned pimply teenagers with dodgy
> haircuts (even then), and a few catchy riffs. Grand lads, but nobody thought
> they'd be filling stadiums five years later.
See, that's the funny thing about U2 -- they made an entire career out of
being angry young Irish politicos, and it turned them into happy old
American millionaires, and suddenly they had nothing to write about.
quoted 8 lines In short: buy nothing, steal everything, destroy system, build new system> > In short: buy nothing, steal everything, destroy system, build new system
> > on rubble. IMHO
>
> I wish I could agree, but without an alternative plan, the new systems tend
> to wind up as duplicates of the old, or even worse. In some respects, the
> above describes exactly how big music operates today: sign as few people as
> possible, overwork every new trend to death, and swamp the market with
> cheesy instant-appeal product.
"New system" would imply an alternative plan, yes?
We could go round and about forever with the "benefits of capitalist
drive" vs "benefits of socialist sharing" arguement, I suppose -- much
smarter folks than ourselves have been doing so for centuries. But, I
also suppose it comes down to the ultimate reality, that one who is not
willing to act towards change, will learn to be comfortable with the
status quo.
m@2zo
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org
For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org