In the center panel of the CD insert of the Terre Thaemlitz cd...
There is a message.
it reads :
"Always :
Use Condoms
Use Dental Dams
Use Finger Caps
Use Water Based Lubricant
Rinse Needles With Bleach And Water
Communicate
Have Fun"
Now...initially, i was just plain offended. Just who does this guy think
his audience is? What percentage of his audience shoots up?
Not me...
And does he think I go around screwing every scummy woman i come in
contact with? I dont even know what a finger cap is!..it must be one of
those things that the postal people use to sort envelopes...and why the
hell do i need a dental dam? Does he assume i do the things that would
require me to need one (trying to be non vulgar)
Secondly...if i need a condom, a dental dam, a finger cap, and i need to
be concerned about whether or not this girl has washed her needles with
bleach and water ...i am going to communicate something alright...
im going to communicate that sex with her would be no fun...
so i will just give her the water based lubricant that has been for some
reason required of me and walk out the door.
Really...if you have to take that many precautions, dont you think you
should take a bit more time to get to know the person first?
Is it sex or some sort of equipment demonstration?
geez.
But mostly im just plain offended by the presumptious nature of the
inserts message. I am a monogamous type of guy. I am in a loving
relationship in which i am completely happy. I have no desire to do
anything that would require the use of thse items from me. (Well...maybe
all but the first...) To that some would respond "well...then the insert
was not talking too you." But i submit that it was..i am however the
consumer, and i have after all, purchased this product. therefore it is
talking to me simply because i own and am now reading the item.
I think it is bad marketing, and furthermore, not musically
related...(kind of like this post)
I think he Thaemlitz should have been more careful in determining what
types of people make up his audience. Am i to think that the people who
listen to this music are debaucherous drug shooter uppers who like sex
both ways...or what?
It would be like this...
what if the insert said :
"Always :
Shave Your Head Before Applying Swastika Tattoo
Look For Police When Beating Black People Senseless
Never Pull A gun On An Old Lady Unless She Is Strong Enough To
Keep Holding On To Her Purse.
Remember To Slap Little Kids At Random
Use Water Based Lubricant
Communicate
Have Fun"
what would you think if you read this?
That either thaemlitz thought his audience was into this...or that
thaemlitz was into this....or that he has a twisted sense of
humor...like me...(hell i came up with that)
Maybe that was not a great example...but i do think that these nifty
little message should be found in places other than cd inserts.
Which i guess i could have said in the beginning and left it at
that...but hey...that wouldnt have been any fun.
jasonosaj (has noow fallen backwards from his soapbox)