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2002-03-05 23:24Christopher Sorg [idm] Ministry of Disinformation (then...dumbtype)
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2002-03-05 23:24Christopher SorgIs there a Ministry of Disinformation, Tricksterism and General Tomfoolery presence on thi
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[idm] Ministry of Disinformation (then...dumbtype)
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Is there a Ministry of Disinformation, Tricksterism and General Tomfoolery presence on this mailing list? Who cares if BOC is gay and if WARP sucks or not. If you like it, buy it. If you don't, you'll probably download it anyhow. Let's get to some real content. So, first question is, what is the function of gossip? If much of our (society's) discourse is focused on gossip, it must serve some useful function. Two. Dumbtype. Is there anyone who knows just how loud Ryoji Ikeda plays the music? I thought it was really loud and just fine by me ;), but a coworker and his wife were _so_ offended by the volume that they took the entire experience as an assault and pretty much hated it. I couldn't see it being any louder than a typical concert experience, just intermittent and shocking. Personally I feel that it's good that some music is reaching out and grabbing people by the balls (so to speak), not just allowing them to be passive consumers. But is this dangerous? Unsafe? Unethical? What other work runs in this strain, and in what other ways can music "attack" you besides noise/volume? _________________________ Christopher Sorg Multimedia Artist Instructor The School of the Art Institute of Chicago http://csorg.cjb.net csorg@enteract.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org