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Re: [idm] Re: politics and electronic music

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2003-10-16 19:20chthonic Re: [idm] Re: politics and electronic music
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2003-10-16 19:20chthonic---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Sean Smith <sean_djbl
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Re: [idm] Re: politics and electronic music
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---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Sean Smith <sean_djblues@yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 12:09:02 -0700 (PDT)
quoted 1 line I really hate to quote bumper stickers, but this thread made me>I really hate to quote bumper stickers, but this thread made me
think of one I saw recently - "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." sounds like a radiohead paraphrase or inspiration (cf. "2+2=5" on the latest CD).
quoted 1 line Our governments consider our music political! They look at>Our governments consider our music political! They look at
underground electronic music, and they see a political movement. We are all part of a demographic whether we like it or not. They don't care whether the people making the music are sitting in their bedrooms ignoring politics. well, in a sense being apolitical is a political stance. so many women sat out the california election because of a lack of palatable choices, and the men voted in schwarzenegger. a similar apathy affected the 2000 presidential election.
quoted 1 line I'm no conspiracy theorist or anything, but over the thirteen years>I'm no conspiracy theorist or anything, but over the thirteen years
that I've been a part of the electronic music scene, I've seen many laws passed and wrongly enforced that seem to be trying to single out this "apolitical" music. that's because when authorities hear electro, beats, dance, or any number of other words, they immediately think there's a club muisc connection, which they think means drugs.
quoted 1 line I completely agree. It's wierd that the political atmosphere (in>I completely agree. It's wierd that the political atmosphere (in
regards to music) that surfaced during the Reagan/Bush years hasn't come about recently, even with the current political atmospheres in the US/UK i think a lot of people by now are so numbed by it all they haven't gotten around to reacting. and, predictably, the kind of music that most people want to hear during times of strife are nice melodies with no politics. so i guess that makes several IDM artists pretty conservative after all. d. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org