1.i kinda like capitalism. its what gives me health coverage and a salary to
pay my rent and buy my food. Capitalist companies (ie starbucks, microsoft
[monopolistic]) are so involved in everything from gov't to funding entire
cities. On the other end- I hate mass consumption (thank god the holidays
are over) but i am also annoyed by the people who go out of their way to be
self absorbed ninnys and look down on those who don't read the New York
Times every morning (a very capitalist and slanted paper BTW) and put their
groceries in cloth bags. Pardon me, i live in Ann Arbor (michigan)-which is
where these people have seemed to set up a colony-and it tends to get to me.
Save the world, kill yourself. middle finger or any other.
2. In order for America to "catch up" to Europe or become aware its going
to take one rich mofo who has the gull to turn the face of American
broadcasting on its head by buying a radio station or starting a music cable
station that has a remote clue and decent advertisers. what starts the
viscious circle? There's the record companies who sell the stuff and tell
people that if they listen to Britney X they will be cool or by Dance Mix Y
album because its the latest thing! OR there's the radio programmers and
station managers who won't go outside of their comfortable boundry during
high format hours (from 8am-7pm) because they don't want to loose
advertisers or do more work than what they receive from the record
companies. OR there's the consumers who don't bother to stop and think and
say 'what's beyond this? and please give it to me!'. SOO in turn the people
"who dare to ask" are on after midnight or they stay stuck at Public or
college stations.
3. i hate to inform you, but you ARE part of the general public. its only
here and when you are in your circle of music friends that you are not. I
didnt join IDM to join a revolution or 'ban together', i would hope most
people are here to learn from eachother and talk and meet people who they
share a deeper musical interest/passion with.
i will agree that i get ticked when i read award show nominess or see top
album picks by mass media papers but there's a certain extent to which you
can give it your energy.
blahblahblah
d
-----Original Message-----
From: matt loathing [mailto:servusindustry@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 3:20 PM
To: sunspot@subdimension.com; DavidASim@aol.com
Cc: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: Re: [idm] American Music Awards.
The most amazing thing about awards shows is not the
music itself. It's the morons who decide who wins the
awards. A committee of like minded idiots(corporate
assholes with the money to decide if we live or die)
chooses what idiots(the general public ie. people who
buy whatever they're selling) should listen to. The
most necessary thing about a list like ours is to band
together, listen to each other and each others music
and give a big middle finger to anyone who subscribes
to Capitalist Herdism. (I am not a communist and I do
believe that Capitalism is good, however there is a
point when too much is too much. What the hell does a
billionaire Know about music anyway.)
Sorry for the Filibuster
But Corporate Music is still Muzak(music listened to
in elevators and department stores) in my book.
ServUs Industry
--- "...(Sunsp0t)..." <sunspot@subdimension.com>
wrote:
quoted 67 lines No, no, no!
> No, no, no!
>
> I think guitars are wonderful.
> MANY goofd things were made by the beatles, the
> Stones, Steppenwolf, Pink Floyd, and so on..
>
> What I'm driving at is this blidn acceptance of CRAP
> geared for commercial consumption and without
> interest in the music itself. Any of these bands on
> TV, although musically sincere at first, end up
> writing and playing for deadlines and coporate
> defined tastes.
>
> IDM sure has facile melodies, that is part of the
> beauty. The glitches, are not meant to obscure, but
> juxtapose.
>
> And why can you appreciate that "bands appearing on
> awards shows are hardly cream of the crop"? This is
> my contention, exactly. Since when are awards meant
> for shit?
>
>
> At 1/9/01 8:21:00 AM you wrote:
> ><Sound of head hitting wall>
> >
> >I'm sorry, but the one thing more annoying than
> indie kids slagging 'dance
> >music' is technoheads slagging anything with
> guitars. IT'S ALL GOOD.
> >Okay, I can appreciate that bands appearing on
> awards shows are hardly the
> >cream of the crop, but this is supposed to be an
> open minded list for God's
> >sake.
> >In any case, IDM has some fairly faciloe melodies
> of it's own, and hides this
> >by turning the glitches up high.
> >
> ><Thud, thud, thud>
> >
> >d.
> >
> >>
> >> I CAN'T STAND This motherf*cking country's
> attitude towards music. What
> >the
> >> hell is so damn alluring about yet another four
> guys and a guitar? They all
> >> sound the same, the all turn up the distortion
> high to add thickenss to an
> >> otherwise empty and facile melody, and they CAN
> NOT sing to save their god
> >> damned lives. Yet, there are cheers and hollars
> after a performance. I feel
> >> like I'm watching a 6th grade talent show.
>
>
>
>
> ______________________ _ _ _ _ _ _
> _ _
> Sunsp0t
> sunspot@subdimension.com
>
>
>
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