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quoted 1 line The real underground will never fear commercialism????> >>The real underground will never fear commercialism????
The 'real' underground?
Yes. The real underground will not fear it it will embrace it. Ten
years from now the things that are now 'alternative' will be old news,
having already passed 'trendy'...
If this 'real underground' is accepted as a continually changing thing,
then maybe this is an accurate statement. If 'underground' is taken as a
concept rather than a group of people.
House music used to be underground.
The rave culture used to be underground. Now its in every 'hip' rag from
here to calamazoo.
Everything will begin on the edge and be considered 'cool' and then it
will be picked up by shrewd marketeers and sold until its old hat. It is
the method of the beast. the corporate beast. enjoy the underground
while its underground. but dont attach to it high ideals. there are
those in every group who will sell the souls of the rest regardless of
what some in the same group want.
its a nasty law of nature...i have to deal with it in art...the fads,
etc...i just have to try to keep growing and hope im never considered
'trendy'
whoa what a tangent.
but at least its not a religious argument
later,
jasonosaj