quoted 5 lines Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 23:27:16 EDT
>Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 23:27:16 EDT
>From: KumquatGoo@aol.com
>Subject: (idm) the revolution will be remixed
>
>Without in any way belittling the drug-related problems of the poor,
some
quoted 1 line suspect that drug abuse can be found across all economic strata.
>suspect that drug abuse can be found across all economic strata.
oh, of course. i was just saying that, if the point is to
jumpstart a revolution for the poor, drug use/abuse
ends up hurting the poor, too. i'm in no way trying to
say the problem is isolated there.
quoted 1 line As for "substitute for productive thought and activity" and "turning
>As for "substitute for productive thought and activity" and "turning
free
quoted 1 line will over," the first thing that comes to my mind is *television*.
>will over," the first thing that comes to my mind is *television*.
i agree with you that tv is guilty of encouraging these
things, but i think drug culture, and especially alcohol
culture is just as bad as television in this respect.
in regards to the quote from Ninja Tune, about drugs
being a tool that can be misused, it just seems like
i'd wanna check and see if my warranty on this one
is still valid, and maybe take it back to Sears and get
a set of Craftmaster screwdrivers or something instead.
i was going to rant about this, but i'm not going to.
quoted 1 line It's difficult to motivate change among the cushy people...what should
>It's difficult to motivate change among the cushy people...what should
we do?
well, check out my pal James Joyce. the guy
was all about the politics -- the Irish home-rule,
the rights for women, the end of economic
tyranny... but what could he do about any of
this? besides educate himself as much as
he could, and throw in his support here and
there when the cause was rallied, there's not
much James could do.
so the badass makes art. art inspired by his
contempt of the paralysis and hemiplegia he
sees in the city he lives in, and how the state,
the Church, the family, the economy all keep
things stagnant. and it's not like he set out
to write giant epics that exposed some massive
truths that had been heretofore obscured...
he wrote stories about everyday life, the most
naturalistic and mundane plots, harsh realism.
he chucked the rules and made his art his way,
and he's recognized as one of the greatest, if
not the greatest, literary rebel in history.
yeah, so, despite what mr. reynolds says,
i think my idm does make a difference. it's
an honest attempt to make meaning out of
the mess of experience i encounter in my
mundane life... and if it doesn't inspire crowds
to revolution, that's because it's not supposed
to... i'm expressing my feelings because i
feel a compulsion to do so, to "mediate
in awful truth before the veiled face of god,"
as Joyce put it. if i was simply writing music
as a form of propaganda, to get people to do
what i want them to do (as opposed to offering
up my perspective, my feelings, sharing my
little bit of insight) i'd hardly call that art. it's a
practical application of musical technique.
but, who am i to define art, right? someone
trying to open this can of worms on this list
is bound to get called out into the street for an
old-fashioned pistol duel, so i'll stop right there.
but anyway, to paraphrase Daniel Quinn, a bad-ass
if there ever was one: change doesn't come
from people with old thinking and new programs.
it comes from people with new thinking and no
programs. my belief is that making progress
with this civilization may not appear to be around
the corner anytime soon, but if you bring a lucid
and deliberate mind, sympathy for your fellow
man and a healthy contempt of inertia to whatever
we do, be it your art, your job, your education,
your community, whatever, you've been a part of
the revolution.
(awww.... cue "we are the world", roll credits.)
,rj../
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