anyone read <more brilliant than the sun-adventures in sonic fiction> by
kodwo eshun? beeeeeeautiful. two pages of this tome could replace all the
hours i've wasted wading through all the self-serving pseudo intellectual
masturbation that prevails on this list. eshun's use of forced, rhythmic
language, his creation of new words, his ENTHUSIASM, is a perfect antidote
to the great yawn that has swallowed music writing as of late.
many <wire> writers and others seem stuck in this late 80s early90s chic
cynicism, this ego stroking blasting of a record, this debasement of someone
else's art. sort of like that endless dsp discussion of a few days back(why
not bitch about the use of the wah pedal, or the multitrack studio? I think
that electric guitar thing is just an annoying fad. you?), just the sheer
pleasure that one gets from eloquently declaring a turd a turd. so
immature. i would think that we're in a new age of music, and subsequently
one of music writing...the two are inseparable. writing devoid of cheesy
sentiment and full of newackpoetic word photos. juxtapositions of word
against sound, of concept against ether, of music against science fiction,
as eshun so beautifully shows us.
endless complaints of ae's lack of innovation show the writer's lack of
education and emotional depth. to paraphrase eshun:<intelligent dance
music, smart techno, once it is called as such, alienates the body and locks
you inside your head. you can't get out.>
maybe we should all uplift with eloquence the worthy, and simply ignore
the banal. it's so easy to be cynical.
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