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So ::: what's up with Mixmaster Morris? He seems to feel the need to motormouth all over his latest release. WHY? Such a a pity, because the actual *music* is really nice, but he talks nu-age hippie pop-psychology twaddle all over the top - "You, yes YOU, are the energy of the world" (from Fish Dances) Is this really necessary? The lyrical content imposes a line of thought or vision all over my private journey through the soundscape and crowds my headspace. I wish I could filter it out and just allow my mind to wander, without being pulled back verbally. Also it limits itself linguistically, rather than allow the music to stand on its own and flow freely. "This universe that we live in is only a speck of dust and all the specks of dust in this universe that we know contain minute universes forever and ever ... " Pass the glowsticks ... I *

At 09:46 PM 11/11/98 +0200, Irene McC wrote:

quoted 5 lines Such a a pity, because the actual *music* is really nice, but he

>Such a a pity, because the actual *music* is really nice, but he >talks nu-age hippie pop-psychology twaddle all over the top - > >"You, yes YOU, are the energy of the world" >(from Fish Dances)

Or like that line from Dreamfish, Terrence McKenna saying: "The God of western civilization has NOTHING to do with women" I'm sure MM heard that line first in its original context, which is McKenna blasting western theology's deep sexism, but when isolated by itself and put into an otherwise beautiful and hypnotic track, the impression is much different, and I don't think that was intentional. Okay, he does add other context in the song: again, McKenna going "The all-knowing, wrathful (etc etc) male diety" but it still doesn't add enough to prevent questioning glances when I play it for people. Brian --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-- History is made at night; brian@hyperreal.org character is what you are in the dark.

LOL...and so true. Hippies........(nothing worse than an "ex") jeff Irene McC wrote:

quoted 30 lines So ::: what's up with Mixmaster Morris?

> So ::: what's up with Mixmaster Morris? > > He seems to feel the need to motormouth all over his latest release. > > WHY? > > Such a a pity, because the actual *music* is really nice, but he > talks nu-age hippie pop-psychology twaddle all over the top - > > "You, yes YOU, are the energy of the world" > (from Fish Dances) > > Is this really necessary? The lyrical content imposes a line of > thought or vision all over my private journey through the > soundscape and crowds my headspace. I wish I could filter it out > and just allow my mind to wander, without being pulled back > verbally. Also it limits itself linguistically, rather than allow the > music to stand on its own and flow freely. > > "This universe that we live in > is only a speck of dust > and all the specks of dust > in this universe that we know > contain minute universes > forever and ever ... " > > Pass the glowsticks ... > > I > *

-- jeff ~Living in a world where Jesse("The Body") Ventura gets elected as a State Governor~ dancing/about/architecture "...with wandering steps and slow..." ICQ904008