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From:
Lazlo Nibble
To:
Intelligent Dance Music
Date:
Tue, 28 Jan 1997 09:58:15 -0700 (MST)
Subject:
(idm) re: Schoolhouse Rock
Msg-Id:
<199701281658.JAA07356@slug.swcp.com>
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quoted 6 lines Sure, there were one or two good things created during my childhood,> Sure, there were one or two good things created during my childhood, > some of which most people would see as cheap nostalgia but I see as > genius (EX: "I feel love" by Donna Summer). But for the most part > nostalgia for one's youth is an excuse for not really liking yourself > right now and not having any interests which really mean anything to > you.
In other words, when you're nostalgic about things it's because you appreciate quality when you see it, but when other people are nostalgic about things, it's because they're insecure fuckups without lives.
quoted 3 lines I personally think that there's enough interesting stuff going on> I personally think that there's enough interesting stuff going on > in the world right now, especially in music, that it's a crime to bother > reminiscing about the old crap.
And I think it's a crime to disrespect or ignore old music simply because it's not new music, so there you go. -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo)