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From:
Philip Sherburne
To:
'idm@hyperreal.org'
Date:
Fri, 12 May 2000 11:10:45 -0700
Subject:
[idm] emo track titles?
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quoted 1 line it's just a fad, people will move on to the next style as soon as>> it's just a fad, people will move on to the next style as soon as
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quoted 1 line makes on up ...>> makes on up ...
quoted 2 lines it's emo track titles.>it's emo track titles. >i'm not joking. just watch.
wait... you mean long, preposition-filled phrases (Godspeed You Black Emperor, His Hero Is Gone, Her Space Holiday, "As we quietly burn a hole into...", A Minor Forest ) etc? i'm fascinated by the linguistics of emo titles. there seems to be an unwritten rule behind most of them, but i can't identify it. but the thing is, when you hear an emo title or name, you know it's emo immediately. same w/ the old SxE hardcore bands... they were in love with compound words (breakdown, warzone, etc.) -- which i always found particularly, amusingly, germanic and fascistic. :) Philip Sherburne Senior Editor, Technology 510-985-7885 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org