From stepintime Sent Sat, Jun 20th 1998, 09:38
On Sat, 20 Jun 1998 02:03:50 -0700 "objet@" <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> writes: >Champion that I. Unselfishly, of course. >Think about it - we (in America -- I won't pretend to be able to >speak >for other cultures) live in one of the most rabidly anti-intellectual >cultures conceivable. "Smart-guy" is largely considered an insult. In >hip-hop 'schools', "stupid" was once "buttah." > >That the description of any music as intelligent should be looked >upon >strangely -- well, wear the strangeness. The music addressed here >indeed is, for the most part, very intelligent, complex stuff, >begging >for abstraction. >In short - watch a 'backstreet boys' video and consider the audience >for >that band, consider the ridiculous self-closeting of strict classical >afficionados, and then consider that the description of this music as >'intelligent' may not only be apt, but in a certain way, quite >necessary. >sr >-- >sd > d/n't any of y/u out there tell me that a small % of y/ur soul doesn't listen 2 this music b/c U know that the majority of people out there have never even heard of it. face it //// its an ego thing. Uall want 2 B different and Unique //// and what do U doo // U join a forum where there R others like U. Just when U were going 2 B the only guy on the block with "THE NEW AE 10 INCH (LIMITED TO 15 COPIES, OOOO LA LA!)", U go and start hanging out with the other 14 people that own it. way 2 go team. i'm not saying that its a bad thing /// i mean look, i'm here aren't i? i just mean to say that with 900+ members U all can't B that unique or special. its a good thing we live all over the world b/c if we all lived 2 gether we would kill each other. perhaps this all in my mind. yah fuck it. i'm just going 2 pretend i didn't say anything. U probably didn't want 2 hear that anyway. here....just go back 2 the b-ginning and don't read it.yah... i'm just another one of U people. different, unique and special, rod _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]