From david turgeon Sent Mon, May 10th 1999, 16:51
From david turgeon Sent Mon, May 10th 1999, 16:51
> alright, that's it, now you've done it, i am going > to start putting out politcal IDM records, just > so we open up the list to more serious > discussion when it naturally suggests itself, > rather than having to cut these discussions off. the problem with politics is that it's such a timely concept, whereas we all want music to be so timeless. then again, timelessness may be overrated after all. i can appreciate a "timeless classic" but i like recent music & art so much better, because they're likely to be, well, more up-to-date (even when the playing or composition may not be as cristalline or groundbreaking). so well, yeah, political records, make 'em, love 'em. in most everybody's view, politicians clearly are not very skilled at managing countries (the task which we call politics), so it's not like you won't make a valid point if you criticize something they did. perhaps if there's no lyrics... then the music can transcend its subject (so to speak (how could i _not_ say "so to speak" with a word like "transcend")) & still be relevant years after the political reference the composition is alluding to has been forgotten about or dismissed as unimportant. in the very least a strong title & concept will force the listener to give a thought or two to the matter in question. but then, if the goal is to make people think, we should also make albums about astrophysics, & philosophy, & whatnot. > np: cex - 'totalitarian agriculturalist time bomb EP' is that on underscore? -- david turgeon at http://www.notype.com