From Alex Reynolds Sent Sun, Apr 11th 1999, 21:08
From Alex Reynolds Sent Sun, Apr 11th 1999, 21:08
Mr Sound, Some questions: -- Reynolds rallies against obscurist fetishism; although, without elitist hipsters to search out obscure music criticism (like his) of music that is itself relatively obscure (like IDM), he would likely be employed in a vastly different field of work. Is his work meant to be inflammatory simply to get Wire/NME/etc's equivalent of ratings, through increased advertising dollars/pounds? What defense would he make for putting a chip on his shoulder every time he comes across a body of music he doesn't like? -- How does the use or abuse of various narcotics or psychoactives equate with sticking it to the Man? -- When a group of obscure musicians are relatively popular at the same time, and make similar music, why is it that the music journalist community (including Reynolds) must apply a label (and a disparaging one at that) before addressing its sociopolitical or purely artistic merits? Is this just lazy writing or a bad case of writer's block? Why can't a body of work stand on its own two feet, i.e., what pathology does he suffer from which makes every last piece of music effectively political in nature? After reading "Generation..." and some stuff at http://members.aol.com/blissout/, I'd be quite interested in hearing some of the answers to these questions. Best regards, Alex Reynolds __________________________________________________________________________ Alex Reynolds E xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxxxx.xxx UPenn : SAS Computing : Biology Dist Support V +1 215 573 2818 http://www.sas.upenn.edu/biology/ F +1 215 898 8780 'The central message of Buddhism is not "every man for himself"!' -- Wanda