From Rodney Perkins Sent Wed, Sep 9th 1998, 17:28
I read Sokal's brilliant pomo piss-take when it appeared a few years ago. I think the article really deflated a lot of people's bubbles (esp. the sods who published it). I have been seriously considering tracking down Eshun's book. His Wire article on Chain Reaction was excellent and his black music/sonic fiction angle sounds wonderful. He seems to have enough good ideas that I could wade through the references to dead/dying French philosophers. And for the musical content of this message: NP: Plastikman - Consumed (Heroin House via Detroit but where are the Mentasm stabs? Dude!) ;-) > >Off-topic but both of you might be into Alan Sokal's _Intellectual >Impostures_. WWW information: > >http://www.physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/ > >I know some dedicated Deleuze/Guattari/Virillio fans who have been very >interested in this for a nubmer of reasons. > >If you *are* into Deleuze/Guattari/Virillio/etc. and music journalism, >check out Kodwo Eshuns _More Brilliant Than the Sun_ where he talks >about black music and science fiction ("sonic fiction") including >Underground Resistance, Lee Perry, hip-hop, drum'n'bass, etc. Eshun >writes for The Wire magazine amongst others if you're wondering where >you've heard/seen his name. > >Erm, music - if you like ART styled techno check out John Braine's _A >Shift Through the Shadows_ 12" on Headspace. Smooth rhythms and little >melodies with a Funk D'Void mix too. > >|| [CiM] >|| xxx_@xxxxxxx.xxx >|| - > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >