From cardhore Sent Tue, May 11th 1999, 00:05
From cardhore Sent Tue, May 11th 1999, 00:05
>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). yeah, actually, that's a great point. then there's the other problem with politics, that, -- but don't get me wrong i'm all about passion -- those hell-bent on a certain political topic tend to get tunnel-vision, and go all pedantic and pedagogical on you, making even a timely topic seem distant or irrelevant. >but then, if the goal is to make people think, we should also make >albums about astrophysics, & philosophy, & whatnot. ahahaah... i hope there's a Warp PR man reading this now... "Greg! Get on the phone with Richard! Tell him he's gonna have to get a BS!" >> np: cex - 'totalitarian agriculturalist time bomb EP' > >is that on underscore? ahaha, i wish. that was a joke. i can't stop writing these sad, love-themed tracks long enough to do a whole political album... yet. but... (/self-promotion mode on) the first installments of the Shift-Minus 7" series are due out quite soon! ,rj../ ___,"www.gl.umbc.edu/~nworth1 ___________________________________________________________________ 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/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]