From cl Sent Fri, Oct 1st 1999, 17:03
From cl Sent Fri, Oct 1st 1999, 17:03
although i usually avoid topics like this, i certainly have noticed the same
obsession with these topics. i am guessing here, but from what i have seen in interviews discussing behavior, many idm
artists are stuck in the junior high 'saying penis is funny' frame of mind. (other
symptoms would be lack of friends, never going out, playing endlessly with
toys, electronic or otherwise). being a former middle school teacher, i have had firsthand experience with this form of highbrow humor.
in defense of idm music producers, i dont think
they are any more prone to genital/sex humor than any other genre (korn, most rap, mambo #5, etc), but i am guessing that is what you are interested in, therefore
you see it more than in other fields. not to mention idm types dont have to worry
about radio play. so they can make songs like 'fuk' that dont need a radio edit.
cl
>
> "richard is dick extended"
> Shitcatapult
> Vulvaland
> Vulva - From the Cockpit
> Caustic Window's "Cunt"
>
> ... I don't know. Is it me? Is it because I'm a woman? Is it
> because I'm prudish (not) ??? or are all these just puerile?
>
> Yes "I am carnal" too - just like the rest of all human beings /
> biological creatures here on this planet, I have a full working set of
> genitals, but - {{shakes head}} I've just been away since the
> beginning of this week with the children on school holidays, lolling
> in hot springs, climbing up mountains, looking at rivers, not
> listening to music at all - and now coming back to download a few
> hundred list mails I'm confronted with a new label called
> "Shitcatapult" which has jarred with me, then the charming Richard
> Is Dick Extended Squarepusher/Richard Thomas collab rears its
> head (oh yes, it's VERY clever), then the other names pop to mind
> (lots more where those come from), and it all just strikes me as a
> bit smutty, y'know.
>
> Is there a point? Is there any correlation between the titles and the
> music? Yes, certainly so-called "cock rock" has always abounded
> with things like Wet Willy's "The Wetter The Better" and melifluous
> names like "Bless its Pointed Little Head" have left little doubt
> about which little head was being blessed.
>
> Most amusing list mail I've read in the current slew was the 10
> points of what makes you a trainspotter - yes, I can relate :-)
>
> I
> *