worlds collide

[Chris Kromm]

People who say they hate "political folk" (music, not people) have never
listened to freedom songs sung in the creaky basement of a poor rural church
in the South. The beauty can be transcendent, and the politics light-years
ahead of the all-too-ironic and alienated bullshit that passes for political
music today.
CK

----- Original Message -----
From: "Catherine Driscoll" <catherine.driscoll at adelaide.edu.au>
To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: worlds collide


> Doug asks if anyone else hates political art --
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> I don't find it all the same. I have an ingrained hatred
> of 'political' 'folk' 'music'. I find brecht clunky and dull. But I can
> dance to rage against the machine, i think a room of one's own is
> hilarious...
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> but your definition
> >Art that's consciously and explicitly about political subjects
> begs some questions --
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> I think many things are consciously and explicitly about political
> subjects which other people do not think are at all consciously and
> explicitly about political subjects. What happens now?
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> Catherine
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