[lbo-talk] Re: Say BYE BYE to VINYL!

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Feb 1 10:22:35 PST 2005


Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


>Just think about the fact that peoples and cultures around the world listen
>to rather narrow selection of music dished out by MTV and American labels
>(mostly of two varieties - singing bimbos a la Britney Spears and
>testosterone rage a la c-rap/hip-hop), while their native musical traditions
>are all but dead. Does not blood boils in your veins?

Not really. There's all kinds of interesting music happening all over the world - Norwegian rap, Indian techno - that combines native musical traditions with the stuff you loathe. I've only scratched the surface, but I love it.

Doug



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