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

Eubulides paraconsistent at comcast.net
Tue Feb 1 16:53:53 PST 2005


-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Doug Henwood

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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By golly what a great argument for borderlessness and hybridity! :-)

Ian



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