[lbo-talk] Too Old for Rap (was Lumpen)

[Michael Hoover]

>>> dhenwood at panix.com 01/28/06 2:05 PM >>>
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>>This hostility towards rap - what artists you all talking about?   
>>There's some really great stuff around - why get all cranky about the crap?
>>Doug
>
>It's simple: the average age of regular posters is too high for any 
>informed discussion on rap.  Contrast an absence of concrete 
>references to rap songs and groups to elaborate, well-referenced 
>discussion on Mozart, Dylan, etc.

Hey, I'm 53 and I could quote 'em - what's their excuse?
Doug
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hey, maybe we could play guess the age of lbo-posters, or more mundanely, 
we could proclaim our ages to the list (adding editorial comment as dh has 
done above would make latter a bit more spicy)...   mh