The displacements in artistic labor are at once predictable—at least in « the
West »—and often merely generation. What interests me more is what you might
call the grandfather effect. Where a new generation goes in search of an
artistic forbearer. It cd be an heroic forbearer two generations
Hi Molly,
thank you!
And sorry for the late reply.
I'm specifically interested in the history of (admittedly mainly
western, even european) subjectivity.
There have been a lot of instances of the police-state in the 20th
century and prejudicial profiling has been a thing since the end of
This has been going on forever in popular music--maybe *all* music, and
probably all art, for that matter.
Every new musical generation that comes along inevitably has some spokespeople
who really want you to know that the previous generations, especially the
generation they're bent on
There is an interesting little book "Censorship Now!!" by Ian Svenonius,
shedding some filtered light on the topic:
...
As the yuppies took on a long—term project to “gentrify” American
cities and remake them in their own image, the indie groups, typically
the scions of NPR listeners (affluent,
On 4 Oct 2017, at 11:13, oliver lerone schultz wrote:
I think this is a very relevant position for the nettime public,
coming
from xnet, right in the middle between progressive politics and
critical
digital culture...
A few pointers re the internet angle — because they're at hand, not
I think this is a very relevant position for the nettime public, coming
from xnet, right in the middle between progressive politics and critical
digital culture...
very best,
oliver
*XNET'S REPORT ON CATALAN REFERENDUM: DIGITAL REPRESSION AND RESISTANCE:*
On 4 Oct 2017, at 5:58, David Garcia wrote:
Don’t try to dig what we all s-s-say.
Funny you should mention that. Some time back I saw some squib go by in
which one of The Who said that rock is dead, and that that kind of
creative energy has been flowing into rap. I'd like to think it was
There is a parallel discussion going on over the reaction of
nation-statist forces against Southern Kurdistan's referendum -its
oppression by Turkish, Iranian, and Iraqi ruling classes, given
Russian support. If someone would have asked his opinion probably
Assad would have stood against it too.
New "thought rhythms'- announce the fact that Rock (including Punk) is dead.
The old rhymes of largely white indy (largely white) guitar bands superseded by
Hip Hop and Grime..
As my kids grow up I realise that though I can hear that the UK movement Grime
and US Hip Hop
are powerful .. on
