3. "they're fun until they go off the rails." In response to In response to 1
>even though I'm usually all up in them.
me too, oddly enough, lol.
> >I think a lot of people find those discussions interesting, or >at least stimulating... I don't know if it says something >about the quality of the music that arguing over the mode of >distribution/consumption is more engaging than discussing the >music itself... or if it just says something about the posters >we have here.
Bingo. And THAT'S what fucks it up. the Armchair A&R shit.
> >Maybe people like me, disco, dalecooper, etc are just too old >and out of touch and baffled by the new world to the point >that we're unable to see the trees for the forest.
The sad thing is, I think I'm adjusting to "the New World" just fine. It burns my ass that people forget that the Old World is what set the stage. I have no problem with things changing. But it's just a bitch to see people act like the old ways no longer have any meaning...
I know it's a bit melodramatic ( and perhaps self-incriminating), but it's akin to not listening to your grandparents when they try to tell you shit.
"You don't get to be old bein' no fool...a lotta young wise men? they deader than a muthafucka, ain't they?" (C) Richard Pryor by way of Mudbone
> >But I do think to some degree that it has something with music >becoming less and less significant in general.
Yep. and the sad thing is people EMBRACE this whole "music as a disposable commodity" way of thinking.