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wooster tell us more about how emulating forty, fifty, sixty,... year old tropes is 'progress'

Dude what the fuck are you talking about? Have you been paying attention to what I've said at all?

― ddrake, Monday, 17 November 2003 05:01 (twenty-two years ago)

they teach dodgeball at wooster ddrake?

― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:01 (twenty-two years ago)

wow, i wanna play mario 3 now

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Did you guys actually read the original question? I don't recall only putting emphasis on "white" music. Only one of the four ideas had anything to do with "dead white guys". Seriously, read carefully before you comment. Instead of projecting your own weird assumptions into my post, try actually reading it.

― James Slone (Freon Trotsky), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:02 (twenty-two years ago)

also what wooster class is it where they tell you emulating forty year old (or older) musical tropes is 'progress'?

― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:02 (twenty-two years ago)

also what wooster class is it where they tell you emulating forty year old (or older) musical tropes is 'progress'?

Is this some sort of joke?

― ddrake, Monday, 17 November 2003 05:03 (twenty-two years ago)

ddrake could you provide specific examples of what it is in the music you find lacking? (ie. at least go thru the motions of making an argument 'relevant' to this thread)

― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:03 (twenty-two years ago)

So argue with me about it rather than personally insulting a talking head on the internet.

http://www.persil.co.uk/images/in/images2/ironing.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Cinniblount, reread the thread before you say another thing.
Take note of which side you are arguing with.

― ddrake, Monday, 17 November 2003 05:04 (twenty-two years ago)

it's not a joke ddrake - what class is it where they tell you emulating the past is progress?

― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:04 (twenty-two years ago)

http://nihilistdisco.matterwave.net/images/jlpiad.jpg

― Nihilist Pop Star (mjt), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:04 (twenty-two years ago)

haha - which "side"???? so wait - is this an ACTUAL game of dodgeball?

― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:05 (twenty-two years ago)

was it geology ddrake?

― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Here were the two things that kicked off my involvement with this thread, cinniblount.

1. My contention that "Extended songs, with long organic instrumental sections" were not in fact progressive and were in fact REgressive.

2. My intentionally provacative comment that this was a "white" perspective.

― ddrake, Monday, 17 November 2003 05:05 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.pcusa.org/today/images/cover/0902/wooster.jpg

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:06 (twenty-two years ago)

This was followed by the bully on the playground scene.

The flagpoll! 12:05 AM EST!

― ddrake, Monday, 17 November 2003 05:07 (twenty-two years ago)

is 'intentionally provocative' (note spelling) supposed to be a good thing? shouldn't there be a general rule that people shouldn't pretend aesthetics older than themselves are 'progressive' or 'new'?

― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:07 (twenty-two years ago)

ddrake does wooster have a college radio station?

― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:07 (twenty-two years ago)

http://nihilistdisco.matterwave.net/images/keithpiad.jpg

― Nihilist Pop Star (mjt), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:08 (twenty-two years ago)

surreal

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:08 (twenty-two years ago)

This thread has actually prompted me to listen to The Infamous. Aw, there, see ddrake, aren't you happy now? Oh tell me you are happy! I cannot live without your approval!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:08 (twenty-two years ago)

well Alex I am pretty reactionary in that way, it is a personal failing of mine

I'll concede the poem to be "powerful," but I've always had a weakness for Baraka's style - this weakness is I suspect is in fact related to my tendency to say things like "oh, if he wrote that, then fuck 'im." It's here: http://www.amiribaraka.com/blew.html

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I am beginning to doubt ddrake actually goes to wooster

― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Thank you for correcting my spelling.
You guys can be some real bitches.
Forget a "discussion," lets gang up on the kid who disagrees with us/challenges the hive mind.
What 40 year old aesthetic am I considering progressive?

― ddrake, Monday, 17 November 2003 05:09 (twenty-two years ago)

"bitches" - how progressive!

― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Ned Raggett here to pound my puny internerd-ego again! WOOOHOOO!

― ddrake, Monday, 17 November 2003 05:10 (twenty-two years ago)

raggett smash

― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:10 (twenty-two years ago)

David, what does being a "liason to recyclers" actually involve?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:10 (twenty-two years ago)

http://nihilistdisco.matterwave.net/images/Sch5.gif

― Nihilist Pop Star (mjt), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:11 (twenty-two years ago)

lets gang up on the kid who disagrees with us/challenges the hive mind

Oh, you're not Geir, you're Doompatrol! Makes sense now.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, its been fun gentlemen.
I'm sorry I'm not conforming to yr opinions.

I should have just posted "Anticon" and run away.

damn.

― ddrake, Monday, 17 November 2003 05:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Didn't you have homework to do anyway? Please, pursue your education.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Would hip-hop being taken to new levels involve playing the cornet, David?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:12 (twenty-two years ago)

fight the power ddrake! (the power = geology ta)

― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:12 (twenty-two years ago)

http://nihilistdisco.matterwave.net/images/owned-roadkill.jpg

― Nihilist Pop Star (mjt), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Ned- he's not even decided his major yet!

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:13 (twenty-two years ago)

ok I gotta go to bed - everybody pls. hearken to Nihilist Pop Star as he is a total genius

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:13 (twenty-two years ago)

YES! Nihilist rules herein. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:14 (twenty-two years ago)

God, I seriously don't think i'll ever post here again. I get more useful responses out of users on average metal music boards- anbd that's saying a lot. Or maybe I'll just stick to more obscure shit in the future instead of bringing up some contentious topic that everyone has a pre-formulated opinion on. For those of you who posted, or are going to post actual answers, thanks. I'll check out the artists and associations you mentioned.

I'll leave the circus now. :-)

― James Slone (Freon Trotsky), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:15 (twenty-two years ago)

How long have you been playing the cornet David, anyway? Shouldn't you have chosen a blacker musical instrument to play, anyway?

(Oh, and, yes, God bless the Nihilist)

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Dude, this shit is all in good fun and everything, but looking up my personal information on the internet is pretty fucking low.

― ddrake, Monday, 17 November 2003 05:17 (twenty-two years ago)

You'd prefer mindreading? I mean, sure, you're so great at it and all...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey ned.
And I'm serious here...

fuck you.

― ddrake, Monday, 17 November 2003 05:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm glad to see this thread has descended into cyberstalking.

Who wants to join my Friendster web?

― ben welsh (benwelsh), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:21 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.cupidalaska.com/juror8/owned4.jpg

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:21 (twenty-two years ago)

"I Can" by Nas presents a much-needed alternative to the wilfully ignorant bling bling culture prevalent in rap today, offering as it does an intelligent look into the failings of the American dream, an American dream ironically set up by the very same middle class white kids purchasing hip hop in the suburbs today.

― were you serious? (benwelsh), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:28 (twenty-two years ago)

this thread is depressing, if only for the revelation that J0hn Darn13ll3 is the Republican governor of New Jersey.

― hstencil, Monday, 17 November 2003 05:36 (twenty-two years ago)

At least he's not Rick Santorum. ;0

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:39 (twenty-two years ago)

just one state westward and he would be!

― hstencil, Monday, 17 November 2003 05:39 (twenty-two years ago)

If James who started this is still around: the reason people have avoided actually answering your question is that this discussion has been had countless numbers of times on ILM. That's all. A lot of corny indie fuckitude has been committed in the name of "progress," nor that there's a lot of people here who are tired of the topic. None of which is your fault or has anything to do w/you.

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 17 November 2003 05:40 (twenty-two years ago)

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