this was a letter to the kid, now its a post
i was just thinking about how that teacher of yours thought---because he has a beat 606 isnt relevant to music --------
i am really blown away by that-- you should call him a racist -
just to piss him off--- i thought those kind of high modernistic elitist attitude were as unhip as fanny-packs and pony tails - like -- the womens movement and the civil rights movements ,as well as the general post modern era --think of roland barthes for instance --- and alot of post colonial thought have brought about alot of awareness that culture isnt spelled with a capital "c" standing for "Western" - It's being dangerously blind to say that this group of peoples art is not a part of contemporary musical discourse -becuse they didnt get trained by academia -- because they're from a different social class that probably couldn't afford it-- or for whatever reason -- saying --we don't want "you people" ( being turntabilists , freestylers, garage punks, or laptop fukups_ ) to not participate in our discussion of what music is ---is ignoring what is happening in reality -in the real culture that we LIVE in . cultural trends happen outside of academia and white-maleness . I almost think it's sad that people like DJ spooky have to talk about hip hop in academic terms in order to be takin seriously -- not to criticize him -- hes completely intelligent-- but by who's standards? - Don't you music people have theorists like Linda Nochlin ? who examine false presumptions that academia have been making for centuries to exclude the feminine ethos from the academic disciplines? If you paint a pattern in art -it used to be called "craftsy." Now its trendy --or it was a couple years ago -- that hole high brow -low brow debate -- it did have some significance -- so did feminism --but both of them have been taking a blow lately --
i was just thinking about how that teacher of yours thought---because he has a beat 606 isnt relevant to music --------
i am really blown away by that-- you should call him a racist -
just to piss him off--- i thought those kind of high modernistic elitist attitude were as unhip as fanny-packs and pony tails - like -- the womens movement and the civil rights movements ,as well as the general post modern era --think of roland barthes for instance --- and alot of post colonial thought have brought about alot of awareness that culture isnt spelled with a capital "c" standing for "Western" - It's being dangerously blind to say that this group of peoples art is not a part of contemporary musical discourse -becuse they didnt get trained by academia -- because they're from a different social class that probably couldn't afford it-- or for whatever reason -- saying --we don't want "you people" ( being turntabilists , freestylers, garage punks, or laptop fukups_ ) to not participate in our discussion of what music is ---is ignoring what is happening in reality -in the real culture that we LIVE in . cultural trends happen outside of academia and white-maleness . I almost think it's sad that people like DJ spooky have to talk about hip hop in academic terms in order to be takin seriously -- not to criticize him -- hes completely intelligent-- but by who's standards? - Don't you music people have theorists like Linda Nochlin ? who examine false presumptions that academia have been making for centuries to exclude the feminine ethos from the academic disciplines? If you paint a pattern in art -it used to be called "craftsy." Now its trendy --or it was a couple years ago -- that hole high brow -low brow debate -- it did have some significance -- so did feminism --but both of them have been taking a blow lately --
That one prof. of mine you met, Christian, he just goes through life pretending that everyone has a complete understanding of his music. He 1) never apologizes or tries to explain it 2) everything he plays he would do so in *any* venue 3) doesn't see any boundaries in music.
It took years and years and years to get this way, but he's a good example...even if he *did* give me a B+ -- that's got to be a mistake.
The day I met yr roomie Colin, I was spinning in the open quad area. We had these huge-ass speakers set up. I had never felt so powerful in my life. It was to advertise that "Crosstalk" show, and i was supposed to spin all this academic stuff that, though I love it, would totally frighten off all the students to the show. So, I started blasting Autechre, 606 and Squarepusher. I loved seeing people get excited about that stuff. Steve was on the other side of the place at a table and every time I saw his look of disapproval, I would hurry and switch to something else -- layer Stockhausen on top of Original Hamster. That was when I realized what a rediculous prick he is. He wants to get academic music out there, but he's trying to do it to the masses who would best be eased into it.
I've contradicted myself here a few times, but whatev. I had two people that day get excited and tell me that they had never, ever thought they would hear Squarepusher at BYU so take that, weasel.
[Edited on May 01, 2003]