Woebot
Well-known member
Firstly a nod to franceso's thread here:
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=2270
and to blissblogger here:
http://blissout.blogspot.com/2005_09_01_blissout_archive.html#112715049092142928
and man like nick southall here:
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1854
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Quite weird to reflect that over the past 6-8 months I've bought almost nothing but:
a) Grime
b) German New Wave
(great parallels between them, but thats another thread)
Thats it. Almost exclusively.
So when I read in Simon's old Pulse piece this:
"And to music-lovers:: if you're lucky enough to get obsessed with something, go with flow, forget about the rest. Music should be precious, not something you channel-surf through."
I can't help but sense again he's reached the same conclusions (this time as much as ten years ago ha ha ha)
One mitigating factor to this massive contraction in my horizons is that I reckon I've really put in the groundwork over the past twenty years. Have really explored lots of stuff, and thus feel as though i've earned the right to (broadly) be as dismissive as i bloomin well like. Also i think having to listen to three CDs a month for The Wire has kind of enforced this sharpening of my own tastes. Theres nothing like HAVING to evaluate music to make you hanker for your own flavours.
Anyway I did have one observation to add to Simon's and Nick's when they complain about the deluge of music. I wanted to remark that its not necessarily the deluge of music thats the root problem here (though yes more and more music is made) its the deluge of opinions and information and discourse about music. After all, what is confusing isnt the choice on offer, its reading other people enthusing about stuff you havent heard.
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=2270
and to blissblogger here:
http://blissout.blogspot.com/2005_09_01_blissout_archive.html#112715049092142928
and man like nick southall here:
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1854
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Quite weird to reflect that over the past 6-8 months I've bought almost nothing but:
a) Grime
b) German New Wave
(great parallels between them, but thats another thread)
Thats it. Almost exclusively.
So when I read in Simon's old Pulse piece this:
"And to music-lovers:: if you're lucky enough to get obsessed with something, go with flow, forget about the rest. Music should be precious, not something you channel-surf through."
I can't help but sense again he's reached the same conclusions (this time as much as ten years ago ha ha ha)
One mitigating factor to this massive contraction in my horizons is that I reckon I've really put in the groundwork over the past twenty years. Have really explored lots of stuff, and thus feel as though i've earned the right to (broadly) be as dismissive as i bloomin well like. Also i think having to listen to three CDs a month for The Wire has kind of enforced this sharpening of my own tastes. Theres nothing like HAVING to evaluate music to make you hanker for your own flavours.
Anyway I did have one observation to add to Simon's and Nick's when they complain about the deluge of music. I wanted to remark that its not necessarily the deluge of music thats the root problem here (though yes more and more music is made) its the deluge of opinions and information and discourse about music. After all, what is confusing isnt the choice on offer, its reading other people enthusing about stuff you havent heard.