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People are mildly bored during covid. It's time for us to realize this is a good thing

Who will make the first anti mask rave anthem? An Anti Altern8 track would be nice as I always hated them

Ask what the manager wants. He wants them to have fun, so they can be more productive. No one wishes boredom. Only the real revolutionaries

No, not if you have "a target", which is what ever project manager want you to have. I don't conflate work with capitalism, though. Boredom could be a sign of rigidity, that's not good. It could be a early warning sign of depression. It could be a state of re-calibrating as well. It could...

Boring is antithetical to capitalism, even antithetical to Western culture, indivudualism. The whole lot.

How can boredom be oppressive?

The most counter-cultural mode there is, is being boring and producing boredom.

Boredom is directionless. A non-productive state.

"Boredom is deep and mysterious" (Satie)

Interestingly enough Sweden universities are only just opening again, very carefully. No herd immunity plan there for sure.

Libertarian right wing, mind you. Conservatives should in principle be in favour of locking down. The Swedish administration is hardly considered right wing. The only party who favours lockdown and masks are the Swedish Democrats who are considered far right

One of the best in recent times. Politically explosive, almost Mike Ink style baseline and uber camp:

Yes, let's agree on a gentle approach

No it's a matter of ethics. Do you want your emotions manipulated by music or not? Or: it's a matter of information theory or cybernetics. How much excess info can your brain process and is it advisable?

Breakdowns are not allowed. Period.

Gospel is not really soul, maybe gospel is in fact trance related. Can't think clear now

Trance 'feelings' are not soul-related. They are related to awe and revelationary meaningness. Problem is those feelings are holy and invoked too easily. Trance is a trick.

Yeah it has the groove, but isn't this just pure 90s dub techno? I feel I have 200 records like this

It will always be an aesthetic statement and a comment on other artists/styles. It helps if you include your own idiosyncrasies, detach from 'scenes', invest yourself a bit (not too much, we won't have any soul pouring stuff going on) and most importantly unsubscribe from the Boomkat newsletter.

What is Berghain techno these days anyways? Boring as in uneventful is fine by me. That's what techno is about.