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| From | "Scott" <scott@nicevacations.com> |
| Subject | Re: Bushpod |
| Date | Wed, 27 Apr 2005 23:54:39 -0400 |
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> On GW's iPod: "No black artists, no gay artists, no world music, only one
> woman, no genre less than 25 years old, and no Beatles."
>
> Yet another thing about the man for me to dislike.
I understand that this was probably said more tongue in cheek than anything,
but it seems like a crazy-ass litmus test for people on a list devoted to a
genre invented 40 years ago. Except for the Beatles and the odd "rock en
espagnol" post (our version of "world music"), the British journalist quoted
above could cruise by audities and say the same exact thing. And you can't
buy any Beatles songs performed by The Beatles on iTunes, so the reason why
he doesn't have any Beatles on his iPod, as the story says, is because his
man-secretary or whatever only purchases from iTunes.
But, where does the "no black artists, no gay artists" thing come from? When
I hear a song I like, the last questions that come to mind are "I wonder
what race the people playing this music are" and "I wonder if this person is
gay." I remember posting about Sara and Tegan (or Tegan and Sara) once here
and someone informed me they were lesbians. I was floored, not because they
were lesbians, but because it never occured to me that this could be some
kind of musical barometer. Should I be looking to get more black artists and
gay artists in my music collection so people don't think I'm... you know ...
Republican or something? (I really thought my Kraftwerk "Trans Europe
Express" LP covered all my bases, since it helped launch hip-hop and all,
but now I wonder if it's really enough.) I just don't want to turn 60 one
day and have the whole world laughing at how politically incorrect and
mainstream my 250-song workout mix is. "Hey, Scott, what do you have against
putting some NWA on the 'Girls With Guitars' workout mix you made? Are you
racist or just stupid? And don't think we didn't notice you left out Melissa
Etheridge!"
Finally, can anyone point me to where the entire Bushpod playlist is posted?
I searched all over and can't find a thing. Unless he already has some, you
can get lots of Slobberbone on iTunes and from the few songs the media
cherry picked to talk about, Slobberbone seems right up the president's
alley.
Scott
NP: Nic Armstrong "If We Can't Escape, My Pretty" (a free non-album track on
the newwestrecords.com site)
p.s. My real beef is with the lameass british journalist who probably can't
even live up to her own standards of politically correct workout tape
perfection.
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