Re: [microsound] Chemical Metabolism of Now, was Wired News :DJ Turns the Tables on Tradition

[jason.frank@xxxxxxx]

whoa, what if like...

well see nowadays everybody is on tons of stuff, right? 
like they put kids on pills for acting childish or 
something and my grandma chokes down handfuls everyday. 
then of course there's like sleeping pills and anti-
depressants for the working stiffs, to say nothing of 
coffee in the morning, cigarettes after lunch, beer 
before bed.

what if the new thing for artsy people is nothing? yeah, 
what if all those straight edge kids who beat up drunks 
are right? what if like the high that is no high becomes 
the next big high? micro-buzz! 
> > our spatio/temporal relationship to movements of thought
> > we read about in college. won't some one grow the
> > cajones to just give our period of existence its own
> > freakin' nomenclature?
> 
> A friend recently said, " The surrealists had opium, the beats had
> amphetamines, the NY school had alcohol."
> 
> I asked her, "What is the metabolism of our time? (chemical or owtherwise)"
> 
> We decided it is either portable computers or gourmet food. Maybe this will
> help define our nomenclature. However, wouldn't it be nice to not be new for
> a while?
> 
> -km
> 
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