Re: [microsound] [Fwd: Arundhati Roy:ConfrontingEmpire] [OT]

[graham miller <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

it's his writing style that's so great - this flow that actually sounds like the music
its describing... it's quite beautiful really - it works simulataneously as futuristic
poetry and prose...

dbuchwald wrote:

> Sorry if my mail was phrased in a way that led to misunderstandings.  What I forwarded
> was a mail Spooky sent to the afrofuturist mailing list.  The text itself is not by
> Spooky but by Arundhati Roy.
> I also love Eshun's book very much and proposed it for the reading list in the
> "microsound book club".
>
> Dagmar
>
> graham miller wrote:
>
> > where's the link for the spooky essay... also, if you're into the concept of
> > afrofuturism try kodwo eschun's 'more brilliant than the sun: adventures in sonic
> > fiction.' beautifully written, in a high tech poetic prose... one of my
> > favourites, although i'm sure i spelled his last name correctly - lent the book to
> > a friend...
> >
> > g.
> >
> > Ben wrote:
> >
> > > I can't argue with you about the fact that this post was off-topic (and
> > > was labled as such) but if you actually read the attached article and
> > > still think that it's empty-headed rambling, then you are a class-a
> > > moron. I love music and sound and spend a great deal of my time playing
> > > around with them. But I am certainly not fool enough to think that this
> > > self-indulgent distraction is of any significane in the grand scope. The
> > > alarming rate at which this planet is being sucked dry,  at which
> > > power-brokers are manipulating society and law to their own benefit and
> > > the stunningly transparent farce--with respect to Iraq--which is being
> > > carried out on the world stage are grave matters which should be of
> > > interest to ANY mailing list in any language in any part of the world.
> > > It's not as if the OT post was about stamp collecting, fer chrissakes.
> > >
> > > I urge you to read the article attached to the parent again and think
> > > hard about what it says. If you still seek idle chit chat about
> > > self-indlugent electronic meanderings, then I wish you all the best...
> > > may you enjoy your listening as the world crumbles around you.
> > >
> > > b
> > >
> > > And actually, there is generally very little discussion about music on
> > > this list...
> > >
> > > dtaylor@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > >
> > > >Hi!
> > > >
> > > >Can we yack about music on this list, instead of posting our empty headed
> > > >ramblings like the one below?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >on 2/2/03 12:33 PM, dbuchwald at dagmar.buchwald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>"When George Bush says "you're either with us, or you are with the
> > > >>terrorists" we can say "No thank you." We can let him know that the
> > > >>people of the world do not need to choose between a Malevolent Mickey
> > > >>Mouse and the Mad Mullahs.
> > > >>
> > > >>Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to
> > > >>it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our
> > > >>music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our
> > > >>sheer relentlessness - and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories
> > > >>that are different from the ones we're being brainwashed to believe.
> > > >>The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are
> > > >>selling - their ideas, their version of history, their wars, their
> > > >>weapons, their notion of inevitability.
> > > >>
> > > >>Remember this: We be many and they be few. They need us more than we
> > > >>need them.
> > > >>
> > > >>Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I
> > > >>can hear her breathing."
> > > >>
> > > >>Here is the whole article as posted by Paul D. Miller/DJ SpooKy in the
> > > >>afrofuturism mailing list.  Might be of interest to some people in this list,
> > > >>too:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
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