looking through a dark lens?

[Kim Cascone <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Still, the only
> thing that I still believe is inexcusable, reprehensible, and idiotic is the
> pretentiousness that seems to run rampant on here ... but that's a people
> problem.  Keep buying those turtlenecks and dark framed glasses, guys.

if there is anything you don't understand about the text attached below
(taken from the microsound home page...which is where you sub'd to this
list) please don't hesitate to ask:

> .microsound is not a "genre" mailing list, since this proliferation has
> occurred largely without regard for stylistic boundary. instead, .microsound
> presents itself as a forum for the discussion and exploration of a more
> general "digital aesthetic" manifesting across a wide variety of styles and
> disciplines -- from academic computer music to post-industrial noise to
> experimental ambient and post-techno. 

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