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Re: [microsound] Adorno turns in his grave



from the reading recommendation dept. to Mr. Cascone:

Go read Karl Popper, for Christsake! ( Are we, this late in the game, back to late-sixties ideological debates?Did I hear someone mention Marcuse?)

I seriously doubt that mid 20-century marxist -thought can be of great value to iluminate our understanding of our post-industrial , media-based, 21st-century social interaction experience (Myspace included).

Myspace is not a mid 20-century capital-intensive industry, it is an internet -based service. How many of those(internet services) have we seem come and go in the last few years superseeded by some sort of technology devised by 18 year-olds in their bedrooms? Is this free-market forces at work, or what?

The whole peer-to-peer/ I-pod scene, changing irrevocably the way that music creators/dealers/ consumers interact , destroing the old models (and it´s mega-bucks-corporations) in the process; Is free- market forces at work, or what?

Rupert Murdoch is a corporate thug , he and his News Corp are disgraces to humanity , no doubt about that. But , do you really believe that Adorno/Habermas and their Frankfurt posse , with their critique of a Western world that is no more, will help us understand what is happening in the world now...., please...let the 21st century begin!

Muchas banderas rojas para usted.

luv and happiness,

Beni




----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Cascone" <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "microsound_list" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 4:32 PM
Subject: [microsound] Adorno turns in his grave



if free markets are so great, why does america lead the world in per
capita prison population? in obesity? in weapons sales?


How the HELL do any of those have ANYTHING do to with MYSPACE?

oh my goodness...go read Adorno and Gramsci!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: microsound-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: microsound-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxx website: http://www.microsound.org




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