Re: [microsound] pro-intellectualism

[Jon <seedling@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> if you want the fanboy sort of thing
> I implore you to unsub from microsound and go start your own list  
> on yahoogroups
> there you will be free to announce your new mp3s, post software  
> reviews, chat about all the cool new CD packaging
> and send each other MySpace URL's
> ad nauseam
>
> I'm sorry to keep repeating this over and over but...
> that is not why the founders started the microsound list
>
> rigorous discussions on digital aesthetics are welcomed and  
> encouraged here
> you want fluff? go elsewhere

whether or not this is in reference to my previous post, i would like  
to state that:

1) as stated, i am interested in theory and philosophy myself, but i  
also believe there are better, more rigorous and generally useful  
forums for that;
2) i am not 'anti-intellectual'... in fact, i am pro-intellectual, if  
such a thing exists, which is why i find the piecemeal nature of the  
marxist banter here unbecoming;
3) i am definitely not a fanboy and suspect many of the people here  
who have a problem with the torrent of karl aren't either... i just  
want intelligent discussion of music, not marxist analyses of the  
middle class as they relate to the apple iphone.

i hope nobody is taking my (or most other peoples' constructively  
critical) comments personally.  in the spirit of pro-intellectualism,  
we should be able to discuss these things without getting upset, right?

- jon.




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