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Postmodernism as Pathology...
Pt. 1
Pt.2
Did anyone see the simpson's episode "homer the moe" last night? Moe, with the help of an interior designer, re-modelled his bar, renaming it 'M'. i thought i'd cut and paste some dialogue:
Moe: Welcome to "m," hah? Heh, heh. So, what do you think of
the new joint?
Lenny: Wow, this place looks like it's from the not-too-distant
future.
Moe: Yeah. You like it, Homer?
Homer: [looking at live rabbits wiggling in harnesses suspended
from the ceiling] Um, the rabbits are cute.
Lenny: Eh, that one ain't moving. [points to a still rabbit]
Moe: [snaps, summoning an aide] Uh, change number 7.
Carl: I don't get all this eyeball stuff. Uh, what are they
supposed to represent? Uh, eyeballs?
Moe: It's po-mo! [blank stares from all]
Post-modern! [more staring]
Yeah, all right -- weird for the sake of weird.
Guys: Oooh!
A funny song about being Postmodern:
'I'm so postmodern' by the Bedroom Philosopher.
For the lyrics -
http://www.bedroomphilosopher.com/2006/01/10/im-so-postmodern-lyrics
The relationship between postmodernism and modernism is like the fruit of an orange to its peel.
Some fodder for the brain.
yeah, not sure about his postmodern lyrics masterclass:
http://www.bedroomphilosopher.com/2006/08/06/im-so-post-modern-lyrics-writing-workshop-page-2/
this doesn't make any sense.
Just about the Sex Pistols. That song wasn't on the original vinyl. Must be a CD add on. Though Malcolm McLaran did realese a bootleg of the record two weeks before the original Virgin Records copy came out. Postmodern I guess.
Re: Sex Pistols - Sorry, my mistake. It's from the Great Rock 'n Roll Swindle, which was really a soundtrack to the documentary of the same name. Maybe it's even more appropriate, since the doco/album were as much about cashing in on the success of their first album as anything else, and in a way they didn't even want to make it. So again, you've got songs made by artists who weren't, and didn't want to be. But are now considered classics... Perhaps.
re;with sampling you may want to look into Negativeland and John Oswalds' Plunderphonics which both predate DJ Shadows work. regards Tim
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