•I finally saw Velvet
Goldmine over the weekend, only fifteen years after it was recommended to
me by Christine Caldwell Ames, and am thus more ready than ever to host TONIGHT’S
DIONYSIUM DEBATE (Mon. 8pm at Muchmore’s, near the Beford Ave. L stop, the
first stop into Brooklyn) on the question “Which Is Better: 80s Music or 90s
Music?”
True, the movie was about the 70s, but it showed an
important step in the evolution of alternative rock, which will surely be a big
element in tonight’s debate – as will the nature of love, another important theme
in that film. Love matters not only
because Valentine’s Day is coming up but because tonight’s debaters are (at
least pre-debate) a couple, young Olivia Bruno and Matt Brandenburgh.
•Coincidentally, I had contact way back around the time
Velvet Goldmine came out with another opiner on music who has since become
regarded as an academic authority on the subject, specifically the philosophy of music, Joel Krueger.
But back when I met him through Ted Balaker, he was just a
guy who seemed to like techno music too much and to be reminded by it of
Kantian manifolds of consciousness. Ted
and I joked then that we should see if has philosophical insights on the
grinding noises the photocopier makes at ABC News. Now, I see him cited in a Faceook thread by
other academics. They would probably
think my reaction to Joel was
as narrow-minded as this.
•Don’t think me an intolerant man simply because I hate
Skrillex, though. At least I like having
more Latinos as comic book characters, as noted in this
article on the topic from Fox Latino quoting me. I am not morally obligated to want
superpowered mariachi bands any more than I want to see Skrillex fight
Skrull-X, though.
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