July 28th, 2008
Linkthink #0443: New American Menschery
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per recent discussions, ted swedenburg links to a fascinating “goth bellydance” video, which is set, interestingly, to a custom refix by enduser of some _bollywood breaks_ material
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chic’s nile rodgers offers his take on the story of “rapper’s delight,” the early days of hip-hop, and setting out of court for publishing
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get low w/ DJ flack on some cosmo-bass madness, hosted by spannered
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more low-end beat research, this time from DJ C :: the latest installment of his B-series
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cumbia-propelled (promoted?) love triangle flick
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a pretty awesome (& mercifully brief) mashup of two unlikely musical bedfellows, despite both being latin american musical icons (in their own ways, of course) :: (thx, caro!)
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great conversation following shadetek’s polemic wrt global gobbledicrunk :: i feel u matt, but then again, i like to ignore lexical meanings in lyrics, regardless of language/genre, and i don’t, per se, care much about respecting “artistic intent”
videyoga ::
musicologist, internet annotator, imagined community organizer.
2 Comments Add your own
1. Birdseed | July 29th, 2008 at 9:04 am
I’d agree with your take on the Babel article I think. Doesn’t lack of understanding and “bad” mimesis drive creativity forward better than the worried ability to be able to copy perfectly?
(I realise this is the second blog other than the original I’m discussing this article on, but the discussion there is reasoned enough without my “contributions”.)
2. wayneandwax | July 30th, 2008 at 10:43 am
I hope to comment over at DuttyArtz and MuddUp myself, if I can find the time. I agree with some of it and disagree with some too. Glad to see so many thoughtful comments at both places, at any rate.
As for whether “bad” mimesis drives creativity better than perfect copies, I guess so. Of course, the “worried ability to copy perfectly” more often leads to “bad” mimesis than not, no?
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