> create music. And I hate to brake the new to you 'Fingers', but your life
> Is political, whether you like it or not...
>
> 2) Musicians have NOO contraol over their music once it reaches the
> ears of the masses. It is ignorant to assume that music, and it's
> popularity is NOt dependent on political climates of society. (That's why
> we have the underground...Die hard House fans of the early 80's know what
> I'm saying, and the funk that we're all clawing from now was not mainstream
> stuff back then.) So "fingers', you may be convinced that you nad your
> music are neutral, but the fact is every thing you do has a political
> context.
>
this is the key, imho. to say anything has no political repercussions is
to deny reality. (even the way you take a shit matters to
environmentalists.) if you think a given thing is apolitical, it's cause
you don't know enough about it.
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