Eminem (was: Influenced by GR?)

[jporter]

> From: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>

 snip

>Enslaved,
> the black man was objectified, dehumanised. Music and dance became a medium
> of escape, rebellion, subversion. White boys (Elvis, the Stones, Slothrop in
> the Roseland Ballroom) never really understood this, but they liked the
> beat.

Jeez. That's too bad. It must have been REALLY cool before it became a
medium for "escape, rebellion, subversion"...Maybe there were even special
songs and dances to get psyched up on, and then go and murder the majority
of the neighboring tribe, rape the women, etc. But since they were black and
technologically backward, too, it was different, I guess.

Anyway. You get the point. There are no innocent races, tribes, groups, etc.
The white boys no more or less than the black boys.

It should come as no surprise that advanced technology, including
monotheism, ensures only greater efficiency and not more advanced morality
or ethical behavior.

Sometimes Kipling was a paternalistic jackass, but sometimes, G-8 and all,
paternalism is appropriate. Mandela is paternalistic, after all, and
occasionally provides some good leadership. Besides, there is no going back.
NeVeR means No Return for Eve, as Dr. Deeply might suggest.

Bottom line for this group: I have met very few blacks who have ever heard
of Pynchon, let alone read his stuff. Although I have met some. But I have
met many of the most god-foresaken inner city blacks you have ever dreamt
of, and many of them were into rap, but not the way my 17 year-old
priviledged son is, obviously. (He has no idea who Pynchon is, either,
except for Lardass Levine). Still, the music is a bridge for him and his
white (and asian and jewish) friends to understand and appreciate another
facet of HIS American Culture, and, therefore, it is way, way more valuable
and influential than Pynchon will ever be.  Pynchon is advanced technology
for the elite- a manual for a post post POSTgrad seminar in control.

jody