Eminem v. Pynchon

[Phil Wise]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Millison" <DMillison at ftmg.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 4:14 AM
Subject: RE: Eminem v. Pynchon


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>
> Otto:
> Being banned from MTV today means the same as being not played on the
radio
> in the seventies (like Zappa and many more others), agreed?
>
> No, it's just another commercial strategy.  Eminem is certainly important
to
> his record label and the multinational corporation that owns it and the
> various radio, TV, concert and print venues that promote him.  Follow the
> money and follow his rap:  Thomas's insight re Eminem targeting the
system's
> victims is a good one.  Eminem is a tool and defender of the system that
> Pynchon, Zappa, and other honest artists attacked and kept themselves
apart
> from to the greatest possible degree.
>
>
Sort of... maybe: there's no doubt that he wants to be a big star, sure, and
to that extent you're right.  But it is really hard to say that e actually
targets anybody besides from himself and other stars, even though that
appears contrary to what seems obvious.  On the other hand, Zappa, whose
sixties work I admire and ditto his eighties public pronouncements, was
targeting just these very people by the late seventies - ordinary people who
seemed a little weird to Frank.  At least that's my memory of "Shiek
Yerbouti" (it's been a while since I listened up), and bits of "Joe's
Garage" too.

Phil


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