Posts by mark taslov
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new levels of antipuncutation. apologies.
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The main reason this ethos hits a 12 on the suckometer, is that music is so privy to the whims of personal taste. They'll look back at that NZ on Air music in the same way people look back on any politically exploited musical movement.
ah yes, they late 20th century, when a handful of old bastards, started to try telling us what music represents us...the force....
i think kkkulture was the word Russell was looking for.
Where on a hill just outside of Glasgow, late 17th century, two guys are playing music. one is playing a guitar. another 'playing' some confounded instrument he hammered together out of vacuum cleaner. the local Baron passes by, and here's the two players. and due to eons of inbreeding actually enjoys the nasally scrapes of that baggy thing and invites that player to come and perform in the town square for a month to represent the culture (theguitarist fucks off to Spain. The selected's instrument sounds like balls, But the workers have no choice to listen, they have their day to day working lives to lead. They can't revolt against the notion of the bagpipe as their national instrument. And they never did.
true story. So Russel is right in a way.All national cultural identity was forcefed to people by the governments of the time (not just the NAZI's). Hence bagpipes.
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That's right Sam F. I didn't. Assumption and inference I compared the words Russell used;
"Over the years, it's been a real force for the idea of a national culture."
likening this rather uncultured belief that a national culture is something governments should instill in the masses. Rather than allowing it's natural unforced development, to be akin to the work JG himself did at behest of the NAZI's. On this charge, I feel APRA are more or less guiltfree. I don't blame Russell either. There's been more than enough propaganda to infiltrate the strongest of minds, to sway them to the notion that in order to create a national identity, the select few to select need to promote 'the national culture they feel best represents the whole. NZ on AIR are obviosly guilty or permeating this belief. Though I find there infiltration of the TV industry far more benign in that
a) you can turn it off
b) You're not forcefed it, while on hold or waiting in a supermarket queue.The comparison to the NAZI's you make Sam F is cheap. It can be any totalitarian system. Take the CCP if you will. Exactly the same manifesto "a force in the idea of a national culture" different chord shapes of course.
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So Sam F, where did I mention APRA?
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"And not least, APRA produces an annual event that regularly attains real creative excellence. Last year's Silver Scrolls was just soulful. Over the years, it's been a real force for the idea of a national culture."
ah yes, Joseph Goebbels, he had some other brilliant quotes too regarding force for the idea of national culture.
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This copyright thing is such a have. NZ is a mall, the companies pay rent to set up shop. Then dictate how the mall is run. Download it all now! While you still have the chance.
(and back up regularly)
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I have to say that while losing your temper is unacceptable.
bullshit! absolute android testament. Clean your sensors
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Man-Diva
always has been,
He's the original Russel Crowe -
Also national religious tradition and belief would have a large influence on the possible deterrence of the death penalty. It's a case of what does death actually entail. hell or reincarnation?
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You're living in a nation with a huge public safety/ social order advertising budget php. Your favorite TV shows are interrupted to remind you of the various social problems surrounding you. The only oversight could be the assumption that the Chinese are similarly well informed as to the intricacies of the legal system, that general familiarity with the repercussions of various crimes. Essentially comparing developing countries with developed countries is akin to the contrast of grapes with wine. Best not to forget that less than 15 years ago, there was a country where the government had a paid advertizing campaign requesting good honest kiwis to rat on your neighbour.