by robertdreed » Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:22 am
I think we're all speculating beyond the data a bit, when it comes to the Bohemian Grove. Not that I wouldn't like to know what really goes on there...one shaky teaser video clip from Alex Jones isn't nearly enough for me to figure it out. <br><br>While I'm sure they'd both be flattered by the insinuation, I'm hard-pressed to consider that Bob Weir or Mickey Hart have anywhere near the popular influence of Bob Dylan and Neil Young...for that matter, I'm doubtful of the influence of Bob Dylan or Neil Young in today's popular culture. As far as "rock radio" is concerned these days, Bob Dylan stopped writing songs 30 years ago, after producing a handful of not-quite-hits with easy singalong choruses, unfortunately wretchedly sung and totally without the modern note... <br><br>And who's playing Neil Young's new record? <br><br>Young and Dylan don't get heard these days, they get <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>talked about</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->. Perfunctorily acknowledged by obligatory ritual, due to their iconic status from a bygone era. Sandwiched in between Britney and Brangelina, or what have you. <br><br>Musicians don't matter. What matters is who owns the radio stations, and the prevailing "philosophy" of commercial FM radio programming, a symbiosis of utter condescension toward the audience and sheer mendacity. <br><br>HMW, okay, maybe I should have used another example besides the Saturday morning cartoons. The conventions of commercially sponsored TV really are pernicious...especially in light of the fact that as mass media, nothing approaches it's pervasive power. Films, plays, concerts, art exhibits, literature, poetry...that stuff is all peripheral, in comparison. I didn't have a television in my house for over 20 years, but its impact was simply inescapable. As framer and editor of historical content; as anointer of stardom- for that matter, as reifier of the notion of "stardom" itself; as generator of shared cultural metaphor; as encourager, diverter, channeler of drives and desires...<br><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=robertdreed>robertdreed</A> at: 6/22/06 3:40 am<br></i>