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RedsDrunk · 08-02-2006, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Dissonance19

Yeah, I even agree with that, not really even being much of a Nirvana fan. I mean I have 2 albums, but I was never a fanatic. I think I may like a song the best that he never put out out on album. It was a b-side or just never had the chance to be released. I think it was on the box set that came out recently. I would say the title though, but I don't think is appropiate to put here..

It would've been interesting if he continued to make music, and that never happened. There were some talk about him getting away from grunge all together. He must've had something good in mind if this were true.

What song? I was just looking through the tracklist b/c i have that box set on my comp and I couldnt for the life of me figure out which song you were referring to? "I hate myself and want to die" maybe?

PDB · 08-03-2006, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by T.Shock

Television has been brainwashing people for 50 years. But I'm making a comparison. Three's Company, Miami Vice, Diff'rent Strokes, I Love Lucy. Even you have to admit that those shows contribute far more worth than Laguna Beach, etc. My point isn't that television is all of the sudden evil. My point is that the Lowest Common Denominator is sinking rapidly. We are infinitely more stupid as a nation than we were 20 years ago. And don't get me wrong there is fantastic movies, books, and music coming out today. Hell I listen, read, and watch most of them. The problem is that stuff isn't getting through to the majority of people. I'll have to check Vollmann out. Can you PM me his work and maybe a little sypnosis of his style.

I think I give my sister too much credit sometimes. She's a smart girl, but I see the stuff she "believes" in and it makes me concerned.

Eh, I've watched old Instructional Videos from the 50s, etc. quite extensively and they are incredibly backward and ****ed up, and in many ways much more so than "Laguna Beach". And it's the same sort of themes that are problematic with television today... blind, almost child-like worship of technology/new products, sexism, racism, encouragement of living a self fulfilling lifestyle, etc. And I watch these and people say things like, "People back then were so ignorant blah blah blah" and I just don't buy it. Just like I don't buy that people are "infinitely stupider" today. People have always been pretty crazy and messed up and they probably always will be.

Anywho, I just watched an interview with Alice Walker, the woman who wrote The Color Purple, most famously. She was talking about a story she wrote called "Everyday Use" which is about a black woman in the 1960s who very shallowly embraces afrocentrism, and rejects her roots, but still wants to cling onto certain artifacts from her roots that she deems valuable. Basically, she embraces her own roots in the shallow way that she embraces afrocentrism.

At any rate, Alice Walker said something in the interview that was very similar to what I was planning on saying to you, she said: "What needs to happen to her is she needs to have a breakdown. All people who aren't living truthfully to themselves eventually reach a point where they will have a breakdown."

Which is true, I think. I mean we all have the truth revealed to us in one way or another, and I can assure you that the same will happen to your sister or anyone else who values things that simply aren't valuable.

As per Kurt Cobain, indeed Nirvana was a wonderful band, and he was a truly visceral. Is the "b-side" or whatever you are referencing Dissonance entitled "Moist Vagina" ?

**Tom** · 08-03-2006, 09:05 AM

god i feel old.

bootstrenf · 08-03-2006, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Tom

god i feel old.

same here.

love yo sig homie...

**endora60** · 08-03-2006, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by RedsDrunk

Then again neither of us fit the criteria of their primary audience anymore so even if we think thier product is **** inevitibly(sp) it doesnt matter b/c really it isn't aimed at us.

True. Strange to remember, sometimes, that I'm no longer the cherished target audience. Perhaps for those 18-30 year olds, MTV still makes sense.

**Jamel Irief** · 08-03-2006, 05:14 PM

MTV2 is playing crap reality shows as well.

And unlike you guys I don't even give their shows a chance anymore. It's been about 2 years since I watched MTV, so I don't even know if what they are showing is bad.

**RollWithEm** · 11-12-2012, 01:28 PM

It's obvious, but this is still a funny way to explain it.

**Dissonance** · 11-12-2012, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by RedsDrunk

What song? I was just looking through the tracklist b/c i have that box set on my comp and I couldnt for the life of me figure out which song you were referring to? "I hate myself and want to die" maybe?

Ah, just saw this 6 yrs later. Weird.

I should've just put it though before. Not sure why I didn't. I never stop myself from anything like that. But it's "Moist Vagina."

Mr. Hobbes · 11-12-2012, 11:00 PM

In the past 10 years or so, MTV was at its best in light of MJ's passing. They actually had quality videos for a week. Normally they show train wrecks to keep you from switching channels.

It's a disgusting network, but I'll admit to watching their shows before.

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