RE: MD Nihilism (Punk)

From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Thu Mar 17 2005 - 21:58:15 GMT

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    After sharing with us lyrics by a punk band that bashes the U.S. for
    liberating South America from Stalinism, DMB writes:

    > I honestly wonder if guys like Platt and Ham could be persuaded by
    > argument? I mean, it seems obvious to me that Pirsig is a very strong
    > advocate for the contrarians. The creative and evolutionary force that
    > drives the contrarian is just as likely to be found among musicians as any
    > other kind of artist. Aren't artists and social critics the same thing in
    > this sense? Isn't art SUPPOSED to be subversive and skeptical? HELL YES! I
    > mean, show me a guy who gets upset about rock music, which is essentially
    > anti-conformist, and I'll show you a very clueless dude.

    And I'll show you a clueless dude who completely ignores what Pirsig had
    to say about degenerates, hippies, trippies and flower children..

    Platt

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