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