[FA Worldmusic] ROFLMAO!

[evangelinekim at att.net]

Sorry to say, Guys, it's in bad taste.  
While we need humor on this listserv, we also need more hope for World Music.
Best,
Evangeline

-------------- Original message from "Jeff Kaliss" <jefkal at jeffkaliss.com>: -------------- 


> Where the humor isn't righteous, it does nothing whatsoever for the group or 
> world music in general. It's just like having your music recycled as 
> overloaded monotonous hip-hop; it may get you out there, but in bad company. 
> 
> Jeff Kaliss, Writer 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Bragin" 
> To: "Jeff Kaliss" ; "Ian Menzies" 
> ; "Mark D. Moss / Sing Out!" 
> Cc: 
> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 10:09 AM 
> Subject: RE: [FA Worldmusic] ROFLMAO! 
> 
> 
> >I thought it was funny, more so because Ladysmith was actually in town that 
> >week playinf at Carnegie, so there was a a moment of "could they really be 
> >doing this?" and frankly, I was pleasd in some way that the group is still 
> >enough in the mass public's consciousness that they could be referenced 
> >like this, in a way that builds in part on the common image of them as a a 
> >righteous group us the source of the humor. 
> > 
> > All the best, 
> > Bill Bragin 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: "Jeff Kaliss" 
> > To: "Ian Menzies" ; "Mark D. Moss / Sing Out!" 
> > 
> > Cc: "fa-worldmusic at folk.org" 
> > Sent: 10/22/2006 12:57 PM 
> > Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] ROFLMAO! 
> > 
> > What I'm easily offended by here is the co-optation of a decent world 
> > music 
> > act (which I've interviewed and written about) in the name of the same 
> > uncreative, mean-spirited humor which gluts most of our media and weakens 
> > our kids' cultural integrity. 
> > 
> > Jeff Kaliss, Writer 
> > Music, Culture & Other Entertaining Things 
> > 230 Hazelwood Avenue 
> > San Francisco, California 94127 U.S.A 
> > Phone: (415) 585-8844 jefkal at jeffkaliss.com 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Mark D. Moss / Sing Out!" 
> > To: "Ian Menzies" 
> > Cc: 
> > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 8:08 AM 
> > Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] ROFLMAO! 
> > 
> > 
> >> At 12:44 AM 10/22/2006, Ian Menzies wrote: 
> >>>Ladysmith Black Mombazo and Triumph the Insult Dog....trust me - this is 
> >>>a 
> >>>must see (that is unless you are easily offended) 
> >>> 
> >>>http://tinyurl.com/y25yad 
> >> 
> >> Hilarious ... but, just to keep the record straight for anyone who 
> >> doesn't make it to the end of the clip, not really LBM. (Who knew 
> >> there was a market for LBM impersonators?) 
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