[FA Worldmusic] ROFLMAO!

[Evangeline Kim]

I don't think this thread is worth your time or mine -- or the listserv's.
Suggest you contact me offlist for any further etc's.
Best,
E

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cliff" <rootsworld at snet.net>
To: <evangelinekim at att.net>; <fa-worldmusic at folk.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] ROFLMAO!


> At 04:54 PM 10/22/2006, you wrote:
>>Sorry to say, Guys, it's in bad taste.
> 
> Is it using LBM what you think is in "bad taste," or the targets and 
> execution of the actual barbs?
> 
> If spoofing  LBM  is what's in bad taste (as some others have 
> implied) , explain to me why "world music" should be immune from 
> skewering, any more than jazz, pop, hi-hop, classical or any other 
> popular music form?
> 
> I'm sorry, but LBM has become a parody of themselves in ythe last 
> decade... they outlived (or out-marketed) their sacred place in 'the 
> pantheon,' I think.
> 
>>we also need more hope for World Music.
> 
> That seems rather a dire statement... is "world music" an especially 
> endangered species, compared to any other genre?   An awful lot of 
> what falls under the big WM umbrella looks pretty damned healthy to me.
> 
> cliff