[FA Worldmusic] ROFLMAO!

[Jeff Kaliss]

A "coup", to be associated with sophomoric put-downs? Let us not call it so, 
nor in any other way encourage or credit bad art, in music, comedy, or any 
other kind of what we hope to be creative expression. World music is getting 
too polluted by low culture as is.

Jeff Kaliss, Writer
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Menzies" <ian at menziesmixedmedia.com>
To: "'cliff'" <rootsworld at snet.net>; <evangelinekim at att.net>; 
<fa-worldmusic at folk.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] ROFLMAO!


> >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?
>
> Couldn't agree with you more Cliff, but I for one didn't see this as a
> parody of LBM - in fact the dog even gave them a certain level of props 
> when
> he pointed out that of course it wasn't the real LBM, because they 
> wouldn't
> be caught anywhere near him....
>
> Mind you, even though I don't know any one from LBM or even have any sense
> of what sort of people they are, I'll bet dollars to donuts, that the 
> group
> is very pleased about this having happened. As you have  pointed out, they
> are plenty game for whatever exposure they can get for their music, so 
> this
> is surely just the latest coup....Anyone close enough to them to try and 
> get
> their take on this? It would certainly be an interesting contribution to
> this debate.
>
> Ian
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