Oh no...you've started the boy. The hours I have spent arguing "good" music vs. "fun" music...and the existance of those that are both and those that are neither... But I figure I'll throw in my two cents...if you are easily bored...delete this now. Okay...now that we've gotten those fools out of the way... Obviously, there is no one purpose to music...or any art for that matter...but perhaps a line should be drawn between certain forms of faux-art and "true" art (not that I mean to say I know the meaning of art...but I think you all see what I mean...not being snotty just...okay okay...enough of that). I am of the mind, that the role of art, above all else, is to transmit philosophy and deeper thought. We are all little perfect spheres trapped in ourselves and surrounded by infinity...I believe it was Hume who spoke of a devil that trapped us in a room and fed us reality and we never realized that all we see are merely illusions of the devil. I write music in an attempt to knock chips in that wall...to take my thoughts, bundle them up into little spider webs and toss them out, hoping some other perfect little sphere will grab onto them...praying for that connection, that hole in the wall where they can see me and I can see them. Music that isn't as serious as all that is not neccisarily inferior...just serves a different purpose. that is certainly something inherently right about making people feel happy. However, if the balance is upset and people are too obsessed with making themselves happy to think for a second and contemplate the deeper side of this life, well then something is wrong. If everyone wants nothing but another group of hot boys they can cream over, then the philosopher and writer is ignored, and if the writer is ignored, then our collective sociatal faults fail to be recognized and our progress as a civilization that I believe, at its core, is good and not evil, ceases. Dance and be merry...but think as well. We need merry makers, but do we not need critics, pessimists, cynics, philosophers, lovers, prophets, and poets as well? For some of us, music IS that serious...music IS art...music IS one of the only things that keeps us connected and sane. If you've made it this far, you are obviously a loser and need to get out more. Love you, Rob +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+