MWaggner@aol.com wrote:

In a message dated 97-10-22 15:09:41 EDT, you write:

<< because that idea of 'exclusivity' is part of the Pop Experience. >>

You mean "Pop" doesn't derive from "popular" -- with the connotation of accessibilty, rather than exclusivity?

yeah, i like to think that Pop is a totally individual term and has no derivations... although it clearly does have a history linguistically as well as culturally. i like Richard Hamilton's definition actually... and therein lies one of the greatest things about Pop: its contradictions!! So whilst Hamilton might say that amongst the requirements for Pop is for it to be mass produced and accessable, it's also true that the very idea of exclusivity within this context (belle & sebastian's music is mass produced and accessable, the 'rare' unreleased material is exclusive) serves to heighten the experience. It IS to do with feeling 'Special', and you can't deny that's a Pop Emotion, surely? I'm also amused by the fact that Pop Art took images of everyday recognition and made one-offs from them. HArdly mass produced! Hardly 'popular' in the sense that everyone had access to the works? tra la. the duke -- Tangents On-Line http://www.virtual-pc.com/tangent/ Tangents On-Paper: PO Box 102, Exeter, EX2 4YL, UK tangent@mail.zynet.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------