On 28 September at 07:19 GMT, N Leggatt <leggattn wrote: gee, i hate to be repetitive, but i didn't say the term didn't exist or was baseless, i said i found it offensive. i don't find anything "impossible to argue with." the term "urban" implies, to me, "poor" and a host of other social classifications which don't belong (for me) in marketing music. but that's just me, that's just the way i interpret it. maybe belle and sebastian should be called "college dorm," and michael bolton "suburban duplex." not a bad idea. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Urban.... to you.... implies poor? really? hmmm...now that's a revealing prejudice. I guess one would have to interpet what you mean by poor, but if you are talking economics, you are simply incorrect. Why would you not instead think urban to signify the sonic, social, spatial, and economic milieu that produces a certain kind of music. I think, its an interesting way to classify things (as long as you don't use it too reductively and use it based on hard observations and not prejudices)- geography, when used in conjunction with other things, can be extremely informative in understanding the multi-dimensionlaity of an individual or group. any way, enough of that. .scott +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+