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It is typical of Marxism to view art and culture as a epiphenomena ("superstructure" I believe is the correct jargon) of economics. The first Marxist art critic was Marx himself, writing in “A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy":
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Pigmeat said:I'm working my way thru a stack of Russian classics that I picked up at a charity shop for 10 pence each... So far Goncharovs "Oblomov" and Lermontovs "Hero of Our Time" come out on top... Thats discounting Dostoevsky who was by far the…
Andy Seven said:I'm re-reading "Red Harvest" by Dashiell Hammett, and I'm liking it more now than before.
I haven't read Red Harvest, but The Maltese Falcon is one of favorite books, and movies too for that matter. If anyone is interested, my frie…
Aside from essays by Lester Bangs and H.L. Mencken, I'm into a bunch of comics: a history of Students for a Democratic Society in comic-book form written by Harvey Pekar with some former SDSers, and anthologies of Doctor Strange and a D.C. golden ag…
arkive said:I just finished Blood Electric by Kenji Siratori. Insane experimental Japanese cyberpunk. Totally deviant and twisted. Highly recommended.
I've been on a Cormac McCarthy kick (yeah I know No Country For Old Men, how cliche). I re-read B…
My blog, A Terrible Blogger is Born!, concerns libertarian politics and American culture, with a hefty dose of Rock and Roll. Folks here will be most interested in my weekly feature, "A Song for Sunday", where I post a new song with some brief rumin…
I've found blogging to be a pretty reciprocal medium. You have to read other people's blogs and leave regular comments on them. There are certain sites like stumbleupon which can bring you a lot of traffic, but I've never found those to bring any re…
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- Salt Lake City
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- R. Mangum is a former guitarist and practicing writer (because practice makes perfect). He is a spiritual atheist, a liberal anarchist, and born-again skeptic. He lives between stacks of books and sometimes writes comedic and esoteric versus [sic] under the pseudonym Shi Fu Tzu. He is an expert at playing “Six degrees to Kevin Bacon” and will display this talent at parties if goaded by his girlfriend or given 25 cents.
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- http://rmangum2001.wordpress.com/
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- Oh god don't get me started: Elvis, The Beatles, 60's garage, Punk, Surf, Early Jamaican Ska, Dub, The Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, John Fahey, Harry Smith's "Anthology of American Folk Music", James Brown, Classic R &B Soul (Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, et al), 50's love ballads, girl groups, Exotica (particularly Les Baxter and Yma Sumac), Ennio Morricone and yes, some Jazz and Classical.
- Favorite Movies:
- The Good the Bad & the Ugly, Fargo, Barton Fink, Pulp Fiction, Ed Wood, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Crumb, The Third Man, Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Mulholland Drive, The Maltese Falcon, Dr. Strangelove, Blade Runner, JFK, Taxi Driver, Repo Man, A Hard Day's Night
- Favorite GaragePunk.com Podcast(s):
- Rock & Roll Suicide, Haunted Shack Theater, Way Past Cool, Sonic Nightmares
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It is typical of Marxism to view art and culture as a epiphenomena ("superstructure" I believe is the correct jargon) of economics. The first Marxist art critic was Marx himself, writing in “A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy":
. . . is Achilles possible side by side with powder and lead? Or is the Iliad at all compatible with the printing press and the steam press? Does not singing and reciting and the muses necessarily go out of existence with the appearance of the printer… Continue
. . . is Achilles possible side by side with powder and lead? Or is the Iliad at all compatible with the printing press and the steam press? Does not singing and reciting and the muses necessarily go out of existence with the appearance of the printer… Continue
Posted on May 18, 2009 at 7:05pm —
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- At 12:50pm on May 14, 2009,
ixnayray said…
- hey ray!
thanks for adding me - and thanks for checking out and enjoying my WAY PAST COOL podcast!
i'm definitely gonna challenge you to "6 degrees of Kevin Bacon" sometime!
- At 7:13pm on May 10, 2009,
YOU GOT GOOD TASTE said…
- Yeah Lord Sutch was a gonzo in the good sense!
Did you know he had a political party that fielded candidates in every UK election, they stood under the banner of THE MONSTER RAVING LOONEY PARTY
needless to say that didn't win a seat!
Also while at it Ritchie Blackmoor he of Deep Purple and Rainbow featured on a number of Sutchs early songs. I saw his band a few times in London back in the 80's fangtastic stuff.
Anna Arendt is next on my list as I've only really dipped in and out while I was studying Nazism.
- At 2:23pm on May 10, 2009,
YOU GOT GOOD TASTE said…
- Hey Ray
Thanks for the article by Roderick T. Long very interesting. Have you come across Robert Nozick's book Anarchy, State, and Utopia. His theory is somewhat unfinished but nevertheless interesting, as the title suggests it questions the feasibility of anarchy, the state and utopia. His concept fiercely protects and supports the negative theory of freedom, arguing that anarchy was unable to protect individuals write to coercion from other individuals or groups but unlike Locke he believed the answer was not to jump straight into a social contract with its emphasis on a state based control over individual freedom. Instead he argued in order to allow negative freedom to prevail all that was needed was a minimal state or as he termed it a nightwatchman state, its role would be to protect and guard individuals personal right to ownership of all forms of property, (that means ones own actions and physical property). All other societal needs would be reliant on market based interactions, importantly for Nozick any increased power of the state would be an affront to an individuals right to personal freedom and therefore repugnant.
His theory is an interesting one as it straddles both modern concepts of the state and ideas of an anarchistic system.
Despite that I'm not promoting it just thought it added to the essay you sent me.
I don't profess to know this subject inside out at all but I'm a keen amateur reader my main interest lies in The History of Ideas in the wide sense.
Anyway maybe we should get this going in the discussion group and shift the debate away from the usual muso crap and put a bit of politics back into music, a tall order I suspect! That's why I keep my rock'n'roll world in the entertainment bracket.
Right that's enough going on.
I THINK, THEREFORE, AM I?
Mr A the Barber
- At 2:50am on May 9, 2009,
YOU GOT GOOD TASTE said…
- Here's a random question to ponder,
Within a modern liberalist society is it possible to have both equality and freedom?
After you've dealt with that check out my primitive rock'n'roll podcast
Stay Sick
Mr A the barber
- At 5:38am on May 6, 2009,
Gringo Starr said…
- Welcome aboard, Ray and thanks for diggin' Sonic Nightmares!
--Gring
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