Ummh, Jazz? Film?
And as far as white and standard high culture being very much part of the European/Western stream how could it not be?
seriously!
no other algorhythm has rocked so many rooms.
;) ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
As for music, I thought about jazz, blues and gospel (what they used to call, "race music") when writing that, and came to the conclusion that those are forms which never quite made it to the mainstream, or when they did, (with the very rare exception of pieces like Brubeck's Take 5) appeared only in a debased manner. I agree though, that there have been immense talents doing wonderful work all along. The kicker is that Elvis still casts his shadow over the entire lot. (Ironic, because he was a huge blues fan.) Eric Clapton said something along these lines. He was listening to Robert Johnson, while Americans were hearing the Everly Brothers. His take was that we were listening to the wrong material.
An effect of the commercialization of art? Has someone has probably written a doctoral thesis on the topic? "It Can't Be Just About Us"--Frank Schnittger, ETian Extraordinaire
A clear case to ramp up our public diplomacy.
Your point is well taken. My underlying concern lies with mainstream (i.e.: commercialized) culture. There exists however, a subculture of poets (here as well) who would agree with me. Marissa Ranello is a favorite of mine among these. This is a subculture which quite openly stands in opposition to the mainstream. Was it ever thus? I suppose. "It Can't Be Just About Us"--Frank Schnittger, ETian Extraordinaire
I will bear that in mind about Bulgarian folk music in future. I'll ask my music guy about it. (Feel free to pass along any suggestions, please.) Today he introduced me to Peter Warlock, who sounded suspiciously Baroque. An interesting story with that one according to him. Evidently, he'd compose in studio, then at some other location, pen viscious diatribes against his compositions. Might be interesting to put the two together and see which incarnation had the better judgement. "It Can't Be Just About Us"--Frank Schnittger, ETian Extraordinaire
