Tuesday, January 30, 2001
sometimes it sickens me to see how popular culture feeds off of the weaknesses of man . the way in which violence , greed , infidelity and hatred are exploited and even romanticized makes me want to vomit . in my spanish class this morning , i was utterly disgusted as one of my intelligent female classmates listened to what has been dubbed by some , "booty rap" because of it's degrading and permiscuous - sounding lyrics . i wondered why anyone would subject themself to that kind of profane thought . i asked her about this , and she says she doesn't exactly approve either , but the music is good . i listened to the beat for a few moments , and i agreed . but i still did not understand how something as influential to every part of your psyche as music can be separated . how you can listen to the music and filter out the words . i know that i cannot do this . i wonder how this would affect one's view on life , the universe , and everything in the long run . popular culture makes me want to scream .
posted by emily oi! at 8:10:00 PM
0 comments
sometimes it sickens me to see how popular culture feeds off of the weaknesses of man . the way in which violence , greed , infidelity and hatred are exploited and even romanticized makes me want to vomit . in my spanish class this morning , i was utterly disgusted as one of my intelligent female classmates listened to what has been dubbed by some , "booty rap" because of it's degrading and permiscuous - sounding lyrics . i wondered why anyone would subject themself to that kind of profane thought . i asked her about this , and she says she doesn't exactly approve either , but the music is good . i listened to the beat for a few moments , and i agreed . but i still did not understand how something as influential to every part of your psyche as music can be separated . how you can listen to the music and filter out the words . i know that i cannot do this . i wonder how this would affect one's view on life , the universe , and everything in the long run . popular culture makes me want to scream .
posted by emily oi! at 8:10:00 PM
0 comments
