Poptimism THORT for the day

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

"pop is a map of the world at large (everything else is a map of 1xcommunity at small)"

That one submitted by dubdobdee.

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Ooh I agree with that.

The dilettante/specialist thing is something I wrestle with so much! And I think the abundance of music at our fingertips is having an interesting effect on it, in that I think despite its potential to turn everyone in a dilettante as increasingly esoteric genres become accessible to them, it's making everyone a specialist as they find their niche and dig themselves into it. Philosophically I lean towards favouring dilettantism but you do need specialists out there - I'd love to be a specialist (indeed I think I'm getting more and more so when it comes to house and r&b) but I'd never be able to accept the price you pay for your knowledge, which is shutting yourself off completely from the rest of the musical world.