Robert Saute of CUNY Grad Center says:
> If you're interested in dissing rock 'n roll check out Monthly Review's
> most recent socialist-realist critique of do it yourself music. Its major
> finding is that the popular music industry is an integral part of class
> society and that we can't all grow up to be rock 'n roll stars.
Well, a firm grasp of the obvious _can_ be virtuous, if not valuable.
MR may simply be showing its age here.
> There is an interesting screed within a screed against alcohol.
> Apparently, no one at MR has ever done any good drugs.
Maybe, but we don't really know. Loads of people have done drug trips
that were affectively sublime, aesthetically glorious and/or
spiritually elevating, without ever being able to usefully integrate
these experiences into everyday life. This developmental hiatus was
largely the force behind the cult boom of the late '70s and '80s.
Drug issues, in particular the real reasons behind the state's
draconian legal and moral postures, should be more than just
incidental backwash in this forum. The power entity that ran
millions of young Americans through the meatgrinder of Vietnam over
a ten-year period is scared to death of drugs, but - gimme a break -
not because of the personal damage they can do.
valis
