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mechanismj wrote:

Seeya_Later wrote:

noby wrote: Hating on IDM, fine, I like the term but whatever. But what's with Techno, it's completely legitimate genre. Of course it's completely misused by the public and people who don't know what they are talking about, but that's beside the point.

Not too fond of 'electronic music' though, it's kinda like saying Guitar music or Acoustic music.

Point taken. I just think Techno is an umbrella term like you say. I just don't like the way it sounds, probably because I make electronic music and most people say afterward "Oh, He makes Techno". It's strictly personal, I just don't like the way the word sounds. It ends up being some people's catch-all term when they encounter anything electronic.
I refer to my own music as synthpop or circuitgaze.

Yes. That is exactly what happens. People who don't understand something find the most overused generic term they can to categorize it, because they simply cannot live unless something they don't understand fits neatly into our wonderfully redundant human language. I have never made anything that resembles techno. I consider it music made with electronics.

YES. People do the same with art and film.It's like their typical no-nonsense blue-collar farm raised sensibilities become threatened until they either:
Make fun of it
Diminish it ("my 4 year old could draw that" or "this isn't as funny as dane cook")
Throw an umbrella term over it
Dissuade it ("No son of mine will be an artist" or "dude, why?" or "why do you like weird things?")
Or just destroy it


I carry a lot of animosity for these types of people. I wish there was a specific term for them.

And now the general population also has their unfunny "lol sooo random!" humor which I hate too.

2-ism two-ism.

Seeya_Later wrote: I carry a lot of animosity for these types of people. I wish there was a specific term for them.

We call them kultuurbarbaren which is dutch for cultural barbarians. But labeling such endangers to be seen as the opponent: cultural elitarist. Inbetween is a beautifull sea where you can swim from pop-entertainment to the highest form of art.

funny thing: Type highest form of art in google and you get to read
- literature is the highest form of art...
- music is the highest form of art...
- escapism is the highest form of art...
- dancing is the highest form of art...
- calligraphy (according to muslims) is the highest form of art...
- street photography is the highest form of art...
- advertising is the highest form of art...

in that order...

Totally agree. The safest place is not being a cultural barbarian, but also not being a self-righteous pretentious moron.

Somewhere in between, not exactly in between but your own personal place in between.

I see no shame in being an elitist and encourage everyone else to be one as well. The sooner we, as a race and culture, move away from the 'easy' jokes about farts and banana peels, the better.

2ism

Gee-Oh-God-Damnit-When-Is-The-New-Boards-Album-Coming-Out-Dee

Also, I just thought of this:

I wonder, has anyone actually definitely seen Mike and Marcus, or either of them in the past few years? I don't mean the small selection of interviewers/label buddies they choose to give information to, I mean just regular people. Has it ever occurred to you that there is a slight chance that the real Mike and Marcus might not be living anymore?

I'm not saying that's what happened, but this an extremely long and reclusive absence. There's got to be something going on, and if it were the whole "best album ever that took 5 years" thing going on, they'd probably have made some real update or something.

Rodheh wrote:Also, I just thought of this:

I wonder, has anyone actually definitely seen Mike and Marcus, or either of them in the past few years? I don't mean the small selection of interviewers/label buddies they choose to give information to, I mean just regular people. Has it ever occurred to you that there is a slight chance that the real Mike and Marcus might not be living anymore?

I'm not saying that's what happened, but this an extremely long and reclusive absence. There's got to be something going on, and if it were the whole "best album ever that took 5 years" thing going on, they'd probably have made some real update or something.

seems legit. *off to update wikipedia*

"and in other news today, Boards of Canada's fanbase has had the musicians declared legally dead."

also it's Geogaddafi [gee oh god off eeee]

I've always pronounced it "je-gadddi" ;D

2-ism

jee-oh-god-ee

That's my input

theoktitus wrote:2-ism

jee-oh-god-ee

That's my input

pretty much. i would have thought the pronunciation of "twoism" to be fairly obvious just because (as someone said) two-ism is 2-ism. however twoahism also sounds cool.

Cryabetes wrote:I see no shame in being an elitist and encourage everyone else to be one as well. The sooner we, as a race and culture, move away from the 'easy' jokes about farts and banana peels, the better.

Fuck that! The most intelligent people I know love toilet humor!

PadraïK wrote:

Seeya_Later wrote: I carry a lot of animosity for these types of people. I wish there was a specific term for them.

We call them kultuurbarbaren which is dutch for cultural barbarians. But labeling such endangers to be seen as the opponent: cultural elitarist. Inbetween is a beautifull sea where you can swim from pop-entertainment to the highest form of art.

funny thing: Type highest form of art in google and you get to read
- literature is the highest form of art...
- music is the highest form of art...
- escapism is the highest form of art...
- dancing is the highest form of art...
- calligraphy (according to muslims) is the highest form of art...
- street photography is the highest form of art...
- advertising is the highest form of art...

in that order...

Wow. That order is correct in my point of view. Literature can describe music better than music can describe literature. Though I'm making/listening (to) more music than reading literature...

Just read the last couple of posts while taking a dump. Anyone else ever done that? It's liberating.

I think literature is one of the lowest forms of art generally...

Sound probably being the highest. Not music, but sound.

I'd say all forms of art are on the same level.

Hipster talk, all of it. Comparing art, I mean... really.