tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post113358982041811608..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Weekend Disco UpdateJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1133800433508418202005-12-05T11:33:00.000-05:002005-12-05T11:33:00.000-05:00Nah, not at all. That's exactly how I took your c...Nah, not at all. That's exactly how I took your comment. Did it sound like I was being defensive or something? I intended that as a riff on the difference between having an attachment to, even an abiding love for, our youthful follies vs. turning them into the basis for sweeping aesthetic pronouncements. In my defense, I'd had a recent traumatic experience at the time. Name of Paglia.James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1133788147745589022005-12-05T08:09:00.000-05:002005-12-05T08:09:00.000-05:00I get the sense that you think my comment in the s...I get the sense that you think my comment in the section below was an attack on you. Sorry, if it sounded that way, it wasn't meant to be. I intended it to be a joking reference to my own musical taste.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1133697601706420252005-12-04T07:00:00.000-05:002005-12-04T07:00:00.000-05:00doghouse, since you're a white guy, i believe you ...doghouse, since you're a white guy, i believe you ought to tell people you don't like disco because you don't like it as music.<BR/><BR/>otherwise, it seems to be a code. i hate disco = i hate blacks and gays.<BR/><BR/>not you -- other white guys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1133636488714445302005-12-03T14:01:00.000-05:002005-12-03T14:01:00.000-05:00I dunno from polyrhythms, but "Turn the Beat Aroun...I dunno from polyrhythms, but "Turn the Beat Around" doesn't have many triplets. <BR/><BR/>Paglia's thesis seems to be that her own cleverness is sufficient to justify general appreciation for music which was specifically designed for dancing rather than listening. The upshot as far as I'm concerned is that her cleverness isn't sufficient to justify much of anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com