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Re: The Casio employee behind the “Sleng Teng” riddim that revolutionized reggae

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Post by lariati » Thu, Feb 03, 2022, 2:21 PM UTC

cc81 wrote: post #192

JohnBooty wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a pretty fringe outlook. A good piece of advice would be: Every belief, good or bad, has a lunatic fringe that takes that belief to some stupid extreme. If we judge every belief by its most deluded lunatic fringe, then we would be forced to conclude that there are literally zero beliefs or ideas worth subscribing to. The lunatic fringe is always there, and it is always scary and/or really, really dumb. Learn t…

I agree but it is also worth how/if the majority reacts to those kind of fringe ideas.

Or you could just not go on twitter.

The idea there is a mass movement of people saying other people tan too much is beyond delusional.

Re: The Casio employee behind the “Sleng Teng” riddim that revolutionized reggae

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Post by lariati » Thu, Feb 03, 2022, 2:29 PM UTC

jrm4 wrote: post #10

omar_alt wrote: post #3

Most late 20th century western musical movements and the cultural changes that came with them was down to manufacturers of instruments. It was usually a box, synthesizer or effects unit. Surely the R&D for new sounds is what music depends on?

This implies that the manufacturers had a decent grasp of "where things would go," and I think that couldn't be further from the truth? All the good (or at least interesting) stuff came from "hackers," aka the scratching DJs, the guys who had to scrape for beat machines, etc. etc. Limitations being the inspiration and all that.

I don't see why it matters.

I think the Roland TB-303 is the best example of what is being talked about here.

It was made by Roland to simulate bass guitars but spawned entire genres of dance music because of its unique sound.

Re: The Casio employee behind the “Sleng Teng” riddim that revolutionized reggae

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Post by quacked » Thu, Feb 03, 2022, 9:30 PM UTC

JohnBooty wrote: post #213

quacked wrote: post #209

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So if my fiancee, who is part native, says it's okay to make and sell native-style dream catchers, I can just ignore your friends when you say it's not okay?

What a poor attempt at reductio ad absurdum. If you put half the effort into understanding this as you're currently spending on fighting very hard to not understand it, you'd have more free time in your day and learn something to boot. There are quite a few native americans who find it wack when people, especially those belonging to the culture that took their land and more or less genocided them, co-opt their cultur…

> We all do, including you. [define what's inappropriate]

> There are also a lot of native americans who don't care...

> You can decide to give a shit about the N% of native americans who feel it's wack for white people to make dream catchers...

Okay, I decide to listen to the group of native americans who don't care. What now? Are you going to respect my choice, or is it still going to be a problem--and if so, why is it a problem, given that you've told me several times that it's my choice?