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Chechnya bans music outside the range of 80-116 beats per minute

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Re: Chechnya bans music outside the range of 80-116 beats per minute

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Post by 082349872349872 »

082349872349872 wrote: post #87
ein0p wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Kadyrov is the “primariest” source imaginable, since he basically runs Chechnya. If he says it’s for Chechen music only, that’s how it’s going to be. Seems like it was misinterpreted by Russian press first, and then uncritically picked up by the Western media.

That's funny, at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39993936 we came to the conclusion that it would not apply to Chechen music (specifically Lezginka, which I tend to clock at 120+)... Then again, the probable real conclusion here is: if you're on Kadyrov's bad side, better to never be in proximity to both boom boxes and high windows. (for our US readers: Kadyrov is what Erik Prince wishes he were )

Just occurred to me: I don't think legislatures spend their times snarking each other, but we are in the post-Twitter age, so...

What about Chechnya banning music at specific BPMs as a sarcastic reply (intentional or not) to the US banning social media under specific ownership?

Re: Chechnya bans music outside the range of 80-116 beats per minute

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Post by 082349872349872 »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #61

I guess it could be worse. I'm pretty sure that the Taliban ban all music; regardless of the tempo. They tend to be rather ... strident ... in enforcing their rules.

Taliban and Kadyrov are both Sunni, for what it's worth.

I believe even under the Taliban it's permissible to sing about shtupping girls, as long as you're poetic enough that it can superficially be understood as longing for oneness with god. (or was that the other way around?)

Tajikistan gets portrayed as very islamist in the US press, but when I look at vids like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs_Blkn_zfs I have to say that the female singer (a) has uncovered hair, and (b) is singing outside ... in contrast to farsi singers covering the same tune.

Re: Chechnya bans music outside the range of 80-116 beats per minute

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Intralexical wrote: post #36
rand846633 wrote: post #12

Sounds so outlandish, but then this comes to mind how the UK tried to ban raves: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Justice_and_Public_... > Sections 63, 64 & 65 of the Act targeted electronic dance music played at raves. The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act empowered police to stop a rave in the open air when "ten or more people are attending, or where two or more are making preparations for a rave". Sect…

Huh. Suddenly all those Footloose ads on YTV seem a lot less silly. --- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068242/

my favourite spinoff of the Footloose franchise is this mashup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzRj0aXOHmo

"Oh, we got both kinds; we got euro and dance."

Re: Chechnya bans music outside the range of 80-116 beats per minute

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Post by defrost »

082349872349872 wrote: post #93
Intralexical wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Huh. Suddenly all those Footloose ads on YTV seem a lot less silly. --- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068242/

my favourite spinoff of the Footloose franchise is this mashup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzRj0aXOHmo "Oh, we got both kinds; we got euro and dance."

That's some pretty Flash Dance'n there: https://www.youtube.com/embed/iJUNznsc4JI?autoplay=1&start=1...

Re: Chechnya bans music outside the range of 80-116 beats per minute

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Post by 082349872349872 »

defrost wrote: post #94
082349872349872 wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

my favourite spinoff of the Footloose franchise is this mashup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzRj0aXOHmo "Oh, we got both kinds; we got euro and dance."

That's some pretty Flash Dance 'n there: https://www.youtube.com/embed/iJUNznsc4JI?autoplay=1&start=1...

Is it true that at Oz parties you all are "dancing on the ceiling"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8nRmYj3GTQ&t=4000s

(meanwhile, on the other side of the iron curtain, Александра Овенова gets flowers from someone who thinks she's "first in dance"? https://gorod-812.ru/content/uploads/2020/05/20210307_204836... )

EDIT: found the original video (set on Maritius?) for Chikadee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGTCMMhfKF0 (in the school scene at ~0:50, the desks are in pairs or triples, as they are in my adoptive country, instead of single, as in the opening scene of "one more time": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-u5WLJ9Yk4 . How are school desks typically arranged in Oz?)

Re: Chechnya bans music outside the range of 80-116 beats per minute

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082349872349872 wrote: post #95
defrost wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's some pretty Flash Dance 'n there: https://www.youtube.com/embed/iJUNznsc4JI?autoplay=1&start=1...

Is it true that at Oz parties you all are "dancing on the ceiling"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8nRmYj3GTQ&t=4000s (meanwhile, on the other side of the iron curtain, Александра Овенова gets flowers from someone who thinks she's "first in dance"? https://gorod-812.ru/content/uploads/2020/05/20210307_204836... ) EDIT: found the original video (set on Maritius?) for Chikadee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGTCMMh…

In Australia, as often as possible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1V33cWLb_M

In not so Soviet Russia no more, Dance is Number One mind control: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhMYBfF7-hE

Re: Chechnya bans music outside the range of 80-116 beats per minute

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ofslidingfeet wrote: post #82
ceejayoz wrote: post #65

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If a legal system doesn’t have some flex, it doesn’t work.

I have to say, I'm just struck with astonishment to encounter a truism about "flexible government" as a defense of autocratic despotism.

That’s… a very odd reading of the above.

Legal systems are unfair if they’re too flexible. They’re also unfair if they’re too inflexible. Autocrats tend to use both extremes to their advantage; all flex for them, no flex for you.

One day ago you (flagged) commented “I hope [Trump] holds a military tribunal for every single person in the FBI”, so I’m not sure how genuine your astonishment is.

Re: Chechnya bans music outside the range of 80-116 beats per minute

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Post by 082349872349872 »

defrost wrote: post #96
082349872349872 wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it true that at Oz parties you all are "dancing on the ceiling"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8nRmYj3GTQ&t=4000s (meanwhile, on the other side of the iron curtain, Александра Овенова gets flowers from someone who thinks she's "first in dance"? https://gorod-812.ru/content/uploads/2020/05/20210307_204836... ) EDIT: found the original video (set on Maritius?) for Chikadee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGTCMMh…

In Australia, as often as possible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1V33cWLb_M In not so Soviet Russia no more, Dance is Number One mind control: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhMYBfF7-hE

Worth waiting for the drop on Stairway! But what is Denton playing just after, ca. 2:40? Didgeridoo? Chapman stick variant? Something else?

The hypnodancers got away that time, but if they ever did get nicked, "it'll all (in not so russian Ukraine) be OK": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Am5AEPHd6k

Re: Chechnya bans music outside the range of 80-116 beats per minute

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Post by defrost »

082349872349872 wrote: post #98
defrost wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In Australia, as often as possible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1V33cWLb_M In not so Soviet Russia no more, Dance is Number One mind control: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhMYBfF7-hE

Worth waiting for the drop on Stairway! But what is Denton playing just after, ca. 2:40? Didgeridoo? Chapman stick variant? Something else? The hypnodancers got away that time, but if they ever did get nicked, "it'll all (in not so russian Ukraine) be OK": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Am5AEPHd6k

You got me re: Denton - it's not a broomstick or commonplace air guitar physical cheat, bit long for a clap stick, bit red for a vacuum cleaner pipe ... it's quite likely something he found down a city street.

Heh. Those degenerate drag acts are probably why Putin Puts out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-wFKNy0MZQ

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