This is extremely my shit
Voice of America Jazz Hour
Tyler Myers
Landon Stewart
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Listen to this mate.
Levi Harris
Maybe the Soviets shouldn't have created an avenue for the west to posture itself by placing restrictions on the arts. I just hate this mentality among certain leftists that just because some piece of culture is supposedly, or actually, associated with the bourgeoisie, it's bad. It reeks of a romanticization of the stereotypical condition of the proletariat, which is supposed to be something that we aspire to uplift people from, not reduce everyone too.
Daniel Torres
Well I think 20th century Soviet socialism was also this utopian movement about the "New Man" and so on, and particularly during Stalin the idea was to "uplift" everyone to this higher state of being. And part of that was protecting the people from ideological "contamination." The stereotype we have of Soviet music is the Red Army Choir – military stuff. But that in no way reflects what actual music for most people was like. For Stalin-era music, imagine something like this:
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A happy song about waking up cheerfully to a great new day of work, and greeting your joyful neighbors on the way to the factory as the nature itself wakes up too and brings good fortune to the workers. Like the ideal Stalin-era song would be something like "Let there always be sunshine:"
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North Korean music such as the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble is also like this (in addition to being fantastic):
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I think these cultures really in my view deny that anyone is unhappy. But the flip side is that people are not too enthusiastic either. The ideal New Man is happy and polite but stoic. Where in the United States or something you get more extreme polarities. Anyways I'm kind of rambling and I don't think North Korea or something like that would be my scene, but I'm not trying to knock it and what I've heard from people I trust about the country is that the people are lovely, kind, generous and go about their lives in a dignified way quite unlike "ours."
Brandon Roberts
Just stopping by to post this gem.
Jackson Taylor
Socialism literally does do this though.
Oliver Diaz
Capitalism has a better reputation?
Justin Torres
Benjamin > Adorno