state of London underground

[the_psychologist]

Bottom line is noone has a passion in anything they do anymore and can't be bothered to make a stand for anything as they believe in nothing but convienience, moaning and telly.

Hope that makes sense.

I was about to write something re: apathy and how it has really taken hold during Bush's regime. It's almost like the more he and his cabinet have pissed on the world, the more people have become numb to it. I just don't get a sense of rebellion any longer, at least in the sense of taking actual action.

I think people are too distracted now by games, tele, etc. and their idea of protest is to moan on the Web. I felt that Acid Techno used to be about striking a blow to the status quo, which was reflected in the whole of it, not just some low-res samples that say "**** Bush" or whatever.

Now, that's not to diss the Lodon dons. They spent years trying to open some minds (that time in my life will always be special), and I can't fault them for moving on. People are bovine, and one can only pour so much time and energy into motivating the masses.

MP3 was an unfortunate product of this lazy era, and, as much as I like the format for DJing, it has really devalued music as a whole. Why the hell would the average person buy a $12 vinyl when they can download the track and then delete it if it's not great? I tried to sell some ****ing great 12" acid tracks lately, and the prices I got were shocking. No one cares.

It makes me sad, but it also makes me realize that any original, hard, charged Acid tunes will surely cause ears to prick up. Most modern dance music is either about being "deep", being "cool", or being "psychedelic" (god help me for exploring modern "Psy"trance the last few years), with few tracks actually saying anything or contributing to moving society forward. Maybe I give dance music too much credit, but it used to help me release my anger and feel like some producers shared it with me.

I must be an old man.