druucifer Wrote:
HaqDiesel Wrote:
I think it's worth noting that "monoculture" is not entirely due to corporate stranglehold on assets, but is also a result of our increased capacity for long-distance communication. Cultures can no longer develop in relative isolation, from neighboring cultures or from remote ones. And that also has ups and downs, but it's an inevitability we have to deal other than by complaining (not trying to call anyone a whiner, just saying that we can't really be pro or con this development).
good point, technology is the driving force behind all of this. i guess i just think we can still have all the benefits of national mass communication while still attempting to preserve local culture. not just because it's local, but because it provides for a diversity of opinions and works against the concentration of power. there's a lot the fcc could do--stricter ownership rules, more public interest programming, requiring cable stations to give up some time to local shows, et. i guess i just don't think the public interest is best served by concentrating ownership of the media in the hands of a few huge corporations.
This talk is pretty funny, tho.
Watch VH1's "I love the 70s/80s/90s" you will notice 2 things:
1) Everyone has a cache of similar memories resulting from the culture at large.
2) Much of this stuff would be derided 'round these parts as "OPEN GARBAGE" and dudes like Rads, Billz and FSpoon would rattle off 109637867836 albums from any of the years they throw out that are better or more relevant that whatever the commentators are talking about.
This has pretty much always been true.
If anything, I think Bloor is on to something when he says that a lot of the technology lets people in isolated areas get access to the underground type entertainment.
And if regional culture is dead, explain Williamsburg/DFA or Montreal/Arcade Fire..
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