Monday, April 11, 2005
more songs with commentary; heroin - the velvet underground. I'll get there in a bit,
I went to a talk given by one of the "rockstar designers" of this decade I suppose, Karim Rashid, I really think he's more of an artist, later I got drunk with him, and he tried to take a female friend of mine back to the hotel with him - dirty bastard. that's another story though.
He was asked something to the effect of, what could design do to combat the monoculture we're creating, with suburbs and mcdonalds at every off ramp what will the world become? He really surprised me, his attitude was basically that all change is good.
They make movies about characters having these existential crisis, and you know I always thought they were kind of funny. kind of funny until you have one of these yourself, then it will probably kick your brain around for a good four or five hours before it gets tired, and runs off to find somebody else to play soccer with. Seriously,
ALL CHANGE IS GOOD?
THAT, is a scary though. What does that lead to? if all change is good then things will happen, will come and go, but honestly none of it really matters. It is impossible for things to stay the same, so really does it matter if you do nothing? or if you stand for nothing, have no principles other than immediate comfort?
Is this true? It could be, I have two examples that really bother me, war and drugs. War creates huge changes, some art/design movements like futurism have really embraced it. What is war? WAR = INTENSE CULTURAL COMPETITION. Look what comes of it, dramatic increases in science and technology. You can insert whatever technology example you'd like here, a man on the moon, etc. there are hundreds of them. But in the end it boils down to need, competition fuels a great need and great needs produce amazing solutions.
Also, look at drugs, how many songs are about drugs? how many creative people have been involved with drugs? Drugs create a powerful need for something, a need that really shakes people to their core, sends them on a wild ride, forces them to find an outlet for the things they are experiencing.
Well don't know how to deal with those two, but when war is good that's really too shitty a world for me, I'll have to disagree; change is sometimes bad, and that nostalgia is a necessity, unless you want to get into an endless existential soccer match.
So nostalgia and the fact that change can be bad, move on the the next round of my little futbol tournament here. next opponent, suburbia. There has to be a way for people to live in affordable housing, eat affordable, quality food, while still retaining a unique regional culture.
Is this important to anyone else yet? Maybe it's my background, but suburbs and the same five godamn gas stations and resteraunts at every exit bothers the shit out of me. Whoever figures out a solution to that one, will be an important figure for this period of our culture.
I went to a talk given by one of the "rockstar designers" of this decade I suppose, Karim Rashid, I really think he's more of an artist, later I got drunk with him, and he tried to take a female friend of mine back to the hotel with him - dirty bastard. that's another story though.
He was asked something to the effect of, what could design do to combat the monoculture we're creating, with suburbs and mcdonalds at every off ramp what will the world become? He really surprised me, his attitude was basically that all change is good.
They make movies about characters having these existential crisis, and you know I always thought they were kind of funny. kind of funny until you have one of these yourself, then it will probably kick your brain around for a good four or five hours before it gets tired, and runs off to find somebody else to play soccer with. Seriously,
ALL CHANGE IS GOOD?
THAT, is a scary though. What does that lead to? if all change is good then things will happen, will come and go, but honestly none of it really matters. It is impossible for things to stay the same, so really does it matter if you do nothing? or if you stand for nothing, have no principles other than immediate comfort?
Is this true? It could be, I have two examples that really bother me, war and drugs. War creates huge changes, some art/design movements like futurism have really embraced it. What is war? WAR = INTENSE CULTURAL COMPETITION. Look what comes of it, dramatic increases in science and technology. You can insert whatever technology example you'd like here, a man on the moon, etc. there are hundreds of them. But in the end it boils down to need, competition fuels a great need and great needs produce amazing solutions.
Also, look at drugs, how many songs are about drugs? how many creative people have been involved with drugs? Drugs create a powerful need for something, a need that really shakes people to their core, sends them on a wild ride, forces them to find an outlet for the things they are experiencing.
Well don't know how to deal with those two, but when war is good that's really too shitty a world for me, I'll have to disagree; change is sometimes bad, and that nostalgia is a necessity, unless you want to get into an endless existential soccer match.
So nostalgia and the fact that change can be bad, move on the the next round of my little futbol tournament here. next opponent, suburbia. There has to be a way for people to live in affordable housing, eat affordable, quality food, while still retaining a unique regional culture.
Is this important to anyone else yet? Maybe it's my background, but suburbs and the same five godamn gas stations and resteraunts at every exit bothers the shit out of me. Whoever figures out a solution to that one, will be an important figure for this period of our culture.
