(TV) RE: Anti-intellectual/Coincidence/Synchronicity/ Egghead/FFF Art, Just Dance!/Question for Larry H.

["Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@VOLPE.DOT.GOV>]

>Jesus...what's wrong with an education.
>When did intelligent rock become so anti-intellectual?

The timing of this totally freaked me out.  I had to 
leave my workplace for several hours, so I didn't 
get around to reading Larry's above comment until 2PM.  
But at 1:52 PM I had just sent a long e-mail off-list 
about Television (I know,     you're shocked) that had 
a sentence that read:

"...wasn't sure what I meant so I (foolishly?) said, 
'You know how Television is a thinking/intelligent person's 
rock band and to some extent rock music for intellectuals?"

As someone with some knowledge of probability, I believe all 
such events of ostensible synchronicity or extra sensory 
perception are just sheer coincidences. (This is also a good 
example of one of the uncountable things/beliefs I do not have 
in common with TV---another is I don't play the guitar  :>)  )  

Now just so you don't moan and think I'm a ffffin' pretentious, 
pseudo-intellectual/egghead, I 49.999% agree that Television's 
appeal is that they're a great (the supreme?) rock band, with 
incredible musicians, and that it's that freakin' simple--no more 
no less--and that you can take all those art-angles and obsessive 
analyses of the band and shove it.  

Sincere Questions for Larry H. (not a criticism--just need 
help with my usual confusion):  
>>Jesus...what's wrong with an education.
Are you commenting on the Strokes, Strummer, TV or all, here?      

>>When did intelligent rock become so anti-intellectual?
Whose 'intelligent' rock?  Whose anti-intellectualism?

I don't believe that if a person is born with a silver spoon 
in his/her mouth they can't create good rock music. 

My [Hell's] whole silly saga about the Wilmington DE boarding 
school and Verlaine was simply to show that the Strokes insinuation 
that TV was some sort of hypocrite or phony because his 
posh-boarding school days preceded his later 'punk' persona 
(Strokes' word 'punk' not mine), was based on their sheer stupidity 
and their own defensiveness to the interviewer's question about 
their privileged backgrounds.

Speaking of eggheads got me thinking of a band called Eggplant. 
They covered "Breakin' in My Heart". Has anyone ever heard it?

	Leo 
-----Original Message-----
From: tv-owner@obbard.com On Behalf Of Larry F. Holt
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 11:06 AM
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: RE: (TV) Boarding School

Jesus...what's wrong with an education.
When did intelligent rock become so anti-intellectual?
larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tv-owner@obbard.com  On > Behalf Of robin dunn
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 9:16 AM
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Subject: Re: (TV) Boarding School
> > 
> --- Jeremy Smith <jeremy_ni_smith@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Joe Strummer went to a nice middle class boarding
> > school (City of London
> > Freemens) in Surrey England
> > 
> > His working class accent must have developed later
> > 
> wasn't his father some sort of ambassador?  which
> might be what created his interest in global politics,
> which ended up being a distinctly clash contribution
> to punk.
> 
> but to pick on the stroke (my point) -- i have no
> trouble imagining many early punks were middle class
> -- but i do not believe many were from wealthy homes. 
> and i really am put off by the whole "my daddy bought
> me a band" priviledge of the strokes.  
> 
> but that's just my old clash-inspired class warfare
> side speaking up.
>  r
--------------
To post: Mail tv@obbard.com
To unsubscribe: Mail majordomo@obbard.com with message "unsubscribe tv"