[ExI] Is the ExI email list slowly dying out? And if so, what can be done to reverse such an outcome?

[William Flynn Wallace]

 So, perhaps we can elevator-ize rap by removing the vocals, ja?  I would
be OK with that.
spike

Among your ancestors was there a guy named Bowdler?  You would make
elevator music out of protest songs?  I detest the words too but you are
making them irrelevant.  The songs are not about the melodies, I think, but
the words.  Would you put fig leaves on statues' genitals.?

In any case, I can't abide censorship in any form other than what is stated
in Amendment One.  Has to advocate overthrow of the government by force.
bill w

On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 12:55 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>
> ...> On Behalf Of Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 5:13 PM spike jones via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >>... Hi Dan, what happens to rap and hip hop? ...
>
>
> >... Someone riding around with Flowmaster and cranking out beats is kind
> of
> not the standard of social appropriateness in today's society. Don't you
> agree?  Regards,  Dan
>
>
> OK sure, I agree.  Fortunately the internet never forgets.  So we get to
> cancel any artist retroactively if that artist uttered anything racist or
> homophobic or adolescent or anything we now consider socially
> inappropriate.
> That means we can cancel most rap and hip hop for being racist, sexist and
> generally impolite, cool, it's a deal.
>
> Aside: if you hear elevator music, much of it is Beatles tunes without the
> words.  The Beatles really wrote some good music.  So, perhaps we can
> elevator-ize rap by removing the vocals, ja?  I would be OK with that.
>
> spike
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