tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526704657739088406.post3798152758475453806..comments2024-02-01T12:37:55.180+00:00Comments on Mostly music: No CultureRonan Guilfoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668316692753726447noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526704657739088406.post-44492316083211887732011-07-19T12:25:51.917+01:002011-07-19T12:25:51.917+01:00Thanks for your comment Ian - I'll see of I ca...Thanks for your comment Ian - I'll see of I can respond on your own blogRonan Guilfoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668316692753726447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526704657739088406.post-73273207685896773902011-07-19T12:24:17.162+01:002011-07-19T12:24:17.162+01:00Yes Thomas, I can see the case for irony! But the ...Yes Thomas, I can see the case for irony! But the reality is that although FNAC in SP does look the same as any other FNAC, it does in fact sell mostly Brazilian music (the vast majority of the music for sale there is MPB), so it certainly does differ from going into a FNAC in Paris for example. And I also did go to the local Brazilian stores and got some specialist stuff too. <br /><br />It's impossible to avoid globalisation in your everyday life, but that doesn't mean you have to like every aspect of it. And if people don't question things, then where will we end up?Ronan Guilfoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668316692753726447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526704657739088406.post-79650348594334401072011-07-19T12:03:53.400+01:002011-07-19T12:03:53.400+01:00Good article. I linked to it from Facebook and a f...Good article. I linked to it from Facebook and a friend commented ironically, "Man complains about globalized music after looking for Brazilian music in 'a huge branch of the FNAC' in San Paolo which looks the same as any interchangeable huge branch of the FNAC anywhere in the world. I suppose all the local Brazilian record shops had closed for lunch." Which I thought was not quite addressing the same issue, since huge, impersonal commerce can nonetheless sell, along with all the pap, music that isn't impersonal and rootless in the way you describe. But it's very hard to avoid being complicit in the globalizing commercial enterprise whose effects we then complain about...Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13776163040053664208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526704657739088406.post-58105309554217286562011-07-19T01:00:26.974+01:002011-07-19T01:00:26.974+01:00Hi Ronan, I enjoyed this, even though I think you&...Hi Ronan, I enjoyed this, even though I think you're wrong. My take here:<br /><br />http://iancareyjazz.com/blog/2011/07/pop-pocalypse-now.html<br /><br />I continue to enjoy reading your thoughts on music!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526704657739088406.post-62043928035716275942011-07-17T00:39:09.653+01:002011-07-17T00:39:09.653+01:00Ronan,
Couldn`t agree more, man!Ronan,<br />Couldn`t agree more, man!Carlos Ezequielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026805212796483556noreply@blogger.com