Recent content by metu

Hi, I have several new outlooks on music (I've been studying). One of them I call musical geography. I'm interested in how migration and political power influence the development of musical communities. More than that, I'm interested in how musical community construction transcends, or is...

GM pulls out of Michigan; thousands and thousands of working class families are thoroughly fucked over while GM tries to get out of paying benefits they’ve promised; families are losing their homes, not because they tried to live beyond their means, but because GM pulled out! People just don’t...

Come on Russia. We know you're out there playing your asses off. Don't worry about lyrics; the music is the point.

Lerman is a very good band with an intriguing message. They have themes of a recent evil that can be overcome with an ancient power. Their music is tight and with intriguing rhythms. They are my favorite band from Thailand and I highly recommend them. Lerman http://www.lerman.cjb.net/

This movie is a travesty. The depiction of regular folks living in a small community in the forest is fine. The depiction of an imperial power coming to enslave them is fine. I'm not even mad about the fact that Europeans are on the horizon about 500 years too soon. What offends me is the...

Best book I've ever read. My advice: take your time and soak it in. I'm reading a bunch of anthro-music articles on possession in Indonesia. Rest asured; I'm hardcore. :)

I recently spent two weeks in Mexico City. That place is great. I stayed right near the square in the Centro Historico. I went out there most nights to see the Aztec dances. This was so different from the United States. In the US, the Native Americans are pushed to the edge of history... a...

Would you like to give us a comparison between the mtv in the US with that in Russia?

Heheh. There’s something quite intimidating about an American with a revolver isn’t there? I’m working on a scholarship to study modern music and how it relates to historical culture. I want to compare Romania and Bulgaria. They have similar recent histories and dramatically different...

I don't know if vedic metal is accurate or fair, but these guys are solid. http://www.rudraonline.org/

OK. Seriously. We don't have a clue. I don't watch the news or any of that shit, but today I was listening to the radio and all hell was breaking lose. Apparently and American was killed in southern Mexico! They interviewed his family and shit! Those of you who have never lived in the...

Thanks for playing, Bringer. I'll look more fondly on Finland in the future.

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"Aramazd creating Armenian ethnic music mixed with metal and elektronic music Aramazd was emarged at 2001" http://earthlink.com.com/aramazd/3600-8668_32-100886222.html?tag=MDL_listing_song_artist Unformal: alternative/rock/metal: Baku, Azerbaijan...

Glad to make your day a bit better, UndoControl. Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad to see most of y'all seem to understand that there are larger, more complicated forces at work than just some monolithic "big, bad America." As for music which addresses these larger issues: I've been...