From: Mark Walker (mdwalker@quickclic.net)
Date: Fri Sep 20 2002 - 09:20:17 MDT
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From: "Christopher Whipple" <crw@well.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
>
> Has this niche been filled yet?
>
> I found myself on the subway this morning, listening to my mp3 player,
> and it hit me that the last 4 or 5 songs were future-oriented (or at
> least in some way sci-fi). These were meant to be shared, I thought.
>
> As soon as I got to the office, I checked Ziana's extrotech.net for a
> section on music, but there was none. Presumably because of the sheer
> volume of forward-thinking music.
>
> Further, if the niche hasn't been filled - would it be something the
> people on this list would be interested in? Would you listen to a
> streaming music channel that embraced and promoted extropian values?
>
There are a couple of yahoo groups devoted to transhumanist music but I
don't know anyone who is playing streaming DJ--sounds like a good idea. I've
got one for your place list: Sonny Boy Williamson's (Rice Miller) "Have you
ever been in love" . Of course one doesn't normally think of transhumanism
and 12 bar blues as a natural pair but there are some relevant lyrics, if
memory serves, along the lines of
the women I'm talking about
she's specially built
she's got a hydraulic hips
air-conditioned stomach
makes her backbone slip
Probably one of the earlier transhuman themes in music--this was probably
recorded in the late 50s.
Mark
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