Category: Video

What came first, the music or the misery?

What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands—literally THOUSANDS—of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery, and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was… Continue reading What came first, the music or the misery?

Profit vs. Art and Freedom

We live in Capitalism; its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. – Ursula Le Guin