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You see how I took 2-3 paragraphs to go into at fifth-grader level the uncomplex set of ideas involved here? Well, I fancy I achieved that by the very elegant and economical stumblage of 'I music.' It satisifes me artistically. I believe others capable of subtle perception would pick up what I was putting down. I know it, in fact.
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This may be the case, and I acknowledge the truth. But isn't it fair to say there are a lot of peer-recognised truths as to when music WAS in fact better? When you find comments on YouTube of young people arguing that originality isn't that proof that it isn't just about when we were at our best that there was specialness to that time that allowed for creative uniqueness? Can these not be judged by an identifiable originality in the composition, in the energy, in the lyricism and the unifying vibe? We can all agree that much of the 1960s was an undeniable energy, and those of my age (40 something) can look to punk and post-punk as an era [known as the blank generation to X generation] of highly emulated and admired genre? It is not a fuddy duddy thing to say that since Hip-Hop has become an unshakeable stalwart and the negrofication of music in general as a kind of lift music for background sounds in gymnasiums; the watering-down of punk (Blink182 and Green Day, no oldies anyway), that there is definitely a creative gap. And do you like that Divinyls’ song you uploaded, Alex? Chrissie Amphlett is dead now, and she WAS a race traitor, but that was an energetic song and a good one. I like it anyway. |
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Perhaps it's because I'm in that other 10% (Apple users). Half of everything we see and touch is prefixed with an "I", so the first thing I thought upon reading your opus was, "Damn, I didn't think they even had Imusic back then." |
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But I don't think I'm a writer at all, Alex. That isn't false modesty, which isn't my style, I'm just some guy posting his thoughts on the Internet who uses spell-check and pays attention. Over the years, I learned from being corrected, and from bearing witness to the public correction of others. Experience can be a mean bitch at times, but she's a great teacher. To me, a writer is someone that can play with words & phrases to evoke a desired response in those who read their stuff. If we're talking politically, I think Duke is a great writer. McDonald is as well. You're probably my favorite writer, because there are times when I read something you've written and it moves me. Sometimes to laughter, sometimes to anger, sometimes to reflection. That's big. And useful. Quote:
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A good writer can write clearly, concisely, and correctly. But a great writer can do what a good writer does, and make it look like it's nothing at all. Did you ever watch a great athlete at work, a great dancer, a great musician? It looks like what they are doing is being done with no effort at all, but intellectually, you know their seemingly-effortless performance is the result of a lifetime spent honing their skills to a needle-point. Their performance, what they do, is elegant. Also, as you alluded to, a good writer can influence a person's thoughts - but a great writer can influence a person's, or many people's, emotions. With words. |
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Question: When should one use " " vs. ' '?
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" " are quotation marks.
' ' can be used to indicate insincerity or sarcasm. Or for a quote within a quote. I think there's no real hard-and-fast rule about that, though. |
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The '...' is generally used, when needed, within "..."
Quote within a quote. Lenny looked across the table and said, "So what did he say? I tell you guys what he says. That dumbfuck Bruce told me in his squeaky-ass voice, 'Lenny, please, just one more week and I'll pay you. One more week is all I ask.' That's what that motherfucker had the nerve to tell me! Can you believe that?" |
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Probably already shopping in the "husky" section.
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I know what he wouldn't do. Put lemonade in his mead. Still looking for Trooper, btw.
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http://beerpulse.com/2013/07/iron-ma...this-week-993/
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I'd like to think he only drank mead because nothing better was available at the time. Awful stuff, mead.
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You could put a British spin on it: me think me music was better |
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"I" and "music" are two different topics so I think if I'd been going for that linguistic effect, I might have used were. Either that or I'd transpose I and music to read: Like every other fortysomething, I feel music I was better 20 years ago so the reader more easily picks up on: (bracketed italics unspoken) Like every other fortysomething, I feel music (no, screw that, I'm actually talking about ME) I was better 20 years ago. But really, you're creating a whole new grammatical rule so it's down to you to decide what's correct and what isn't.
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Yes, Alex Linder. You are very profound. |
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