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                                             November 7, 2010

Unlike many of my fellow
hipster music snobs, I often
like international music with       ETHNICALLY_AUTHENTIC
Western influences.
                                    VIETNAMESE_MUSIC
But it is possible to turn up
the dial on Western too high for
my tastes.  At some point, the
distinction between the two
cultures is lost, and instead of
a hybrid you have yet another
example of the overdone and
overfamiliar.

   The difference between two
   cultures can be a source of
   energy, it opens the door to a
   chance at something new that's
   not present in the pure ethnic
   or national styles.

   When the connections are all
   wide open, there's a risk that        CONTROL
   all of the cultures will run                         CONNECTIVITY
   together and fuse into a                 URB
   single global culture.

   The heat-death of art.
                                               (Ah, wonky metaphors based
                                                on scientific principles...)
       "... the interlinking continues,
       resulting in today's extreme
       case of eternal blockage and
       immobility.  Since everything is
       everywhere, there's no place for
       it to go."  -- Doctor Hal



                                    Conversely... any culturual
                                    difference, any sub-division,
                                    any case of factionalism might
                                    be looked on as an opportunity.


                                BRAND_ECLECTICS
                                                     SPORTS_LOGIC
                                TWO_CULTS
                                                     SPLIT
                                SUBCULTURE





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