Jim Fouratt: CulturalInstigator: Prince covers Led Zep Whole Lotta Love. Why not? He and Husker Du were local bands playing the same clubs in early 80's

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Prince covers Led Zep Whole Lotta Love. Why not? He and Husker Du were local bands playing the same clubs in early 80's

Prince and Husker du both were local bands in the Minneapolis. In the early '80's . They played the same clubs and both were part of the post punk , rock scene with Du the rock,guitar driven yang to Prince's mash up of funk and Sly riding guitar riffs in a very yin expansive way. Bob Mold secretly loved dance music and Prince knew the best of Brit rock.both excelled at putting as bedrock the beats and riffs that shock the body and extended an invitation to anyone to join the party regardless of labeling. So it should be no surprise. That Prince would cover Led Zep and Mold would secretly be be making dance mix playlist for for his Walkman on the road..... give a watch ... It really is THAT good...,made me think of Nona Hendryx (Ronnie Drayton guitar) and the Black Rock Coalition turfing out Thanks for reminding me Tim Holmes

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Praxis, my dear, is the only real way to succeed in the culture war.

Praxis, my dear, is the only real way to succeed in the culture war.
Yes indeed there is a culture war going .. but you know that if you have arrived here. We suggest that you put theory into practice by taking virtual you and virtual ideas into the reality of real live physical and cognitive action.

MEANING: get up and out of your chair and do something physical in real time. OCCUPY YOUR BODY. Be physical.

The fuel is love, compassion and curiosity. Anger is a result of the repression of fear and distances one from compassionate change ... do the Che Che cha cha cha .. or if you prefer the Stiegler tango! or the Shulamith Firestone death metal raga!

PRAXIS is the action of putting into practice the thoughts, theories and desires running through your bio-magnetic, nerve sensitive self. Reality propelled by the friction of input/output.

Damn it, it should be fun !

I will share with you my interaction in the real world and the theoretical world and invite you to do the same.

Politics is an everyday affair. Politics is how we live our lives Every action or non-action we do is a political act. Culture is the expression of desire in public interactive way.

So jump in please.

Join me in participating in life. Making change starts with self and ripples out. Pop culture is where I live ..not in some isolated, white tower, postmodern, distancing intellectual thought or theory. Theory in practice is praxis . It used to be called dialectics .. still a good word even if dressed up in new theory drag.

Serious fun has it consequences including changing the status quo.

We are all at the same life party. Find the door you can come through to make PRAXIS a full time act of creativity .

jim fouratt