Re: [bomp] Re: Neil Young Admits Music Can't Change World

["mykel larson" <satchmykels@xxxxxxxxx>]

as many people as i see sitting in bars talking on the phone and text
messaging, rather than conversing with the people sitting right next to them,
someone must consider it enjoyable.  but i shouldn't point fingers, i'm
usually the asshole sitting at the bar reading a book.  errrr, but i only read
when the people sitting next to me are busy talking on the phone...hehe


  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Blair Buscareno
  To: bomp@xnet2.com
  Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 4:59 PM
  Subject: Re: [bomp] Re: Neil Young Admits Music Can't Change World



  hoodoo3005@aol.com wrote:
  > At a certain point, music was such a huge focus for so many kids
  > that it had a huge amount of power to influence their thinking.  Now,
other
  > forms of entertainment vie for people's attention.  Example:  Cell phones,
  > IMing, texting, YouTube, Facebook (trust me, most of my high school
students
  > no longer bother with MySpace), and games, to name a few.  These things
did
  > not exist at that point in time.  So while music is still all-important to
a
  > few kids, it's only part of what influences them.
  >
  >
  > While I agree with you, I don't know if I'd call IMing, texting and cell
phones "entertainment."

  It's weird to think of communication as entertainment, but...Well, maybe
  we need to ask the question differently:  Can conversation be
  entertainment?  I sure think so.  Much of the conversation in question
  is enjoyable to them on some level.

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