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From: Warren CARTER Smith
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 04:13
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 04:13
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acc@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (andy chia an chang) writes: Here is a brief >guide to the aims of the club and what it will hopefully be able to offer to >club members : >(1) Being alternative is about being away from mainstream, let it be mainstream >commercial top-40 music or mainstream politics generated by the propaganda of >mainstream political parties. We, as university students, are true adults and >we should no longer be effected by what's hot, what's right or what's wrong as >others tell us. We should develop an independent frame of mind, and that's whatthis club is for, indepedent fun-loving people who are *fed-up* with pop music >and dirty politics generated by the Labor, Liberal and Left-Alliance Clubs on >campus :) do you need to join a club to do these things ? >(2) The music side of the club is very important. We intend to organize bands, >good alternative bands(could be metal, or rock, but must be alternative) to play on campus throughout the year. Will you support african drumming bands, atonal music, etc, or will you prefer to go on drinking binges, and lose consciousness whilst listing to what is often refered to as 'grunge music'. Alternative music is perhaps music the majority of people do not wish to hear. The main problem I have with what many people term 'alternative music' is that it seems to be more appropriately described as 'an alternative to music'.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!sgiblab!sgigate!rutgers!sun-barr!west.West.Sun.COM!sunaus!metro!munnari.oz.au!cs.mu.OZ.AU!mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU!wcs From: wcs@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Warren CARTER Smith) Newsgroups: ee.chat,aus.music,cs.general Subject: Re: The Alternative Music and Politics Club Message-ID: <9228914.2825@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> Date: 15 Oct 92 04:13:00 GMT References: <acc.719023944@munagin> Sender: news@cs.mu.OZ.AU Distribution: aus Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia Lines: 31