Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Y100 and Power 96 lied to you

Back in the late 90's, people were convinced that the divine music giants--such as N'Sync-- would rule the radio for years to come. But suddenly... a gargantuan force changed pop culture forever--fusing everything and anything catchy into one generic style. The resulting 'artists' would dominate the radio implementing redundancy and simplistic dance music with no meaning whatsoever.

The Gaga principle: Lady gaga emerges from the clash of Madonna and other Madonna-like female artists. She can be seen as a colony of E. Coli invading the surface of room temperature beef. Her music is that of the electro-pop dance genre--translation: her lyrics are like the taco bell of music (cheap but not worth the diarrhea). She preaches for girls to love who they are. (But wait...didn't lady gaga have plastic surgery? Oops..so much for loving who you are!)

The Hip Hop is dead principle: Since it's birth, hip hop had been used to express rage, adversity, and oppression. Rappers, such as Tupac, would effectively transfer their thoughts into melodic rhymes that captured the attention of millions. However, nowadays, mainstream hip hop has been exploited to no end. Lil Wayne, Kanye West, and monotone Drake, are praised for being able to put 2-and-2 together. These mainstream rappers would rather spoon feed you auto-tune singing, generic background beats, and choirs which include metaphors a 3rd grader would come up with. Not to mention the bragging of their "swag" in their flashy, expensive, music videos and the endorsement of consumer products that make these rappers seem more like businessmen than actual musicians.

The point is: Music is a reflection of one's personality. Frankly, if you've been listening to the same type of music since middle school then you've clearly never ventured on your own journey to break away and seek your identity through music that isn't sold to you by the radio. One should also understand that mainstream culture is incredibly superficial and fruitless in mastery of true talent. So ask yourselves, is superficiality worthy of damaging your ear hair cells when you blast up the volume on your ipod to listen to that new Ke$ha song?
       True talent can be seen in people such as Mozart and Beethoven.(This is not about whether you enjoy classical music or not). It's the fact that the legacy of these two men has survived nearly 500 years after their death. If people still remember what you gave to the world, 500 years after you die, then THAT is true immortality and mastery.

What is your take on this? How does music reflect a person's way of thinking? How do you feel about the general mainstream industry? Do you believe that the craze of today's pop icons will quickly fade away? Or do you believe these mainstream titans are here to stay?


                                       ^This song is so beautiful, it could make a baby stop crying.
                                                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df-eLzao63I

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The Philosophy Club now owns a facebook page!

Fellow members! The MDC Philosophy Club now has its own Facebook page! Like our page and keep updated with the club activities, events, and discussions. Here is the URL to our page! :D

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?profile=1&id=147393791991238#!/pages/MDC-PHI-CLUB/147393791991238?sk=wall

Also check out the facebook page of our sponsor:


http://www.facebook.com/album.php?profile=1&id=147393791991238#!/pages/Alfredo-Triff/479125170400

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Does a fetus have human rights? Or is it not considered human until after birth?

After 18 days of conception a fetus has its first heartbeat therefore having a heart already developed. Does this mean human rights apply to life in the making? Or is it simply viewed as an "IT"? According to the following video Cenk Uygur discusses a radical pro-life Christian group in Ohio that wants to have a fetus 'testify' about abortion. Do you believe a fetus has its humanistic right to such extent simply because of a heartbeat? Or is it viewed as no more than an "IT" just because it isn't a breathing,living human? Yet again,what makes us a breathing, living human? Is it not our heart and its constant beats that keep us alive?

Check out th video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEkuJVNNYzc&feature=channel_video_title

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Come one Come all! Our First Club Meeting!

   WHY DO WE BELIEVE WHAT WE BELIEVE?

 Well as you all know there is in fact a Philosophy Club and it will be hosting its first meeting, and every meeting after that, On each and every thursday from 1:00-2:00 pm in room 1564.Come with an open mind and a hunger for answers! We will have discussions already prepared but feel free to come with your own topics and questions. As fellow philosophy members we will be motivated to question and have answers to everything and what better place to do it than in a room full of passionate Socrate's and Descartes's.Feel free to comment on our blog site!

Thankyou for your intrest and we look forward to engaging in many class meetings with you all!

-Philosophy Club Board members