Sex-And-The-City Tangent #3

    Hey. I was just needing to blog to keep from typing for tonight. But, in the meantime, those of you who have seen my Sex-And-The-City Tangent will notice this Tangent is not about rock music or any subcultures. However, it is about the media, which these things are usually on. And, like Carrie Bradshaw on the television series 'Sex-And-The-City', I will ask more than one question that is to be taken rhetorically.
   Okay. I was just watching TV. And, I came across a channel on commercial break. And, I discovered an episode of a  children's show had appeared, & the show was now over in two minutes. It was an episode I've never seen fully but I've seen before. But, the television show is called 'Fairly Oddparents'. The episode was called 'Land Before Timmy' (A side note: This is a cartoon show). I'll end this paragraph, & the link will be under the paragraph.                                                      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairly_Oddparents
   Either way, in this particular episode,  Timmy had a really rough day technology-wise. So, he wishes for life to have no technology. And, they send him back to a time similar to the stone age, where everything is worse. And, then, some volcanoes erupt, so, he wishes for technology back.
   Now, this episode has been on at least several times already. And, I have just finally started to wonder Can humankind live without any technology whatsoever now? Or, would that make us neanderthalistic (new term coined by me) in nature?

Sex-and-the-Cityish Tangeant #1

    Hey. I typed last night. But, I am trying to kill that urge for a little while, so, I can finish up a book by summer. All I have to do today is take out the recycling. But, I saw something in the newspaper that made me have to write this now. And, I kind of wanted to do a blog the same way they do the story narration on the old show Sex & The City (I'm not a huge fan of the show, but, I watch it from time to time to forget about The Golden Girls, as 3/4 of the cast of The Golden Girls are dead.). But, I know I can be very blunt at times, so, I am going to warn you right now: I am not really a Lady Gaga fan. Nor am I now or have ever been a fan of the other musicians mentioned in this post. However, that being said, I do sympathize with the devil & tend to go overboard with my worries, so, I am not trying to force anyone to believe that I have an answer to all the world's problems. Much rather, this post was written to bring up an question unrelated to the topic.

    Anyway, I just read about what happened to Lady Gaga. Anyone who didn't here's a link to the story:http://wonderwall.msn.com/movies/search?searchTerm=lady+gaga&+=&qs=AS&sk=&pq=lafdy&sp=1&sc=8-5#!wallState=0__%2Fentertainment%2Flady-gaga-will-have-to-cancel-indonesia-concert-1681920.story

     *I saw it in the newspaper first.
     Well, I was reading about how she canceled her concerts in Indonesia, & I was horrified. And, especially when I  remembered hearing from somewhere that one of her musical influences is Marilyn Manson, a man who many a year ago had churches picketing his concerts because he had the gall to shred/set the Holy Scriptures ablaze. And, he was inspired by Alice Cooper, a man whose shows were picketed by churches the world over because he had the nerve to assault mannequins and decapitate himself on stage.

Now, here's my question: When did music lose that independent "You're not the boss of me" streak it had almost 20-40 years ago? Is music written by vocal people for one confused by things like the moral majority? Or, is music written to please the moral majority?