i'm always down for social experiments

"what i really want from this blog is a communal archive. a kind of social experiment, if you will. a collective record of witty, silly kids bumbling through and occasionally careening across the internet. playing with cyberspace/virtual reality/parallel universes/comic books/game theory (just kidding -- kind of) also music because we all like it. " - the lovely Fran Harlow

anyways, just as Fran was letting me know of her disastrous decision to let me and others onto this blog, I discovered this kind of amazing video which is marginally music-related.

I DO MORE SHIT THAN BARACK OBAMA. yes, I worked for his campaign this summer, and he's listed under my religious views on Facebook. But I don't really consider myself a political person. And I suspect that most of my posts on this blog might end up talking about modern "classical" music, cause I like it lots (and because I noticed that somebody linked to Alex Ross's terrific blog on the right over there.)

Anyways. Without further ado, here are P. Diddy's views about Sarah Palin:


as per Fran's ideas about kids+internet, I'm pretty sure this sort of thing couldn't exist without the internet. (side note: if you feel like being terrified about the state of this country, I recommend the comments section on the youtube page.) I don't know what it is, but Diddy seems like a pretty solid embodiment of modern culture to me. And this video is the embodiment of modern internet (everyone gets an opinion on everything, so P. Diddy's non-expert political views suddenly have a huge audience. On the other hand, I now want to hear Diddy's views on, like, everything, because I thought that was hilarious. On the internet, people aren't really compartmentalized: P. Diddy isn't a rapper, he's a cultural force.) I also just think everything related to Sarah Palin is hilarious, from her preggers daughter (check out her baby daddy), to the fact that she was a member of an Alaskan secessionist party. I really hope a TV sitcom (starring Tina Fey) is in the works. Anyways. I hope more people run with this blog-about-internet idea so I'm don't feel ashamed for not writing about indie rock. please leave comments!