tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6146962885201070339.post7663209697281998429..comments2023-10-02T10:57:07.769+02:00Comments on Birdseed's Tunedown: A Christmas Novelty and a Big QuestionBirdseedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161105277182690887noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6146962885201070339.post-45057973718462478772007-12-27T00:24:00.000+01:002007-12-27T00:24:00.000+01:00I agree that this is a fruitful line of research. ...I agree that this is a fruitful line of research. It's akin what I've been thinking of as, say, hip-hop's reggae canon or hip-hop's jazz. Such an analysis can draw attention to modes of tranmission, representation, imagination, etc. What you've been showing about manele -- i.e., its articulations with "Asian" music -- seems like a really interesting node in the orientalist network, with its own peculiar cultural history, etc.wayne&waxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320768422428588508noreply@blogger.com