motel de moka

That’s a logical impossibility. Policies and opinions about them are
determined by what is known or plausibly believed, not by what is
discovered afterwards. That should be elementary. - theory-frankfurt-school
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Preterition is an artifice, pretending discretion when something is said with total clarity and indiscretion. For example: “If I were not obligated to keep military secrets, I would tell all of you of the large amount of armaments that we have so that you would feel even more confidence that our victory is assured.”

Communication is a way to ask and give the answer to the same question. For example: “If they show disrespect for the ministers of God, will they respect us, simple citizens? Never.”

Rhetorical questions are a way in which one shows perplexity or inability to say something, only as an oratorical recourse. For example: “I am only a peasant and can tell you little. I know little and I will not be able to explain to you the complicated things of politics. Therefore, I talk to you with my heart, with my simple peasant’s heart, as we all are.”

Litotes is a form of meaning a lot by saying little. For example: “The nine commanders have stolen little, just the whole country.”

Irony consists of getting across exactly the opposite of what one is saying. For example: “The divine mobs that threaten and kill, they are indeed Christians.” - Psy-Op in Guerilla Warfare

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” Post-Rhetorical Counter Argument ”

01. Rovo - Kyokusei
Sai (2001)
02. Caroline - All I Need (Owen Vallis Mix) (web)
Murmurs Mixes (Temporary Residence Limited, 2008)
03. Brainworms - Heart-Shaped Hickey
Which Is Worse (Rorschach, 2007)
04. Nice Nice - Nein
Chrome (Temporary Residence Limited, 2003)
05. Explosions In the Sky - Greet Death
Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever (Temporary Residence Limited, 2001)
06. Rosetta - Lift (Part 3)
Wake/Lift (Dig) (R.E.D. Distribution, 2007)
07. Sleeping People - Yellow Guy / Pink Eye
Growing (Temporary Residence Limited, 2007)

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There is, of course, a counter trend to this commercially motivated acquiesence in, or indifference to, ideas. A general suspicion of, or self-imposed censorship of, anti-capitalist views provides a considerable degree of protection for the system, the power of capital serving as the same indirect source of discipline in the ideological world as it does in the allocation of scarce resources. Nonetheless, no social formation is without its means of self-defense against hostile or subversive ideas. What is striking about capitalism is the willingness to accept potentially subversive influences once they are denatured by becoming commodities. - Fri, 11 Nov 94 10:56:24 EST alt.postmodern

A list for myself. It begins simple enough with assertion that “Coldplay” is good. That bothers me. But why is that statement bothering me? Shouldn’t it be like any other statement such as ‘I like vanilla ice cream’ or ’sountering around a park’? I suppose it has something to do with my idealized version of music trend. That there is a bigger narrative one should follow and aware. A work must answer to music in general, not simply a momentary marketing effort. Or probably it’s not even that grand and glorious. More like something bumps an old scab and makes me want to pick on it. Reminding me, how fucking human we are. We like sweet little crappy lies.

So, I present you “my sweet little crappy lies”, that I know something better than Coldplay. There should be something else after U2’s rock/post-punk sound. (It’s like a bloody counter revolution. And the way it has been working, it should achieve the opposite effect. Maybe you will like Coldplay too after this? Or maybe some form of post-rock will finally make ways? Lyric and repeating phrasing are so mind sucking.)

PS. These are long post-rock songs. listen and download it if you like. Don’t repeat streaming too much to reduce server load.

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