Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 12:10:12 -0800 From: John Hutnyk <John.hutnyk-AT-man.ac.uk> Subject: urgh.Sadie Hi folks An example of the kind of rant that can be found on the Bhangra page (which is an otherwise neat site). THis one from one Sadie MacFarlane or some such: http://sadieo.ucsf.edu/Music/bhangra.html BHANGRA! [Portions of this article appeared previously in SF Weekly.] Ever since Gandhi, Britons have been embracing certain aspects of East Indian culture (like Vindaloo and Bhangra) with relish (or possibly chutney). Like Vindaloo, Bhangra has passed through the collective digestive tract of the United Kingdom and emerged profoundly changed. Unlike Vindaloo, Bhangra will only keep you up all night in order to dance. In discos and Legion posts from Birmingham to Vancouver, thousands of the scions and scionesses of Punjabi immigrants pay slavish devotion to bands and producers the mainstream music biz has barely heard of. The dancing is an exuberant and elegant (yes, it can be done!) hybrid of traditional Indian and hip hop, and the music is a virtually atomic fusion... it continues on in a simila manner.... at http://sadieo.ucsf.edu/Music/bhangra.html HJhon - --- from list seminar-12-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
Display software: ArchTracker © Malgosia Askanas, 2000-2005