Disinformation: The Interviews.
by Richard Metzger
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Author: Richard MetzgerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-11-01
ISBN: 0971394210
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: The Disinformation Company
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Book Review: A PRIMER FOR THINKING
Summary: 4 Stars
Usually I wouldn't review a book that included myself. But the groundlessly destructive review by John Conroy necessitates ensuring that potential readers of this book be informed of why it is ESSENTIAL reading. The primary criticism I can isolate by JC is that the 12 people interviewed herein are not 21st Century. In fact, familiar as I am with many of the concepts, strategies and commentaries discussed with incredible honesty and compassion in these texts, I still found this a re-awakening-up call. we live in a time where the ignorance of the young in terms of what should be their own youth culture is staggering. Television, especially MTV, colludes with corporate greed and political apathy to train us globally to believe in infinite novelty, and the inate superiority of any and all products presented as NEW. For an informed opinion to be made, information must be available, but more than that, our brains must learn to process and evaluate. Dismissing strategies concerned with the very central issues that our survival as a flawed species depends upon, laying bare bigotry and thoughtlessness , simply because they have their origin at an arbitrary and linear point in time before January 1st 2001 is quite ridiculous. As far as I am concerned, ANYTHING that helps me make sense of consensus reality, from any era past, present or future, or from any dimension, is fine and dandy by me. I am not date predjudiced, nor ageist. In fact most of what fueled my own explorations of life and creativity was encouraged by people active in the 50's like Burroughs and Gysin. I am convinced that even now, their ideas are affecting the very material of popular culture as I write.(eg. sampling, language and media as virus). The people in this book have fought long and hard against laziness, inertia, sarcasm, economic violence, and a status quo policed by mass media control and even by direct victimsation at times. Ideas are timeless. They build upon each other, mutate and develop, remaining valid by their application, first by a daring and unorthodox few, later by clusters of like-minded people. My observations of cultral dynamics so far lead me to feel blessed that anyone has the nerve to stand up and speak from the heart, when even their own, and/or future generations, do not wish to listen because to listen would require change, ethics and effort. This book is a primer of imagination and speculation built from the combined guerilla mindfare of apparently unrelated subcultures. There is no reason to ridicule any person for believing there is hope within hopelessness. Don't forget hopelessness is taught, and agressive meanness of spirit is taught, in order to distract us all from the numb surrender to oblivion that corporate youth culture and nihilism spawns. I say, bless these people for daring to speak, daring to repeat theemselves until they are heard. Who cares what year it is? The fact is the species is in crisis, and communication, and knowledge of how things WORK in culture is vital as a skill and a beginning of a new way on. I un-reservedly support all readers to get this new Anarchist's Software as part of your real education as to what is going on within the pixels of greed and the algebra of insatiable need that is contemporary mediated "reality". Buy this book, and if you are already awake, remember WHY. If you are dozing, wake up!Richard Metzger is facillitating the visibility of issues and analogous strategies in the altruistic hope that change of an essential kind can still happen, despite ourselves. This thankless (at times) task, is sometimes discouraging work. Nevertheless, let us learn to drive ourselves crazy with praise, not criticism, with understanding, not bigotry, with character building, not character assasination.
I was amazed how much of the content of this book seemed vibrant and fresh, and still so important to say and re-MIND us all of.
My one negative about the book. There are a couple of jumbled paras on pages 44,45 and 46 that need correcting in the second printing.
I hate to sound as petty as he, and forgive this gap in my appreciation of the movers and shakers and seminal thinkers of our times, but I haven't come across a contribution, so far, by John Conroy that gives his subjective and groundless opinions either authority or credibility. I am a great believer in doing more yourself, rather than complaining about what others have done.
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