After a short respite, I'm back - and hope to post with a little more frequency than in the last month. I just finished watching Charlie Rose's show on PBS, and tonight he had on Adam Moss, the editor of New York Magazine. I'm neither a reader of the magazine, nor a big fan of Charlie Rose, generally speaking, but today I was pleasantly surprised. When asked what Moss would like to cover if he were free from commercial constraints, his response, after an anxious ten seconds, was 'the underclass'. Alone, that doesn't sound like alot, but coupled with references to an interest in 'sociology' and a disdain for 'shopping', along with many other euphemisms for left politics, it was clear to me that a kind of critical, though disquieted conversation attacking 'mainstream' culture and politics was occuring on my (!) television screen.
I suppose that I shouldn't be particularly surprised. After all, I was watching PBS, and they DO broadcast good programming now and then. Even their technology shows (excepting NOVA, which I deem pretty decent) can be tolerated for their informational content. Still, after a whole month of CNN, BNN, and ridiculous middle class justification of privilege, what I saw on TV was refreshing, calming (necessary for all the stomach-rumbling that cable news causes), and, dare I say, inspiring? It's nice to know now and then, when it feels like you are trapped like a beaver by an entire culture of furriers, that you have allies, despite the specific allegiance they may proclaim.
So to all allies in cyberspace - the best hope for the redemocratization of media that those in Canada and the U.S currently have - please post and share your thoughts. And to all critics (and outright enemies), a good debate is always worth having. Cheers.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
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