yes our movement failed and the capitalists did destroy the planet, but at least nobody told anyone else what to do

Baseless stories of Stalin's derangement regarding various musicians are big in the classical music world, especially when it comes to Shostakovich. Every performance of his work has to be prefaced by an announcement that he was constantly worried about Stalin trying to kill him. In objective reality Shostakovich was a two time recipient of the Stalin award.

While I'm at it, there's also a persistent but baseless claim that Shostakovich was secretly using folk motifs in his music that defied some non-existent Soviet mandate to suppress all forms of ethnic expression. Nevermind the creation of ethnic republics across the USSR and state efforts to protect traditional cultures from certain destruction under capitalist hegemony. Also, nevermind the absurdity of the idea that Shostakovich's secret use of folk motifs would be missed by the censors but the masses would hear it and take heart, knowing that the destruction of the USSR and the pillaging of their country by the west is just around the corner.

The best part of The Rest is Noise is where Alex talks about how cool Hitler looks in a photo of him listening to records. This and all of the actual Nazis quoted in the book makes it a very trustworthy and unbiased source.

"Now we all think communism should be considered. But instead have you considered (obvious falsehood about communist leader that is easily debunked by reading even a single non-anticommunist source)"

Rockbands and CIA-posting, name a more iconic dou

Abstract expressionist modern art is a CIA psyop

Indie "rock"^*^ is a CIA psyop

*Latest fad

Aw. I liked them when I was younger, but somehow I can't say I'm surprised.

May their peripheral vision be dogged by shadowy figures in Cheka garb who vanish when they try to look directly, but reappear closer when they look away

if i were dictator i would kill musicians whose music i don't like. the end result would be no more bad music

Stalin shot Dostoevsky and Trolstoy

non-authoritarian music will be ai slop, so that would be going great.

says something about modern artists, that there is no working class music since 60s. there is music listened by working class, but not for working class.

Kkrkringe of them tbqh

“Stalin’s concern for art and artists led him frequently to offer his personal assistance to artists, and to intervene where he became aware that officials were acting in reactionary or stupid ways.”

— Bill Bland, “Stalin and the Arts” (1993), p. 46 (PDF p. 45), Marxists Internet Archive: https://www.marxists.org/archive/bland/1993/x01/stalin-arts.pdf

The whole thing is a good read.

Deerhoof? On my slop comm on hexbear?

Deerhoof have a soft spot in my heart for their principled and consistent stance on Palestine and Gaza. And on cops and AI. They honestly are really great.

This is very disappointing. I guess this is what happens when anticommunist propaganda hops over the brain hurdle and into the pit and you actually believe western sources. Too bad.