DrBeat [they/them]

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Cake day: July 29th, 2020

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  • I went over to fix my grandparent's email recently, and what struck me was how chill and fun of a time I had with what would otherwise be a bothersome chore, because it was socially embedded work.

    On my own, annoying tech shit heads toward the sentiment of your comment, because I'm just in a feedback loop of garbage stimuli and futility, and it can ruin my day with stress. But I can wade through all of that no problem if I'm tethered to others, I'd even be happy about it.

    So idk, I guess yeah capital puts us in cages of various sorts, real, digital and mental. Dismantling that is an obscene nightmare on our own. You could edit every registry in the world and change nothing, people would generate the same problems again, because nothing changed socially. We can't build socialism by ourselves, it has to be a fun thing you do with your friends for a laugh, because that's what makes the work tolerable for most people, and we need most people.

    Would love to scream and throw bottle with you comrade, sounds dope











  • DrBeat [they/them]tochatAnyone else not “get” dancing?
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    2 years ago

    Personally I live for a big sweaty dance with friends in any context. We will groove to most genres of dance music, and do so often at gigs, raves, parties, festivals etc.

    It took a while to deconstruct anxieties about other people's opinions of my dancing, but now I'm a lot better at it, and care a lot less, which go hand in hand I think. Dance is now a communal, meditative, ecstatic space where my social life and interests in art and music collide.

    Recently saw a jungle/DnB set with Punjabi folk music mixed in, it was super cool to see people recognise lyrics and sing along to tunes totally outside my experience, and I didn't feel like some cultural voyeur, a scene-tourist taking up space, because we all got down and danced together. Yung Singh was the DJ.

    Hope that provides some insight or something. No need to feel odd if it ain't your thing, it's by no means mandatory to enjoy!

    As an aside, I always recommend music.ishkur.com for an irreverent tour through dance music.