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  1. Nov 2016
    1. seeming to know and care

      Is it really authentic then if they just "seem to care" ? Or are brands not trying to actually be authentic, just seem authentic?

  2. Sep 2016
    1. the lyrics themselves are the crimethe lyrics themselves are the crime. I have served as a defense.

      This makes me think of "make art, not war" But in this case the art IS the war

    2. No other fictional genre is used this way in courts,

      Then how is it justified???

    3. presented the lyrics to juries as autobiographicalconfession rhymed over a beat.confession

      This honestly makes no sense to me. An artist can write about whatever they want, but it is not autobiographical unless they specifically intend it to be. An artist may relate to their lyrics, but that still doesn't make it autobiographical. If an artist says their lyrics are art, just that, how could someone other than the artist prove otherwise?

    1. repetition is a form of damnation.

      This makes me think of an over-used meme. It's funny when it starts, but once you've seen it so many times, you're over it.

    2. By aban-doning the page, therefore, poetry is being rebozn in its true, ancient_guise, and ishealing the cultural split between `high' and `low'.

      Is this lowering poetry then by turning it into popular culture?

    1. Poets, who think that they are conferring honour upon themselves and their art,

      This is what "the poets" say

  3. Aug 2016
    1. moment of inner meditation

      showing that lyric is a moment of true authenticity completely by ourselves