As someone who is central to the study of linguistics; Chomskyโs view on linguistic theory has become significantly limiting, especially with the introduction of sociolinguistics.
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What's your favorite social contract between strangers?
I'll go first:
ABSOLUTELY no one is getting between me and a stranger who asked me to watch their stuff at a coffee shop.
Bubblegum pop is a genre that was born during the height of apartheid. Many musicians were Black South Africans who had been influenced by the American funk and bubblegum pop scene. The music was inspired by the stories of township living, apartheid and Black culture.
Your heart is not a state secret. You are meant to declare allegiances. You are meant to have favourites. Write the letter. Miss the train. Stay up until dawn talking. You should be caught red-handed loving something, someone.
i allocated so much importance to people who are largely inconsequential now. i'm humbled by what i thought i knew. it's almost a relief that nobody is mine. people can be encountered and embraced, but they can't be possessed. the thought of it, acknowledging it, so freeing .
As an A&R at a major label, it felt hypocritical asking artists to post without being able to show them exactly HOW to promote their music.
Here's what I tell the artists I work with: