[CarylB]

Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse

Meat, Meat, Meat, Meat, Meat

He might well have played this for laughs (silly voice etc) but audio/visual humour doesn't translate to a written page.

Does this relate to Meat using the phrase you quoted and the word "homie"? Because if it does I'm really non-plussed Mouse that you feel it deserves a face-palm. Meat makes it plain he is pretty much the definition of the word from choice, and surely given it's an inteview in the US the phrase works?

It's like getting to the pearly gates and finding out St Peter talks like Goofy

Not to me. I liked this interview a lot. Many truths conveyed and done so graphically. To me nothing "Goofy" at all .. some shrewd observations and some informed ones, conveyed clearly and with an appropriate sense of self-deprecation and fun

I've said it before, and i'll say it again, Rap & Rock have nothing in common and should stay the hell away from each other.

The only way rap influences me is that it makes me want to shoot something.
It's true, rap encourages violence

That's your perspective though isn't it? Meat can have his own, as can we all. I am one who thinks the genre has been skillfully integrated into his new album. I know you don't, and respect your right to not consider it so .. but neither can claim our view is a defining fact. I tend to agree with Meat's perspective that the more modern styles he referred to are what speak to a significant swathe of today's audiences. Rap doesn't encourage me to the slightest violence

I agree with Meat's opinions on downloaded music.

We find accord here I liked your story and examples which were very apposite. As to the rest, we'll need to agree to hold different views.

Caryl