Comments on: Just Like Hypnotizing Chickens http://stuckbetweenstations.org/2007/04/25/hypnotizing-chickens/ Music matters as if music mattered Sat, 05 May 2012 17:22:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: shacker http://stuckbetweenstations.org/2007/04/25/hypnotizing-chickens/comment-page-1/#comment-49 shacker Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:36:07 +0000 http://stuckbetweenstations.org/2007/04/25/hypnotizing-chickens/#comment-49 I have to confess, I introduced the words "superficial bliss" in the edit, so those are my words not Mal's. But I think I was capturing something similar to what Mal had originally written. I've never been on a cruise, and I would probably go if given a chance, just for the experience, but I would be predisposed to find it gross based on what I've heard about them: Every pleasure pre-packaged, being waited on hand-and-foot, an overabundance of food everywhere you look, and the ports-of-call treated like incidental shopping drops rather than actual cultural experiences. In other words, about as far as you can get from punk rock. Read an amazing essay about the cruise ship experience once by David Foster Wallace called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Supposedly_Fun_Thing_I'll_Never_Do_Again" rel="nofollow">A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again</a> - hilarious and highly recommended. It's probable that if I had never read that piece I'd naively think an ocean cruise would be a thrill. But it poisoned my opinion for life. I have to confess, I introduced the words “superficial bliss” in the edit, so those are my words not Mal’s. But I think I was capturing something similar to what Mal had originally written.

I’ve never been on a cruise, and I would probably go if given a chance, just for the experience, but I would be predisposed to find it gross based on what I’ve heard about them: Every pleasure pre-packaged, being waited on hand-and-foot, an overabundance of food everywhere you look, and the ports-of-call treated like incidental shopping drops rather than actual cultural experiences. In other words, about as far as you can get from punk rock.

Read an amazing essay about the cruise ship experience once by David Foster Wallace called A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again – hilarious and highly recommended. It’s probable that if I had never read that piece I’d naively think an ocean cruise would be a thrill. But it poisoned my opinion for life.

]]> By: Sean Graham http://stuckbetweenstations.org/2007/04/25/hypnotizing-chickens/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Sean Graham Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:47:56 +0000 http://stuckbetweenstations.org/2007/04/25/hypnotizing-chickens/#comment-48 "Are the cruise lines of today hoping that aging punks will fill in the gaps, subliminally associating sex, drugs, and rock’n'roll with the superficial bliss of an ocean cruise?" Actually, I have several 20-something friends who think going on a cruise is a great vacation.... Some of my coworkers go on a cruise or two a year, so perhaps their marketing is working.. ;) “Are the cruise lines of today hoping that aging punks will fill in the gaps, subliminally associating sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll with the superficial bliss of an ocean cruise?”

Actually, I have several 20-something friends who think going on a cruise is a great vacation…. Some of my coworkers go on a cruise or two a year, so perhaps their marketing is working.. ;)

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