Trig Brother Question 3: Progressive Ruralism

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Contestants in Trig Brother had to think of an ILE/M thread topic for in-pub conversation. This was Carsmile Steve's.

― Davina, Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well, I'm not going to take the bait and say 'oxymoronic', I'll leave that to other flame-catchers

― dave q, Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I was thinking more along the lines of: a tent in the amazon (dot com) with fully equiped digital connection set up. You know, iBOOK ("jungle pattern of course") with internet connection and a camera so all the folks back home can have a good laugh there's not toilet. Actually I don't understand the idea at all. Progressive ruralism?!?

― nathalie (nathalie), Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Maybe, it's where farmers form rock bands that play 25 long songs with titles like "Plough the Field, the Sheep are Burning"?

― jel, Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Farmyard Gang "The sheep The Sheep The Sheep Are on Fire"

― nathalie (nathalie), Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

FWIW I rarely use the phrase now - hearing of Dominic Lawson's liking for XTC was the kicker, because it cut through my previous ideological certainties.

― Robin Carmody, Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

But my original (loose) definition of the phrase: to live in / like non-metropolitan area while being politically left-wing and culturally forward-thinking.

― Robin Carmody, Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You should visit Vermont or Oregon sometime, Robin. I think you'd like it. (Seriously)

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Tuesday, 7 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Thanks. I'll keep that in mind ...

― Robin Carmody, Tuesday, 7 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

people r mean. it is not very smary.

― junichiro, Tuesday, 7 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

people r meat. or i know wirl i smart.

― Kris, Wednesday, 8 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I like the idea of progressive ruralism/pastoral technology but I really doubt I like the reality of living that dream.

― Omar, Wednesday, 8 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It might ruin yer Prada jacket, ey? ;-) I wonder what the animal would do if you play some Boredoms or DJ Assault. They probably die of shock!

― nathalie (nathalie), Wednesday, 8 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

This woman looks right through me! :) But you're wrong about the animals, I would be a futuristic Orpheus playing Boredoms from my CD- man and the animals would all come out of hiding and peacefully lie in front of me.

It's not like whoever wanted to take Merzbow and Swans to a island on ILM. In a day all the trees and plants would be dead, the animals all fled into the ocean. You would be sitting on a black lifeless island.

― Omar, Wednesday, 8 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

And chances of someone taking you on their ship are minimal. Unless of course Dylan Nyoukis and Thurston Moore are on the boat. hah!

― nathalie (nathalie), Wednesday, 8 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Does the answer lie in that book called (?) Town & Country, ed. Anthony Barnett and - oh, dear - Roger Scruton?

What a pair.

― the pinefox, Wednesday, 8 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Pinefox,

I wouldn't trust anything on the countryside involving Scruton, hunting fetishist and closet laptop-burner that he is, though I know you know this already.

― Robin Carmody, Friday, 10 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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