Re: virus: Renaissance home for non-verbal memes

sodom (Sodom@ma.ultranet.com)
Mon, 10 Aug 1998 11:44:14 -0400

At what age in childhood? For instance, i dont remember much about my musical
childhood (I had one though as I was learning to play classical organ and other
instruments) I dont really remember my musical fixation until I was maybe 13 or
14, not really a child, and my tastes from then are still with me. I like this
line of discussion, so please give me a little more datail from your supposition

"cultural experiences of childhood HEAVILY influence
susceptibility to non-verbal (but auditory) memes."

thanks

Sodom
Bill Roh

Tracy Yucikas wrote:

> Joe E. Dees wrote:
> >What about the musical "hook" or melody (minus words) that plays itself
> >incessantly in your head like a broken record (even when you may find it
> >annoying)? It is bereft of any overt linguistic or abstract ideational
> >significance; but is it not also a meme? I say it has identifiable
> structure and >has been transmitted (replicated), therefore it qualifies,
> whether or not it >carries meaning.
>
> ... and I, for one, tend to agree with this line of observation of the field
> of non-verbal memes sometimes pleasantly epitomized by "unconcious melody",
> sometimes by the "broken-record" fixation (though this metaphor is at risk
> of losing its reference-basis in the world of CD's) ...
>
> just guessing, but the cultural experiences of childhood HEAVILY influence
> susceptibility to non-verbal (but auditory) memes.
>
> Tracy Yucikas
> Curator, "Renaissance home for non-verbal memes"