tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752987721513520871.post238413474486526861..comments2009-11-11T15:16:18.460-05:00Craig Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18169019043202274495noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752987721513520871.post-32814159446025966222009-11-11T15:16:18.460-05:002009-11-11T15:16:18.460-05:00I found this site using [url=http://google.com]google.com[/url] And i want to thank you for your work. You have done really very good site. Great work, great site! Thank you!<br /><br />Sorry for offtopicAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752987721513520871.post-64764150775885455542008-06-04T08:38:00.000-04:002008-06-04T08:38:00.000-04:00FoxxFur...<BR/>I do agree with you. I am not trying to completely fault Fjellman (although now that I re-read my post it does come off as entirely negative). I'm not quite through reading the book yet, but the themes that I mentioned are present throughout -- consumerism, the Disney-fication of history to make it more appealing to the masses.<BR/><BR/>I just think that, with the sharp stance he took, he could have spent a few more pages exploring the subject. I still feel that he assigned intent without really explaining how or why he came to his conclusions.<BR/><BR/>I picked up this book a couple months ago on eBay for under $10. I think it is reasonable if you don't go for a first edition hard-cover.Craig Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18169019043202274495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752987721513520871.post-64408984796233949892008-06-04T01:48:00.000-04:002008-06-04T01:48:00.000-04:00I've not read Vinyl Leaves (I'm not really in the market for or economically stable enough to afford its' secondary market price), but now I want to. His standpoint may be distanced but his observations are valid: as a person attempting a scholarly perspective in my own writings I find his view to be sympathetic to what constitutes good academic writing. Yes, the music is there to entertain you; as the stated goal of the park, there is *no need to reiterate this goal*. Star Wars is there to entertain you. The job of the critic is to discover or discuss *what else* it does.<BR/><BR/>As I've said I haven't read it but my general impression of the book is that it's the only real criticism of the *mode* of the parks put into print; much of what I've encountered has been too panderous or too slanderous. Maybe someday when I can afford Nickel Tour and half of the other books on Disney out there I'll pick this up.FoxxFurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00443092111956989561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752987721513520871.post-55685381884255202962008-06-03T02:14:00.000-04:002008-06-03T02:14:00.000-04:00I too found Fjellman's commentary too cynical and perhaps too filled with a pseudo-marxist antipathy toward all things capitalist/business. He went on and on about "commodification." and I feel his dialectical deconstruction tendencies kept him from finding the wonder in Walt Disney World.Rustyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16227056273762357872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752987721513520871.post-59834652373840881582008-06-02T14:38:00.000-04:002008-06-02T14:38:00.000-04:00I agree with your assessment. When Vynil Leaves came out, there was not a lot written about it. It was also when Disney and Eisner were just embarking on the Disney Decade (also known as a store after every ride and a hotel on every corner)... so ...<BR/><BR/>But I agree. The music is far more potent than discussed by Fjellman.Biblioadonis aka Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023449275486420957noreply@blogger.com