Alan Watts on Music and Life

Hey btw Joel, your use of a south park image reminded me of this short clip above. I don't know if its applicable, but it might explain away the baby boomers original intentions where they tried to live in the moment as post modernity so ardently desires its subjects to do.  Fundamentally I agree with the sentiment in this clip, but I fear that people might misunderstand the singing and dancing analogy. I don't think Allan Watts was trying to promote an 'out for yourself' attitude, I think he was more trying to push the idea of defining ones purpose for yourself. Unfortunately I think the latter was lost in corporate and capitalistic obscurity as the Boomers grew up, had children and got careers.

"The reemergence of the grand narrative in the form of global ecological disaster has rendered all forms of postmodern thought dangerous anachronisms." douglas hadlow, Adbusters article