It's a very small world we live in: our little global village (with a little bit about music):

"Genghis Khan has been revived as a cultural hero in Mongolia, admired because he united all Mongols. The top rock group in Ulan Bator is named after the Khan, and its leader has declared that the group will "conquer the world with Mongolian rock music."

The emergence of "world music" as a category in it's own right, and a steady stream of ethnic"break-outs" from specific music traditions into mainstream rcck culture underscore the importance and vibrancy of local cultural traditions. A world of global villages is quite different from the one anticipated by McLuhan and the other telecommunications visionaries of the past two decades. It is less a melting pot, more a cultural minestrone. This may have surprising and dramatic consequences in a number of areas. For businesses, it may require a fundamental redefinition of marketing strategies, as international markets become ever more fragmented into cultural units. For governments, the rise of global villages may, in the long run, lead to the redrawing of national borders along cultural lines."

  ¶ 2/26/2004 10:18:00 PM