The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!

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No, art is prettification, decoration, it’s putting parsley around the pig. It very rarely has any real effect. I’m not an idiot.

I don't like this guy and love him, at the same time.

What do you think Mickey's response to Stanley's answer would be? #RIPMickey

A lot more frightened.

Goddamn that was a great post.

[tragabigzanda]

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I should probably take this to Burt's thread in A&E but I'm still waiting for someone to convince me that art is inherently political. So if Verm, trag and/or Stip (or anyone) wants to chime in and convince me, I'm all ears.

[LoathedVermin72]

Perhaps "ideological" is a better word. I just think, by virtue of being made by a human or humans, it will inherently have ideological undertones and implications, whether intended or not, because people have brains and ideas and perspectives and it's going to come through in what they write or make or whatever because that's just how people work.

[LoathedVermin72]

What a horrific run-on sentence

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Perhaps "ideological" is a better word. I just think, by virtue of being made by a human or humans, it will inherently have ideological undertones and implications, whether intended or not, because people have brains and ideas and perspectives and it's going to come through in what they write or make or whatever because that's just how people work.

Oh, okay. Yeah. I see. Yes, I agree in that case.

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That was easy.

[LoathedVermin72]

Whether or not that can be extrapolated to "political" is a bit more open to debate. I'm inclined to say yes, but it's a very gray area.

[swan]

I think "idealogical" & "conceptual" are the correct qualifiers, not "political". Although some of my favorite art is political. I recently saw a Martha Rosler show at the Seattle Art Museum that was very political & very, very good. Highly recommended.

Wait, isn't there a contemporary art thread somewhere here?

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Whether or not that can be extrapolated to "political" is a bit more open to debate. I'm inclined to say yes, but it's a very gray area.

Yeah, I'd need more convincing on that score.

[tragabigzanda]

[tragabigzanda]

Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

[LoathedVermin72]

Hmm, I don't know about that. I think politicizing a work of art only because of the identity of its author is sketchy.

[LoathedVermin72]

The Antony thing, that is. NWA was absolutely political. Defiantly, overtly so. "Fuck the Police" is a straight-up protest song.

[tragabigzanda]

[tragabigzanda]

[LoathedVermin72]

Jesus Christ, "I Might Be Wrong" is a doozy of a song. Hoo boy.

[Mike]

Oh, there's another Radiohead thread!

I want to take back what I said about Seperator being one of the weaker songs on TKOL yesterday. It's pretty great.

[Strat]

Ful step is wonderful

[Chris_H_2]

stop!