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.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 10:57 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 11:02 pm
by epilogue
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.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 11:04 pm
by 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.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 11:05 pm
by LoathedVermin72
What a horrific run-on sentence
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 11:07 pm
by epilogue
LoathedVermin72 wrote: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.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 11:07 pm
by epilogue
That was easy.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 11:08 pm
by 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.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 11:11 pm
by 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?
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 11:12 pm
by epilogue
LoathedVermin72 wrote: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.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 11:30 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 11:31 pm
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote: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
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 11:32 pm
by 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.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 11:33 pm
by LoathedVermin72
The Antony thing, that is. NWA was absolutely political. Defiantly, overtly so. "Fuck the Police" is a straight-up protest song.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 11:33 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 11:34 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 1:53 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Jesus Christ, "I Might Be Wrong" is a doozy of a song. Hoo boy.
Re: The everyone LOVES radiohead thread!
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 2:02 pm
by 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.