Just discovered Jon Dale's "review" of of the Les Vampyrettes 12" (stifles own laughter). What's with the "reviews" thing that's biting blogdom right now? What's wrong with half-arsed, poorly-researched, badly-punctuated rants? Like wot I do innit. Dale remarks: "Hmm. I think Matt’s gilding the lily a little with this 12”, but only insofar as I think it’s quite good and he thinks it’s freakishly wonderful." (sides literally split aside with mirth) Jon you bastard! (shakes fist) I think that calls us quits after my general slaughtering of the Hobbits-with-Acoustic-Guitars massive.
Big up to Robin Carmody for picking up some of the points from my Delia and Daphne spiel, and also check his spellbinding thing on Westwood. This made me laugh: "The middle-class self-loathing...of Ingram's Radiophonic piece gets to me somewhat.." (winks) Gosh, I'm terribly sorry!
I would like to pick up Robin on one thing, he remarks:
"I wouldn't be afraid to call Delia Derbyshire's best work Art and call "Get Low" or, indeed, Keith Mansfield's "Teenage Chase" Art *at the same time*; there's no contradiction to me, they can both co-exist."
My point was not aimed at the "reception" of culture, and I'm not concerned with discussions of high-vs-low per se, rather how the creator describes him/herself. I guess I don't have much truck with ANYONE calling themselves them an artist, though I'd probably be happier to hear Lil Jon & East Side Boyz call themselves artists than Delia. Ya get me? Surely that's the prerogative of the consumer anyway, to decide what is art and what isn't? If it vibrates it's art! It simply bothers me that official culture, safe and funded (with tea-breaks and biscuits) so easily gets treated like art while the real stuff gets flushed down the loo.
Maybe that makes me a Nazi? I hope not, though I'd be curious to know.
Posted by Woebot at December 14, 2003 10:22 PMi think it makes you a bloody pseudo-anarchist.
have a wash, hippy...;-)
Posted by: scott at December 17, 2003 02:41 PM