tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post6080773109387258611..comments2023-11-03T04:39:50.760-05:00Comments on Galley Slaves: It's All BoshJonathan V. Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17426165197358366129noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-87586871843909801902008-07-17T09:12:00.000-05:002008-07-17T09:12:00.000-05:00I think Spengler over at the Asia Times wrote that...I think Spengler over at the Asia Times wrote that contemporary music was insufferable in a way that other art forms is not. It was by way of making the point that people actually hate all modern art, but can trick themselves into finding merit in a terrible, ridiculous painting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-44821499377267941282008-07-16T11:39:00.000-05:002008-07-16T11:39:00.000-05:00"1,600,758 to Arf-Arf the Chalet Ate My Banana" so..."1,600,758 to Arf-Arf the Chalet Ate My Banana" sounds like a soccer score on a Monty Python episode.<BR/><BR/>I know exactly what you mean about modernist painting. When I lived in Cincinnati, if you took the Art Museum's elevator to the second floor, you are immediately confronted by a large Joan Miro or a Jackson Pollock, or some such. I always turned left to get to the "good stuff" (i.e., 19th century realism).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-55923921422438449132008-07-16T11:20:00.000-05:002008-07-16T11:20:00.000-05:00Beethoven still rules.Beethoven still rules.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com