tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post7360816922462025923..comments2024-01-02T02:18:30.960-08:00Comments on Israel Thrives: Art and PoliticsMike L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-54156340192725039932015-10-07T14:06:23.711-07:002015-10-07T14:06:23.711-07:00One I avoid like the plague is the UK's "...One I avoid like the plague is the UK's "Children's Laureate" Michael Rosen, a grotesque demoniser of Israel. His book "We're all going on a Bear Hunt" is mega-popular but I'll never buy it, new or secondhand. The same applies to Raoul Dahl books as far as I'm concerned and I was surprised to find one in the possession of the small child of a zealous Zionist friend. "He's dead!" I was told by the parents. Yeah OK, but the stench remains.Daphne Ansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-68257823611958021012015-10-07T07:48:04.824-07:002015-10-07T07:48:04.824-07:00Seeing your reference to Bob Dylan reminds me that...Seeing your reference to Bob Dylan reminds me that I've been wanting to make a parody of <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY2lQV3ADfc" rel="nofollow">Only a pawn in their game</a></i> for some time describing average Palestinians the way Dylan described average whites.Sar Shalomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12249389597567433544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-55281746816278436842015-10-06T18:38:15.922-07:002015-10-06T18:38:15.922-07:00Howard Stern tells Waters off but good.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=5&v=dRUjONiT9bQ" rel="nofollow">Howard Stern</a> tells Waters off but good.Randall Kohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06262147784760614189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-81712016828434664352015-10-05T06:30:58.722-07:002015-10-05T06:30:58.722-07:00Ah yes, Wagner, Voltaire, Elvis Costello, and so f...Ah yes, Wagner, Voltaire, Elvis Costello, and so forth. I tend to take the leftists at their word and agree with them in these circumstances that postmoderism has weighed in on the issue and decreed that deconstructivism is correct. There is no 'art' only context and the 'work of art' is not only inseparable from the 'artist' but is often less relevant than the artist him or herself. <br /><br />So, no. The work is all tainted, it has to be, by the postmodernists very definition of the term of what it means to be a creator of 'art'. Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-47299657440525755282015-10-05T00:01:23.089-07:002015-10-05T00:01:23.089-07:00MIke,
Yes, I graduated from Berkeley. The paper...MIke,<br /> Yes, I graduated from Berkeley. The paper I wrote was for German Cultural and Political History 1812-1945. My focus was Wagner's "Der Judentum in der Musik," a disgusting little book. My professor nit picked the hell out of the paper, and even got inappropriately personal in his comments, which by and large were ridiculous, before begrudgingly giving a B+ instead of a well-deserved A. Being the only Jew in the class I believe he suspected I was carrying some sort of grudge against Germany. Why would that be? ;0)<br /><br />JeffwithaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073609950380822171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-83591132390286770382015-10-04T23:27:16.773-07:002015-10-04T23:27:16.773-07:00Thank you, Randall. I found your comment re: Rog...Thank you, Randall. I found your comment re: Roger Waters most refreshing.<br /><br />And thanks for the music. Unfortunately, at the Dylan video, in the comments there was one of those ass clowns who thinks the UNGA, run by some of the worst dregs of humanity, is some sort of international legislature that is passing laws that Israel is violating. I can't even imagine being so stupid. How do these people do it?<br /><br />JeffwithaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073609950380822171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-6444988102057076632015-10-04T21:57:59.807-07:002015-10-04T21:57:59.807-07:00As Maryscott O'Connor, of My Left Wing fame, u...As Maryscott O'Connor, of <i>My Left Wing</i> fame, used to like to say, "I just threw up in my mouth a little."Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-19775059086821176552015-10-04T16:22:18.062-07:002015-10-04T16:22:18.062-07:00I feel the same way, but without the sadness. I w...I feel the same way, but without the sadness. I wouldn't pay two shits much less two cents to see Roger Waters' act. Well, maybe I would if I could shit in his mouth.<br /><br />And he's no leftie either. Ol' Rog is four square in favor of fox hunting.<br /><br />Anyway, here's an antidote, courtesy of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxzENmD0UIE" rel="nofollow">Bob Dylan</a>.<br /><br />And a chaser from country singer <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD9ESW8b4BQ" rel="nofollow">Zac Waller</a>. Randall Kohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06262147784760614189noreply@blogger.com