Re: (TV) Arthur Lee

["Jeffrey Germaine" <jpg@sirius.com>]

Eric,
Amen.
Like I've probably said before I'm too old and seen to much to just sit by
and nod my head in approval. I'm more interested in questioning than
accepting the status quo.
Thanks for your thoughts.
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Gregory <egregory@standard.com>
To: <tv@obbard.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 9:14 AM
Subject: RE: (TV) Arthur Lee


> time to testify.
> i've joined any number of these music net lists cos most of my time logged
> on is spent at a job i well & truly despise...figure these lists are
> convenient & mildly captivating timewasters.
> & yr right....most of the lists out there are filled with passive
obsessives
> who've poured everything they might have had as an individual into some
sort
> of mindless knee-jerk worship.
> hence i've eventually unsubscribed from just bout every list i've joined.
> except this one.
> cos it doesn't seem that mindless & the fact that people here are willing
to
> engage you in a debate about yr personal revulsion towards junkies et al.
> goes some way in illuminating it's merits.
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey Germaine [mailto:jpg@sirius.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 9:08 AM
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Subject: Re: (TV) Arthur Lee
>
>
> Good points.
> It isn't about puritan streaks although they certainly exist in our
culture.
> I am speaking about " artists" who I find marginal at best. I'm sorry but
> there is a great tendency to call so many artists great. Great? How
> stretched that word has become. I take this position because I find there
is
> always a great peril in practicing blind idolatry. I find much of what is
> said on this thread idolatry and nothing else. I suppose we all need
heroes;
> we all need those that can act it or say it better than we can.
> I just question the status quo on this thread. If this pisses people off
or
> makes them uncomfortable I really can't help it. That's life.
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