tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post5338780924242294067..comments2023-04-30T07:27:54.645-07:00Comments on <b>HUNGRY GHOST BLOG</b>: A mass medium?David Chutehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606470667042155559noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-1506197597730721422010-02-05T16:23:56.312-08:002010-02-05T16:23:56.312-08:00What can I say? I still wish I could be a charter ...What can I say? I still wish I could be a charter member of the cool group.David Chutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606470667042155559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-57039124965923881712010-02-05T13:53:28.827-08:002010-02-05T13:53:28.827-08:00You live in a strange world in which classic value...You live in a strange world in which classic values are constantly under attack by 'hipsters.' <br /><br />Not in my world, in which the classic values are served very well... <br /><br />Why don't you just ignore it all? And why, more to the point does anyone care about those who roll their eyes at what they do or think? <br /><br />The only hipsters I know are people who stopped talking to me years ago. I think both sides are better off for it.Tulkinghornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380273659057130770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-88942583815999726402010-02-05T10:53:17.336-08:002010-02-05T10:53:17.336-08:00Beauty, like representation, is often spurned by n...Beauty, like representation, is often spurned by noted hipsters such as yourself.<br /><br />One possible explanation for why there's such a huge split now between the serious and the pop (in fiction, music and much else) is that for parctitioners of the former referring to or representing anything is regarded as eye-rollingly uncool. The solipcism of meta-music, meta-fiction, and etc, that can only be appeciated "for it's own sake." The stuff has no context, as well-put by Muffy.David Chutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606470667042155559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-82142659628930742152010-02-05T06:49:00.418-08:002010-02-05T06:49:00.418-08:00What exactly did you find patronizing about that u...What exactly did you find patronizing about that use of 'beautiful'? Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar...<br /><br />One absolutely should be proud of one's limitations (or variations from the norm) -- properly understood and presented they can become interesting eccentricities.<br /><br />We live in an age of liberation, and it's a shame not to join in and come out of the closet.Tulkinghornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380273659057130770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-26517850094470574812010-02-05T06:32:52.411-08:002010-02-05T06:32:52.411-08:00Is "beautiful" now a term that's to ...Is "beautiful" now a term that's to be used only patronizingly? What would Roger Scruton have to say about that?<br /><br />I've long since accepted the fact that I am not "musical." Can't play. Have no idea how to listen to music as music. Not proud of the fact, at least, as Tulk seems to be of all his limitations. There was hardly any music in the house when I was growing up, not until in the early 1960s I began collecting James Bond soundtracks so as to fall into reveries and relive the films. A collegiate opera buff because operas have a story to follow. Now listen to almost nothing but film songs. See the pattern?<br /><br />This makes me, I guess, a savage of some sort. Fundamentally uncivilized.David Chutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606470667042155559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-74709926139809779272010-02-04T12:03:40.201-08:002010-02-04T12:03:40.201-08:00Actually, he wrote something called "The Litt...Actually, he wrote something called "The Little Match Girl Passion" that has a certain reputation -- although I've only heard bits and pieces. It sounds fifteenth century, spare, and quite beautiful.<br /><br />Meets Generic's qualifications pretty well since it tells a story and is beautiful...Tulkinghornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380273659057130770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-77622543977576324072010-02-04T09:24:48.819-08:002010-02-04T09:24:48.819-08:00God help you, Muffy, if David Lang is in Tulk'...God help you, Muffy, if David Lang is in Tulk's "tedious" column.<br /><br />I'm pretty much lost listening to any music that lacks either a narrative element or a blatant appeal to emotion.David Chutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606470667042155559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-65772689954757893912010-02-04T07:49:50.869-08:002010-02-04T07:49:50.869-08:00So obviously, if you want fame (but NOT fortune), ...So obviously, if you want fame (but NOT fortune), just release a classical music CD!<br /><br />I confess that I own very few CDs of classical music. It doesn't appeal to me. I think I don't know how to contextualize it.<br /><br />There are some modern works that I like, though (eg. David Lang).Adam Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634565262440008573noreply@blogger.com