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forgiven that said, i still think 80% of performance art sucks and 80% of wall art sucks and same can be said with most art, and music and yes i think i have the experience to judge having rubbed shoulders with a few folks...if you want a list it would include folks like daevid allen, srl, the residents, chris & cosey, john cage, lou harrison, illusion of safety, pink dots, and at least a hundred more. and if you want to hear our bloody noise check the webhole; ubuibi.org and on to other non-loop discussions........ Rick Walker/Loop.pooL wrote: > Please forgive my earlier rant. > > I try religiously not to get into aesthetic arguments > because after all, who the fuck is right, anyway? > > I was just feeling really sensitive about this stupid > Iraq situation and acted really reactively to Das' post. > > Anyway, I'm in the give the artist the benefit of the doubt, > 'there is no us and them, there's only us' school and, you know what? > Most of the world doesn't agree with me and I'm not going to change them >and > they certainly aren't going to change me. > > I, like anyone on this list, have extremely strong likes and dislikes in >art > myself and, yes, of course, I didn't love or resonate with every >performance > at the Y2K2 LOOPFESTIVAL last year, but I really dug that everybody gave >it > their all..............everybody rooted for everybody else to > succeed..............everybody worked hard to help each other on and off >the > stage............everybody, essentially, gave everybody the benefit of >the > doubt..........from the loop sophisticates to the loop newbies. > > I just would rather live in a world where people treated each other like > that magical weekend, as imperfect as it was, musically, to some people. > Call me naive. Decide that I"m just a mindless, undifferentiating, >drooling > hippy.......I don't care..........It's what I believe. > > This is my last post on the subject I promise. > > No hard feelings Das, I hope. > > yours, Rick Walker