There's obviously no accounting for taste -- and I'm def. not slagging yours. I've heard a lot of Psychic TV over the years without it ever really getting under my skin. Not my cup of whatever. If you're a fan and Gen's work is meaningful to you, that's great. My first paragraph says precisely that I _don't_ think he just does things to shock.
I've read through his websites, and interviews over the years, so I know he's always thought carefully about what he does, and that he's serious. But like a lot of artists I could name, I am not sold on the end product. At the end of the day, there's so much music worth a listen out there that I've given up trying to keep current on everything, and follow my nose. And I live in Iowa, USA, so I've yet to get my head into the Daily Mail. And anyway, while one should not judge a book by its cover, artists definitely limit their audience with the cover they choose for their books. On 11/29/05, Martin Dust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, I'll bite.... > > > Gen has always depended on shock to make his point, and he's made a > > few valid points along the way -- the primary one being to use any > > means necessary to resist subsumption into capitalist money making > > machine. One day, Throbbing Gristle has Parliement up in arms, the > > next, someone's trying to turn the outrage into something to make > > money from. > > If you think he's gone through what he has just to shock people, you > probably need to think it through again because it's wrong on many > levels. There's no doubt he does things to make you question things but > pure shock is more Whitehouse than G-PO... > > > > > > On the other hand, there are people out there who make art that > > doesn't need to be offensive to be affecting and relevant. Case in > > point -- the rest of the TG crew's work after TG, which remained edgey > > and wonderful without being a complete freak show. Others might > > disagree with me, but I'd be a whole lot more impressed with Gen if > > he'd stop trying to make himself into a homely middle aged tart to > > scare the citizens and really get down to cases musically. > > Classic judging the book by it's cover, get your head out of the Daily > Mail, since TG have you followed his work much? > > > > > It's especially interesting -- for the purposes of this list -- to > > contrast the work ethic that Detroit Techno artists bring to the music > > with whatever the hell it is that Gen P Orridge is doing. The UR > > building -- with the garden tools in the entrance to the record store > > -- is far more revolutionary. > > Square peg and round hole spring to mind... > > m
