On 29 Nov 2005, at 15:49, Kent Williams wrote:
There's obviously no accounting for taste -- and I'm def. not slagging
yours.
I have none so don't worry Kent :)
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.
Agreed.
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.
The process is still interesting though, not everything is about A or
B, sometime the journey is more interesting...
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.
Always worth a "dip" tho...
And I live in Iowa, USA, so I've yet to get my head into the Daily
Mail.
Unlucky and lucky - just watch Fox News, you get the picture.
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.
If you aren't willing to look beyond the cover, well you know the
rest...
:)
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
