Are we to deduce visual connections between these images ? Random Momusia perhaps ;although I do realise you are probably visiting Toog and Hypo as well as catching the Palais de Tokyo art show and maybe there are some kind of hidden links between the artifacts in the images ( ie which ones are the exhibition ? ). The art exhibition looks very Pop art...
On a not un-connected note, I saw Fahrenheit 9/11 this weekend in LA. It was much better than I had expected, very thought provoking and even for the converted a call to moral-action. One sequence in particular showed soldiers in a tank getting 'pumped up' listening to an extreme heavy metal band (with a lyrics along the lines of "kill the motherfuckers") as they set about attacking Iraq civilan targets. This was extremely chilling ( shades of Apocalypse Now) and brought to mind your recent comments about Rockism. Go and see it.
Richard G., I saw "F. 9/11" last weekend in Montreal, with French subtitles which lost some of the subtlety, but then it's not exactly a subtle movie. Thanks for pointing out how close to "Apocalypse Now" life in wartime has now become. Have you ever also noticed that most American right-wing talkshow hosts on TV and radio use "heartland" rockist and roll for their theme songs? (Rush Limbaugh uses or used to use the Pretenders' "My City Was Gone" with no apparent irony.)
Walking home at 4:30 in the morning down St. Catherine in Montreal's Village, I saw two Arabic-looking youths who were exiting a leather/S&M bar and looking more than a little bedraggled. Said one to the other: "We should have gone to Abu Ghraib instead!" I swear I did not make that up.
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Connections ( with Rockism)
Date: 2004-07-06 04:43 pm (UTC)On a not un-connected note, I saw Fahrenheit 9/11 this weekend in LA. It was much better than I had expected, very thought provoking and even for the converted a call to moral-action. One sequence in particular showed soldiers in a tank getting 'pumped up' listening to an extreme heavy metal band (with a lyrics along the lines of "kill the motherfuckers") as they set about attacking Iraq civilan targets. This was extremely chilling ( shades of Apocalypse Now) and brought to mind your recent comments about Rockism. Go and see it.
Richard G
Re: Connections ( with Rockism)
Date: 2004-07-07 03:46 pm (UTC)Walking home at 4:30 in the morning down St. Catherine in Montreal's Village, I saw two Arabic-looking youths who were exiting a leather/S&M bar and looking more than a little bedraggled. Said one to the other: "We should have gone to Abu Ghraib instead!" I swear I did not make that up.