I don't support this. It conflates the people of a nation with the government of a nation.
One could make the argument that it deprives the government of revenues, direct and indirect, from their performance, but it's more a generalized shaming, I suppose. I see your point, but I don't begrudge any of those bands for pulling out.
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
It would be better for Lydon to use his fame to promote sedition from the stage – whether or not he will do so is unknown. When power reaches so far into every aspect of life, then every act is political and might as well be made as liberating as possible. The attention of being on stage and in global media can be used to make a real statement, and words spur actions.
The character of Lydon’s actions depends on whether his priority is money making or idea making.
He hasn't paid any attention to Lydon for the last, 25 or 30 years, I take it. One of the ironies of the McLaren-Lydon feud is that McLaren, who wanted to be the art terrorist, portrayed the whole thing as a cash grab, whereas Lydon gets credited for being the revolutionary but all he wants is the cash.
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
It would be better for Lydon to use his fame to promote sedition from the stage – whether or not he will do so is unknown. When power reaches so far into every aspect of life, then every act is political and might as well be made as liberating as possible. The attention of being on stage and in global media can be used to make a real statement, and words spur actions.
The character of Lydon’s actions depends on whether his priority is money making or idea making.
He hasn't paid any attention to Lydon for the last, 25 or 30 years, I take it. One of the ironies of the McLaren-Lydon feud is that McLaren, who wanted to be the art terrorist, portrayed the whole thing as a cash grab, whereas Lydon gets credited for being the revolutionary but all he wants is the cash.
Yeah. I had the same reservations about the piece. The basic message is what I've argued for on here (I couldn't find the post where I said it, but I was saying conflating the people of Israel and their government was wrong), but Lydon is shit.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
It would be better for Lydon to use his fame to promote sedition from the stage – whether or not he will do so is unknown. When power reaches so far into every aspect of life, then every act is political and might as well be made as liberating as possible. The attention of being on stage and in global media can be used to make a real statement, and words spur actions.
The character of Lydon’s actions depends on whether his priority is money making or idea making.
He hasn't paid any attention to Lydon for the last, 25 or 30 years, I take it. One of the ironies of the McLaren-Lydon feud is that McLaren, who wanted to be the art terrorist, portrayed the whole thing as a cash grab, whereas Lydon gets credited for being the revolutionary but all he wants is the cash.
Yeah. I had the same reservations about the piece. The basic message is what I've argued for on here (I couldn't find the post where I said it, but I was saying conflating the people of Israel and their government was wrong), but Lydon is shit.
Almost on cue:
"I showed what I can do with butter, right?" he says. "Eighty-five percent increase in sales. I'm very proud of them Country Life ads. They were funny and clever and classy like the Toblerone ads I grew up with. But no one's come in for me with anything else. Like … Red Stripe lager! I drink lakes of this stuff. Why haven't I been signed up for something like that? Or Marlboro fags? It amazes me that people don't get the opportunity of me. I sell."
