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Thu Feb-12-09 02:03 PM
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Poll question: What do you think when you hear the phrase 'avant garde'? |
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Thu Feb-12-09 02:06 PM
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Thu Feb-12-09 02:08 PM
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I usually think "avant-garde jazz," which I enjoy for the most part -- Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman, late Coltrane, etc.
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Thu Feb-12-09 02:08 PM
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4. Sturgeon's Law: 90% of anything is crap. |
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However, the finest 10% of Avant Garde gives me the biggest grins.
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Thu Feb-12-09 02:11 PM
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One of my literature classes...about 25 years ago. I'll never forget that phrase. Never. I learned not to judge...well, not completely, but a lesson I'll never forget.
peace~
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Thu Feb-12-09 03:07 PM
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7. Overused and often incorrect (particularly when one follows the... |
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"formalism of the avant garde")
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Thu Feb-12-09 04:55 PM
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8. usually it means I want to go.... |
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just saw E Sharp not too long ago with the Sirius String Quartet. I love challenging music and art. In fact there's an avant jazz show here this Sunday that I was eyeing...
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Thu Feb-12-09 05:07 PM
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MUST see or not see is sooooooo passe.
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Thu Feb-12-09 05:11 PM
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10. A sans serif typeface... |
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A sans serif typeface that's as utilitarian as futura or arial, but a bit more stylish... :)
I'm a typesetter... it was the first thing that came to my mind :shrug:
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Thu Feb-12-09 05:23 PM
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12. Hyster Pulsatu, Musique Concrete, Arcane Device, and this... |
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Thu Feb-12-09 06:06 PM
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13. Bad poetry, nudity, yams.... |
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Thu Feb-12-09 07:30 PM
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18. Best response of the thread! |
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Thu Feb-12-09 06:17 PM
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Thu Feb-12-09 06:20 PM
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15. It must be a new film by Jean-Luc Godard. |
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It depends who the artist is.
Godard is "Must See."
Warhol is "Avoid at all costs."
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Thu Feb-12-09 11:49 PM
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22. I'm just gonna borrow your answer. |
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Thu Feb-12-09 07:23 PM
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16. Where the FUCK is my sword???? |
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Thu Feb-12-09 07:33 PM
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19. I answered "?" because my real answer is "neither." |
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And as someone upthread said already, it's such an overused phrase that it's become kind of meaningless. Experimentalism can be a great thing, of course, in any art form, but it's not really an end unto itself. Take Lou Reed for an example: "Sister Ray" = good, 'Metal Machine Music' = very VERY bad.
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Thu Feb-12-09 10:51 PM
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21. Someone trying to make something shitty sound great.... |
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by using the French form of vanguard.
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Thu Feb-12-09 11:54 PM
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23. "Einstein on the Beach" |
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"Music for Six Pianos"
Morton Subotnick
Tuvan Throat Music
Music of the Galaxies
The Avant Garde show on KPFT
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Fri Feb-13-09 12:29 AM
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26. Must see! Must see! Must see! |
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Fri Feb-13-09 12:32 AM
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27. self indulgent bullshit. |
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