On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 00:11:33 -0400, Stephen Olson wrote:
quoted 3 lines andy warhol [snip] ...they teach college level classes on him...
>andy warhol [snip] ...they teach college level classes on him...
>let's just hope they do the same for kid606
>steve ferrari
EEWWW!! i hate it when people say that sort of thing about anybody
-- because andy warhol only is who he is now because he's dead and
people have the gift of hindsight and historical perspective, whereas
with anybody around now, especially virtual unknowns (face it, who
could you ask on the street who really knows anything about kid606?),
it's purely guesswork, and it's pretty much impossible to guess about
such things
furthermore ... kid606 as an andy warhol for the 2000's ???? there's
a lot i feel is wrong with that idea, first of all being that he
ain't that special; he's just another idm artist like aphex or ?-Ziq
who's hitting it with a larger section of idm-fans then the average
idm artist.
the other main thing that's wrong with that idea is that there's no
comparison - warhol had an interest in all art, really. he was
academic as well as a producer of the art. he had his finger in
every pie he could find. whereas kid606 is, well, just another idm
kid going 'pop' within the idm/indie biz.
maybe he could prove me wrong by really being smart (i know little
about his ideas and whatnot about art in general, etc.)...
but anyway, i don't think you could have "another andy warhol for the
[insert decade]'s" warhol was more a product of his times (his
opportunities, his environment, etc etc) than a product merely of his
intellect. and the times, they changed, and now i don't think we
would quite recognize such a person.
of course, maybe that's why i'm not recognizing the kid, if he really
is that great ... but i just don't think such a person exists.
especially in the idm world, considering the amount of 'bedroom boys'
who argue that they just make music because they want to. those are
not hight art concepts, and certainly not approaching the importance
of warhol.
-adam
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... What we know of other people is only our memory of the moments
during which we knew them. -- T. S. Eliot
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