tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post974081239193450331..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: Moshing at the Met?Big Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-3855613964511460442013-07-24T20:03:42.905-04:002013-07-24T20:03:42.905-04:00Ugh. I'm old enough to have objected to the co...<i>Ugh. I'm old enough to have objected to the couturizing of punk and I continue to do so. Ain't nothing punk about a $100 tshirt, no matter how artfully ripped.</i><br /><br />QFT, Shake, QFT.<br /><br /><i>I'm still pissed about having to enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I'm hoping there's a Metalocalypse episode in which Dethklök destroy it.</i><br /><br />What if it happens while you're being inducted?Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-77196427746681689432013-07-24T13:52:47.333-04:002013-07-24T13:52:47.333-04:00I'm still pissed about having to enter the Roc...I'm still pissed about having to enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I'm hoping there's a Metalocalypse episode in which Dethklök destroy it.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-79175281768846086742013-07-24T12:12:52.469-04:002013-07-24T12:12:52.469-04:00Ugh. I'm old enough to have objected to the co...Ugh. I'm old enough to have objected to the couturizing of punk and I continue to do so. Ain't nothing punk about a $100 tshirt, no matter how artfully ripped.<br /><br /><b>You can put rock n roll in a museum, but you kind of end up reducing the value of the museum AND the rock n roll.</b><br /><br />The Corcoran had an exhibit on D.C.'s punk & go-go scene a while ago that really just did not work.<br /><br />I got some jolts of nostalgia out of it because I knew some of the people and items that were the focus of the exhibit. <br /><br />But stripped of context, I had a hard time finding much meaning from the exhibit. People who didn't have any context found it obscure.Shakezulahttp://arkyles.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-11754355582301609682013-07-24T09:17:40.942-04:002013-07-24T09:17:40.942-04:00Some historical events are simply not well suited ...<i>Some historical events are simply not well suited for traditional historical documentation.</i><br /><br />I think more old pictures of the original murderers-of-fashion would have been in order. <br /><br /><i>I think a focus on the clothing rather than the music missed the point.</i><br /><br />Being an art museum, I think they kinda had to concentrate on "material culture", though there wasn't enough of the original music on the soundtrack. Maybe obtaining the rights would have been too expensive or difficult. Anyway, you are 100% right that it should have sounded more raucous. <br /><br />It was funny seeing parents bringing little kids in to see pornographic T-shirts. I sure hope mom and dad knew what to expect.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-70560606264927509552013-07-24T08:08:21.052-04:002013-07-24T08:08:21.052-04:00I think a focus on the clothing rather than the mu...I think a focus on the clothing rather than the music missed the point.<br /><br />McLaren, of course, was just a cynic who saw the whole thing as a way to make money.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-43060287368296886832013-07-23T20:45:21.958-04:002013-07-23T20:45:21.958-04:00Some historical events are simply not well suited ...Some historical events are simply not well suited for traditional historical documentation.<br /><br />You can put rock n roll in a museum, but you kind of end up reducing the value of the museum AND the rock n roll.<br /><br />Maybe it's just not something that can breed in captivity...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.com