tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post7842906118810844424..comments2023-11-02T14:03:21.567+00:00Comments on Chip Dale's Diary: Good Riddance To Bansky RubbishBig Chip Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585365213244296058noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-47202287316492422822007-04-23T13:38:00.000+00:002007-04-23T13:38:00.000+00:00Nothing you said could have been interpreted any o...Nothing you said could have been interpreted any other way, Jane. Or, at least, I didn't interpret it like that.<BR/><BR/>You're so right that Wager has unfortunate connotations, which came about after his death, yet continually make him a figure of hate, to some, or at least mild concern to many.Big Chip Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585365213244296058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-22245424954642740782007-04-23T13:20:00.000+00:002007-04-23T13:20:00.000+00:00rilly super,sorry the point I was making about Wag...rilly super,<BR/><BR/>sorry the point I was making about Wagner was the Nazis embraced his music and he is often associated with them, but that doesn't mean the rest of us shouldn't like the Nibelung. Which I do. And I am most decidedly not a NaziJane Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514534117777707886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-16396666309655674882007-04-23T11:56:00.000+00:002007-04-23T11:56:00.000+00:00Jan: Yes, 'The Train' is one of Burt Lancaster bes...Jan: Yes, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Train" REL="nofollow">'The Train'</A> is one of Burt Lancaster best films. It has a great performance by Paul Scofield.<BR/><BR/>Ms. Baroque: I've just finished typing up a response to something you say but it's too long to post here so I'll make it a main post. <BR/><BR/>Jane: I think the Wagner point is a good one. Woody Allen always filled meBig Chip Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585365213244296058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-25746776898842048292007-04-23T10:35:00.000+00:002007-04-23T10:35:00.000+00:00Jane dear, Richard Wagner died five years before y...Jane dear, Richard Wagner died five years before young Adolf was even a glint in his mother's eye, although it's true that Cosima did do a bit of a Brian Ferry in the twenties, and we're not talking cover of jealous guy here either.<BR/><BR/>Chip darling, I feel some kind of health warning is called for along the lines of 'Warning! intellectual content. Anyone visiting before 11.30am does so at rilly superhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448694078653341955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-42313983830191056582007-04-23T08:30:00.000+00:002007-04-23T08:30:00.000+00:00Very interesting post Mr ChipenDale. Didn't I see ...Very interesting post Mr ChipenDale. Didn't I see you once in the 80s at someone's hen night?<BR/><BR/>I know nowt about art, but I think your point about acceptable unacceptables and unacceptable acceptables is a valid one.<BR/>Nobody stops going to see Wagner despite concerns about his links with the Nazis. And didn't Stalin kill more people in the Gulags then Hitler did in the concentration Jane Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514534117777707886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-7167435669243228932007-04-22T22:13:00.000+00:002007-04-22T22:13:00.000+00:00Off I go ranting and someone always has to be the ...Off I go ranting and someone always has to be the voice of reason...<BR/><BR/>Hmm, I was probably rather too harsh on the wee Banksy, particuarly when artistic talent is so subjective. But hey. As you say talent is only a small part of what gets you out there and that is probably my problem because the artistic circles I move in (i.e. the Cadgwith Arms) have none of that but have talent. I admireJan Tregeaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04098707499292254956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-3496238748490325892007-04-22T16:51:00.000+00:002007-04-22T16:51:00.000+00:00Chippy, very thought-provoking essay. Ta. A friend...Chippy, very thought-provoking essay. Ta. <BR/><BR/>A friend of a friend of mine used to go out with Banksy... <BR/><BR/>I think I'd be shy of making categorical pronouncements about whether someone "has talent" or whatever - and whatever you may think of Bannksy, he did something and made a point and changed the way people perceived certain things. I agree he's gone orf the boil a bit lately, Ms Baroquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836227454899083962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-64729251022588156762007-04-22T09:31:00.000+00:002007-04-22T09:31:00.000+00:00"The Train" sounds very interesting, one to hunt u..."The Train" sounds very interesting, one to hunt up it seems.Jan Tregeaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04098707499292254956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-86111545644821309922007-04-21T23:35:00.000+00:002007-04-21T23:35:00.000+00:00Many thanks for the comments, Jan. I did wonder ho...Many thanks for the comments, Jan. I did wonder how my little diatribe would be taken and I’m glad to think I’m not the only one who gets hot under my thong about this kind of thing. You've even managed to answer some of the questions I had for myself about German art. Finding a book on German art was one of my projects to set myself this week. <BR/><BR/>I also thought to ask whether Ferry would Big Chip Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585365213244296058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-11612144641488108942007-04-21T22:53:00.000+00:002007-04-21T22:53:00.000+00:00You are of course bang on about Banksy, a man of m...You are of course bang on about Banksy, a man of mediocre talent and fantastic PR (my personal view is that as soon as the media/art world/middle classes take you up then you are outdated). In particualr his 'never show my face' routine is brilliant, maintaining (to steal your example) all the mysticism of a witch doctors mask whilst combining it with a faceless conformity and manufactured Jan Tregeaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04098707499292254956noreply@blogger.com