"The distinction of art is that it is neither simply an expression of pain... nor an impression of pain, but is itself a force which creates pain."
-- Maya Deren
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Sterling Morrison, quoted in Rob Sheffield's Beatles book I'm guessing the VU hated the Mothers ever since that period when the latt... -
Someone recentl y asked Greil Marcus why "sixties and seventies rock crits hate prog so much?" "Why do people hate prog roc...
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The pinnacle of that view of freedom, of course, is avant-garde jazz, which I find by and large a dead loss. It operates on the assumption...
This seems like a very sadomasochistic view of art.
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