Comments on: The Cultural Revolution Starts Here! http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/12696/the-cultural-revolution-starts-here/ Thu, 24 May 2012 16:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: The Cultural Revolution Continues! : NO QUARTER http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/12696/the-cultural-revolution-starts-here/#comment-1389031 The Cultural Revolution Continues! : NO QUARTER Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:32:09 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=12696#comment-1389031 [...] of NQ might recall a previous Youtube video of mine called “The Cultural Revolution Starts Here”. I have used some of the themes I mentioned in that video in a play I have just had published in [...] [...] of NQ might recall a previous Youtube video of mine called “The Cultural Revolution Starts Here”. I have used some of the themes I mentioned in that video in a play I have just had published in [...]

]]> By: oowawa http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/12696/the-cultural-revolution-starts-here/#comment-1130985 oowawa Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:32:36 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=12696#comment-1130985 By the way, in regards to your Zappa collection, I'm in awe. I also have a very similar stash of obscure Zappa, but it's all in mp3 form. I am old enough to have bought The Mothers' <em>Freak Out</em> LP when it first came out. I hated it! Took a few decades for me to appreciate what they were doing. By the way, in regards to your Zappa collection, I’m in awe. I also have a very similar stash of obscure Zappa, but it’s all in mp3 form. I am old enough to have bought The Mothers’ Freak Out LP when it first came out. I hated it! Took a few decades for me to appreciate what they were doing.

]]> By: oowawa http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/12696/the-cultural-revolution-starts-here/#comment-1130975 oowawa Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:23:38 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=12696#comment-1130975 TT007, As is my curse, I was being snarky, just making up a couple of titles that seemed outrageous and would have been cool, had they ever existed. Sorry! The name Karlheinz Stockhausen does strange things to me. TT007, As is my curse, I was being snarky, just making up a couple of titles that seemed outrageous and would have been cool, had they ever existed. Sorry! The name Karlheinz Stockhausen does strange things to me.

]]> By: truthtelling007 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/12696/the-cultural-revolution-starts-here/#comment-1130955 truthtelling007 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:02:05 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=12696#comment-1130955 "Frank Covers Karlheinz" Never heard of that. I have over 100 CDs of Zappa, all the official albums and tons of live shows and bootlegs. The closest I have is his work with his classical mentor Pierre Boulez. Is that it? “Frank Covers Karlheinz”

Never heard of that. I have over 100 CDs of Zappa, all the official albums and tons of live shows and bootlegs. The closest I have is his work with his classical mentor Pierre Boulez.

Is that it?

]]> By: truthtelling007 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/12696/the-cultural-revolution-starts-here/#comment-1130947 truthtelling007 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:54:02 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=12696#comment-1130947 LOL, thank YOU. This was a treat for me too. I get where OGG is coming from and have experienced it from both sides of the equation. I'm glad we have OGG posting here too! LOL, thank YOU. This was a treat for me too. I get where OGG is coming from and have experienced it from both sides of the equation.
I’m glad we have OGG posting here too!

]]> By: Old Grumpy Guy http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/12696/the-cultural-revolution-starts-here/#comment-1130914 Old Grumpy Guy Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:04:34 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=12696#comment-1130914 <blockquote>I liked to write genre fiction, sci fi or horror or fantasy, not the slice of life boredom they preferred</blockquote> I like the term "slice of life boredom". Reminds me of those French movies of the 50s and 60s where people sat around discussing cabbages. I don't think it matters what genre you write in. Dean Koontz is a great writer and presents many insights into the human condition while being very entertaining. I don't much care for the supernatural aspects of his work (same with Stephen King) but both can write beautiful prose.

I liked to write genre fiction, sci fi or horror or fantasy, not the slice of life boredom they preferred

I like the term “slice of life boredom”. Reminds me of those French movies of the 50s and 60s where people sat around discussing cabbages. I don’t think it matters what genre you write in. Dean Koontz is a great writer and presents many insights into the human condition while being very entertaining. I don’t much care for the supernatural aspects of his work (same with Stephen King) but both can write beautiful prose.

]]> By: Magic Puzzle Box http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/12696/the-cultural-revolution-starts-here/#comment-1130894 Magic Puzzle Box Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:20:34 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=12696#comment-1130894 So that's you in the video, Old Grumpy Guy? That's a really great post. It's ironic about Marxists dominating the arts in some of these places because Communist countries were some of the worst when it came to art, all that socialist realism about a man falling in love with his cement truck and becoming a good worker and all. I have a degree in Russian language and Literature, and I hated the Stalinist stuff, my favorite were the underground writers like Andrei Beli whose Petersburg and Mikhail Bulgakov's "Heart of a Dog" were a revelation. I read later that in the former Soviet Union the state even decided who was allowed to buy art supplies. But back in my college years, the sad thing is that I loved creative writing as a child and decided to take a creative writing seminar in college, but I quickly found my inspirations were not welcome. They had a really narrow idea of what constituted good writing, and I liked to write genre fiction, sci fi or horror or fantasy, not the slice of life boredom they preferred. I had to get advice from another professor about which writing class to take so I wouldn't have my style and interests discouraged out of me. I hear the situation has gotten better in the decades since I took that class, but I know exactly what you mean by the fascists, let me tell you. So that’s you in the video, Old Grumpy Guy? That’s a really great post.

It’s ironic about Marxists dominating the arts in some of these places because Communist countries were some of the worst when it came to art, all that socialist realism about a man falling in love with his cement truck and becoming a good worker and all. I have a degree in Russian language and Literature, and I hated the Stalinist stuff, my favorite were the underground writers like Andrei Beli whose Petersburg and Mikhail Bulgakov’s “Heart of a Dog” were a revelation. I read later that in the former Soviet Union the state even decided who was allowed to buy art supplies.

But back in my college years, the sad thing is that I loved creative writing as a child and decided to take a creative writing seminar in college, but I quickly found my inspirations were not welcome. They had a really narrow idea of what constituted good writing, and I liked to write genre fiction, sci fi or horror or fantasy, not the slice of life boredom they preferred. I had to get advice from another professor about which writing class to take so I wouldn’t have my style and interests discouraged out of me. I hear the situation has gotten better in the decades since I took that class, but I know exactly what you mean by the fascists, let me tell you.

]]> By: Old Grumpy Guy http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/12696/the-cultural-revolution-starts-here/#comment-1130628 Old Grumpy Guy Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:31:45 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=12696#comment-1130628 I like it. Thanks. IMLTHO that is one of your better suggestions. (PS We can't go on meeting like this. I think people are beginning to suspect) I like it. Thanks. IMLTHO that is one of your better suggestions.

(PS We can’t go on meeting like this. I think people are beginning to suspect)

]]> By: oowawa http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/12696/the-cultural-revolution-starts-here/#comment-1130616 oowawa Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:19:07 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=12696#comment-1130616 <blockquote>I might find a way to squeeze it in</blockquote> I'm sure we'll all find a way to help out.

I might find a way to squeeze it in

I’m sure we’ll all find a way to help out.

]]> By: oowawa http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/12696/the-cultural-revolution-starts-here/#comment-1130609 oowawa Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:12:59 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=12696#comment-1130609 LMAO! Oh, by the way, I thought up a new code especially for you to use in your posts, OGG: IMLTHO, or "In My Less Than Humble Opinion" LMAO!

Oh, by the way, I thought up a new code especially for you to use in your posts, OGG:

IMLTHO, or “In My Less Than Humble Opinion”

]]> By: Old Grumpy Guy http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/12696/the-cultural-revolution-starts-here/#comment-1130607 Old Grumpy Guy Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:10:56 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=12696#comment-1130607 unlikely, but you never know. I might find a way to squeeze it in. I mean it's difficult to ignore such a huge cultural icon unlikely, but you never know. I might find a way to squeeze it in. I mean it’s difficult to ignore such a huge cultural icon

]]> By: oowawa http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/12696/the-cultural-revolution-starts-here/#comment-1130603 oowawa Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:07:54 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=12696#comment-1130603 Well OGG, it'll be interesting to see if Frank Zappa's name is mentioned as often in "Favorite Writers" as it was in "Greatest Composers of All Time!" Well OGG, it’ll be interesting to see if Frank Zappa’s name is mentioned as often in “Favorite Writers” as it was in “Greatest Composers of All Time!”

]]> By: Old Grumpy Guy http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/12696/the-cultural-revolution-starts-here/#comment-1130587 Old Grumpy Guy Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:49:31 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=12696#comment-1130587 What about Frank Zappa and Abbott&Costello Meet the Wolfman? What about Frank Zappa and Abbott&Costello Meet the Wolfman?

]]> By: oowawa http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/12696/the-cultural-revolution-starts-here/#comment-1130583 oowawa Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:46:49 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=12696#comment-1130583 <blockquote>Karlheinz Stockhausen</blockquote> I think I've got his "Greatest Hits" in my I-Pod. And then there's the classic <em>Karlheinz Stockhausen Meets Czeslaw Niemen</em> . . . . And the obscure Zappa masterpiece: <em>Frank Covers Karlheinz</em>

Karlheinz Stockhausen

I think I’ve got his “Greatest Hits” in my I-Pod. And then there’s the classic Karlheinz Stockhausen Meets Czeslaw Niemen . . . . And the obscure Zappa masterpiece: Frank Covers Karlheinz

]]> By: oowawa http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/12696/the-cultural-revolution-starts-here/#comment-1130568 oowawa Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:27:30 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=12696#comment-1130568 TT007, I've really enjoyed & learned from your comments in this thread. Thanks. Indeed, the whole thread is full of insights from various people. OGG, I would say this board is a big success! TT007, I’ve really enjoyed & learned from your comments in this thread. Thanks. Indeed, the whole thread is full of insights from various people. OGG, I would say this board is a big success!

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