Posts by Sacha
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It's a consensual con, not one perpetrated by a few on the many. Manipulation can be enjoyable.
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Gareth, don't under-rate the dancin on the inside .
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In the hands of private property owners whose desires are sacrosanct. There is no such thing as society, you know.
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Bawling as an act of transformative politics and basic humanity. OK even if you know part of it is a con.
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You might have missed it Sacha, but she does have a learning disability
Spotted that in passing, but I believe it's probably her appearance in an age of plastic popstars that would make the most immediate impression for most of the 25 million peeps that have Youtubed her. However, I'm sure you're right that disability is part of the storyline.
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I think the point is that gigs should provide for the entirely predictable needs of their diverse audiences - some of whom will want to sit with an uninterrupted view while others wish a bit o getting down. Not that hard to keep both sets of people happy, surely?
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Paul, like a callow lump of tallow, they tend to call call him Whaleblubber.
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Events like Boyle's performance open up hegemonic cracks in the edifice of our consensual understandings about concepts like beauty, work, entertainment and even value. The real possiblity of them being undermined and reshaped sits alongside their reinforcement.
It's raw, tingling opportunity, and not just for the singer. I reckon that is part of the feeling that something special is going on, even if you know about the manufactured aspects. We want to believe. We deserve to.
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James Brown refused to continue playing until everyone on the upper floor of the St James was up and dancing.
Thus loosening the ceiling plaster that fell in large chunks at later gigs? I miss that place.
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Eddie, sure you're not thinking of the relatively more abstract bollard?
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