tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post115199177965331370..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Wishes for July 4Charles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1152568352181453372006-07-10T16:52:00.000-05:002006-07-10T16:52:00.000-05:00Chuck,I wholly agree with the sentiments you expre...Chuck,<BR/><BR/>I wholly agree with the sentiments you expressed on the original post you made on the fourth. I see no contradiction inherent in your premise of no politics on this blog. <BR/><BR/>Good art often involves the politics of the era it was created. Great art often involves the politics of the era it was created in AND is made relevant to the era it is actually presented in.<BR/><BR/>Agent Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07895550153629424707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1152151740184430252006-07-05T21:09:00.000-05:002006-07-05T21:09:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1152193653153043462006-07-06T08:47:00.000-05:002006-07-06T08:47:00.000-05:00I apologize publicly to George and anyone else who...I apologize publicly to George and anyone else who does not want to read about politics for temporarily violating my own long-established rule. It's not the first time I have done so, but it is still fairly rare. This was a lapse resulting from feeling depressed on the 4th of July.<BR/><BR/>In general, we try to keep this site free of politics as much as possible. Even so, I made the statements ICharles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1152110626560888362006-07-05T09:43:00.000-05:002006-07-05T09:43:00.000-05:00A belated 2 thumbs up for the moderator! Hopefully...A belated 2 thumbs up for the moderator! Hopefully we'll get this liberty thing straight someday. Politics, art, music, it's all goodMark Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18403713669935706127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1152109192353247032006-07-05T09:19:00.000-05:002006-07-05T09:19:00.000-05:00Thanks, George. It was a rare moment of weakness. ...Thanks, George. It was a rare moment of weakness. However, I don't see how I am abandoning any principle, just admitting that celebrating July 4 after recent developments seems hypocritical to me. I'm sure that you were out waving the red, white, and blue.<BR/><BR/>Don't worry: no more politics.Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1152072400927629012006-07-04T23:06:00.000-05:002006-07-04T23:06:00.000-05:00A shame that "something other than" politics in DC...A shame that "something other than" politics in DC can't actually STICK with that promise and focus on potentially-unifying matters of cultural and artistic interest: and if one must pontificate, surely something beyond the level of an agit-prop poster is called for. Nat Hentoff, whose civil-liberties commitment is second to none AND who writes cogently about music and culture, takes care to george pielerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14301195820039215572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1152067333663043592006-07-04T21:42:00.000-05:002006-07-04T21:42:00.000-05:00Just to be clear, I am not taking any of those fre...Just to be clear, I am not taking any of those freedoms for granted. I am lamenting the fact that they are not being upheld.<BR/><BR/>As for my blog, as Uncle Charlton would say, "from my cold dead hands!"Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1152051828057998232006-07-04T17:23:00.000-05:002006-07-04T17:23:00.000-05:00Tisk, tisk Charles. It is when we take any of our...Tisk, tisk Charles. It is when we take any of our freedoms and blessings for granted that we are most at risk of letting them slip away... At least go out and get a red white and blue snow ball. <BR/><BR/>At the very least one is thankful for the freedom to write musical blogs to one's heart's content.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com