Preparing for exile in what could be a hostile land

[7/4]

Nope.

This:

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/pollock/

His unhappy personal life (he was an alcoholic) and his premature death in a car crash contributed to his legendary status.

About Pollock, the painter, I saw the big exhibition in Paris in 1982, it was quite an experience. About alcoholic and the premature death and the all the leftist critics, BULLSHIT! He was a damn great painter, like Rotkho.

And I invite you all to see his painting "Summertime" at the Modern Tate, London, an enlightening experience, not different from some cornerstones of jazz history like Kind Of Blue or A Love Supreme.

In other words, EDC's words, fuck you if you didn't understand the GREAT JACKSON POLLOCK!

I happen to like his paintings, I've been up to the Museum of Modern Art, they have a room full. He sure had a painfully sad life.

[porcy62]

I happen to like his paintings, I've been up to the Museum of Modern Art, they have a room full. He sure had a painfully sad life.

What I meant is that he'd be a GREAT even if he'd spent the rest of his life playing golf with Ronald Reagan.

[7/4]

I happen to like his paintings, I've been up to the Museum of Modern Art, they have a room full. He sure had a painfully sad life.

What I meant is that he'd be a GREAT even if he'd spent the rest of his life playing golf with Ronald Reagan.

Now there's a topic for discussion.

If Jackson Pollock lived, who would he play golf with, Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan? Or would he just drip paint instead?

[porcy62]

I happen to like his paintings, I've been up to the Museum of Modern Art, they have a room full. He sure had a painfully sad life.

What I meant is that he'd be a GREAT even if he'd spent the rest of his life playing golf with Ronald Reagan.

Now there's a topic for discussion.

If Jackson Pollock lived, who would he play golf with, Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan? Or would he just drip paint instead?

Look at Jack Kerouac, he ended up his life as alcoholic with his old mother, ranting against hippies and communists, shall we drop his works for that?

I made a distinction between works and artists.

[7/4]

I didn't make any distinction, I just asked the question!

[Noj]

Now there's a topic for discussion.

If Jackson Pollock lived, who would he play golf with, Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan? Or would he just drip paint instead?

[Chuck Nessa]

What a bunch of horse shit.

Join in the community or get the fuck out.

[7/4]

So dripping paint it is....

[JSngry]

What a bunch of horse shit.

Join in the community or get the fuck out.

I'b not be so....blunt about it but yeah.

[Chuck Nessa]

I'b never been known as Mr Finesse.

[JSngry]

To your credit, that.

[JSngry]

I'b sat.

[Aggie87]

I'b never been known as Mr Finesse.

Chuck Finessa. Has a ring to it.

[Chuck Nessa]

Does that mean we're engaged now?

[JSngry]

Finessa sounds like a shampoo for mob moll supermodels.

[Christiern]

I am told that Pollock played mini-golf in Hackensack...and made quite a splash.

[Teasing the Korean]

... And I suspect that I posted something this evening that may well be the cause of my undoing...

Does that mean you're the guy who runs that site over there?

[pollock]

What a bunch of horse shit.

Join in the community or get the fuck out.

Whoa....don't think I will, thanks very much. I'll just "get the fuck out."

[7/4]

[JSngry]

Does this mean that we'll never learn how voicing everything with a C7#9 chord is gonna invent jazz atonality?

Say it ain't so!

[seeline]

Whoa....don't think I will, thanks very much. I'll just "get the fuck out."

I think I'd just work with the "ignore" function that's built into the board software, pollock - seriously. It can help a lot. (No offense to anyone intended, BTW....)

BTW, I really like your namesake's work! The National Gallery of Art (D.C.) has a section of their site devoted to him - probably the best online presentation on him that I've seen.

Edited February 20, 2008 by seeline

[pollock]

Does this mean that we'll never learn how voicing everything with a C7#9 chord is gonna invent jazz atonality?

Say it ain't so!

Oh yeah. A very friendly place, this is.

[JSngry]

Oh c'mon! There were serious replies and not one response from you.

What, are you another one of these newly imported "lecturer" types like M-B? We're just supposed to sit there and listen at you?

Sorry, I didn't get that memo.

[pollock]

Does this mean that we'll never learn how voicing everything with a C7#9 chord is gonna invent jazz atonality?

Say it ain't so!

This is in reference to a little "essay" I put up in the musician forum about how I was using open-voiced quartal harmonies in the music I write. I never intended it to mean that I had discovered any new territory. I thought there might be some other composers here who would care to talk about their approaches and that we might get into a discussion about composing jazz. That's all. At the end of my post I clearly stated that there was nothing new in what I was talking about. The responses were rather dismissive, and a couple were just plain silly, referring to Jimi Hendrix and James Brown.

This quote above seems quite mean-spirited, and coupled with the join-in-or-fuck-off post and a suggestion to make use of the ignore function, I get the impression that this is a common occurance here.

It's a strange discussion board, and one that I don't find very appealing.

[JSngry]

Ok.

So, how's the career going?