Bob Dylan Nobel Prize & Johnny Cash in The New Yorker
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(10-14-2016, 11:38 AM)just mercedes Wrote:  
(10-14-2016, 11:32 AM)Achebe Wrote:  Bob Dylan winning the Nobel prize is not a surprise - just goes to show how far you can go with mediocre shit if you happen to belong to the dominant culture of the time.
How ironic, to accept this award from The Masters of War.
But dynamite is alright....it's needed for mining and construction as well.

(10-14-2016, 11:40 AM)Brownlie Wrote:  
(10-14-2016, 11:32 AM)Achebe Wrote:  Bob Dylan winning the Nobel prize is not a surprise - just goes to show how far you can go with mediocre shit if you happen to belong to the dominant culture of the time.
Lol. He's alright. I mean there's a respected poetry movement around kerning, so the stuff gets weird. It was either this topic or poptarts that are root beer flavored: http://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/...5x1254.jpg.
This sorta makes the literature prize a joke (it already is, given that only writers in European languages get nominated), tied with the Peace prize. It also makes the Arts a joke, by reinforcing the popular belief that all art is arbitrary, there are no standards, and Eminem, Shakespeare, who cares.
~ I think I just quoted myself - Achebe
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RE: Bob Dylan Nobel Prize & Johnny Cash in The New Yorker - by just mercedes - 10-14-2016, 11:38 AM
RE: Bob Dylan Nobel Prize & Johnny Cash in The New Yorker - by Achebe - 10-14-2016, 11:41 AM
RE: Bob Dylan Nobel Prize & Johnny Cash in The New Yorker - by just mercedes - 10-15-2016, 01:05 PM



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