[lbo-talk] Any Political Rhetoric Alienates Self-Abosrbed

[Westrich, James]

I admit I do not read this kind of article much but this has got to be the worst hatchet job I have ever seen.  Not to say this little show was that great but the smarmy tone and the choice to only  get the completely clueless opinions of self-absorbed hipsters was too much.  Oh, the complaints were contradictory as well.  Cognitive dissonance does strange things to the self-obsessed apparently.

 
Thanks for completely wasting 15 minutes of my life.  I hope you are not suggesting that this was anything remotely resembling the general reaction.

 
For anyone who actually was at the shows, not looking to tear it down, saw a good but not great effort to mix entertainment and politics (the eclecticism, both politically and musically,  was a little forced so Jill Sobule's wan humor played the best). 

 

 I love it how explicitly left *ENTERTAINERS* are criticized for not having all the facts when Salon *JOURNALISTS* cannot even bother to get facts remotely correct.  It was obvious that the large majority of the Boston audience enjoyed themselves and a lot of people stopped by the myriad of organization tables.

 

 
Jim

 
She'd given everything she could give
Twenty years of kindness made her sad
Kindness never made enough to live
So she sold the very last thing that she had

As she held her hand out to him
As he drove around the block
He mouthed through the window 'just hold on'
'I've held on many years now and I haven't found a lot'
Hold on, hold on to what?

 

     --Paul Heaton

 

 

	-----Original Message----- 

	From: mike larkin [mailto:mike_larkin2001 at yahoo.com] 

	Sent: Fri 12/5/2003 10:42 AM 

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	Subject: [lbo-talk] Shrill Leftist Rhetoric Alienates Bush Foes

	

	

	"But in interviews with more than 30 fans attending the Tell Us the Truth tour in New York and Boston, two criticisms repeatedly emerged. First, concert-goers were turned off by the shrillness of the political rhetoric. Second, they wanted to know how to become more politically active; they weren't content with simply being in the audience."

	http://salon.com/ent/feature/2003/12/05/tell_us/index.html

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