[Dixielandjazz] Political Thought vs. Musical Artistry

[Michael Janski]

>>>From: Steve barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
>>>To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>>>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Political Thought vs. Musical Artistry
>>>Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 22:01:07 -0400
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>>>Michael Janski michaeljanski at hotmail.com wrote
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>>>On May 31, 2006 4:15:34 PM EDT Steve Barbone wrote:
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>>>No, I am not saying that. People who do not agree with them politically 
>>>do not agree with them >>>politically period. And fans have the right to 
>>>support whomever they please.

Exactly!
And that does not make one "narrow-minded". People decide not to support for 
varied reasons. Is it narrow minded not to support, if your decision was 
based on a revelation that someone was an advocate of using illegal 
substances, "perhaps reflecting that their once "radical" view seems today, 
to be mainstream American thought." (your words)


> >>But . . . fans who let the political view override their appreciation of 
>the music are "narrow minded".

Your argument is specious. Who says that you can't "appreciate" a music, yet 
choose not to support the artist for your own personal reasons?
Do you "appreciate" the London Phil., the Berlin Phil., the Chicago Sym., 
the Pittsburgh Sym., the Moscow State Sym., the Vienna Phil., the Detroit 
Sym., ELO, Andre Rieu, etc., etc.? Do you support them by buying their CDs?
Did you choose not to buy James Levine's recordings because he is gay? Or 
Berstein's because he was gay? Probably not. But if someone else made that 
decision for themselves, how can you characterize that as "narrow-minded"? 
Freedom of choice, my friend, we are guaranteed. No peer has the right to 
sit in judgement of our choices. THAT is narrow-mindedness. It sounds as if 
you're saying, "think as I think, or you are narrow-minded."  What happened 
to the liberal "tolerance of diversity"? (ohmigod, I can't believe I just 
used the "T" word and the "D" word).


>>>And the Chicks, like Barbone Street says directly to those fans, "That's 
>>>OK, don't listen to us."
>>>That is the beauty of being secure in one's "artistry". Not captive to 
>>>political correctness or not, >>>in terms of how it affects sales.

Laudable.


> >>I haven't the right to stop supporting films by Streisand, Baldwin and 
>their
> >>ilk, simply because they promised to leave and then didn't? Oh my, 
>should I
> >>peek through the draperies to see if the thought police are poised to
> >>pounce?

>>>As I said above, You, as a fan, have the right to do what ever you 
>>>please.
>>>Likewise, the artist has the right to not care what you do and to keep 
>>>doing
>>>what they please.

Exactly!


>>>It is only the "narrow minded" among them who left.

Nope. Wrong.
Making a personal choice based on reasons that matter to you is not 
"narrow-minded".

Michael