[NewMusic] Ribot rant and subsidized spaces in Europe

[Praemedia]

> culture that supports art! The bottom line is that
> American's --- on the
> whole -- are not interested in supporting 'art",
> unless it's
> "entertainment."

I think that is *almost* correct. I think most
Americans see art AS entertainment anymore and cannot
conceive of much art outside of entertainment (except
the "classics" - opera, ballet, music before 1900,
etc). In a way this multiplies the problem, becuase
(as a for instance in the musical arts) we are asked
to survive on subsidies more appropriate for
entertainment (cd sales [is there such a thing
anymore], concert ticket sales) rather than surviving
"culturally." About the only thing we subsidize in
order to keep American "culture" (don't giggle) is
basic education, and even that has seen cut after cut
after cut every year since I was born.



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