[NewMusic] Ribot rant and subsidized spaces in Europe

[weasel walter]

sounds like you had a bad date.

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On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:49:38 -0700 "George Cremaschi"
<gcremaschi at hotmail.com> writes:
> 
> I once went out to dinner with a member of a local
> city arts council, who admitted not really knowing anything
> about art or non-pop music, but she really really thought
> art and artists were "cool". She then went on to say that she
> never voted for any projects that didn't have a social dimension,
> like school or prison outreach. She then ended the evening calling 
> me,
> and abstract music and art in general, "elitist".  Why should we 
> give
> you money? she said - no one cares about what you do, you're
> not helping anybody. This is the person reviewing your application,
> folks.
> 
> -George
> 
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