Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site peora.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!petsd!peora!jer From: jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) Newsgroups: net.women,net.music Subject: Re: Madonna's despicably harmful manipulative trashy image Message-ID: <1437@peora.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 13:18:44 EDT Article-I.D.: peora.1437 Posted: Mon Aug 5 13:18:44 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Aug-85 23:40:57 EDT References: <979@mtgzz.UUCP> <4841@mit-eddie.UUCP> Organization: Perkin-Elmer SDC, Orlando, Fl. Lines: 28 Xref: linus net.women:6385 net.music:7522 > > Good thing you're not in music. You'd be starving. > > Probably, but at least I'd be doing something worthwhile -- which is > MUCH more important to me than financial reward. It's cretins like > Madonna that make it impossible for many true and genuinely creative > artists to make a decent living at their art. Actually this has been a common problem throughout history. Most of the historically "great" artists have managed to survive, not by popular support, but most often by their having some benefactor: in the past, some king or person of nobility who sponsored them (I believe many of the great composers were in this category); or recently, some wealthy person who considered their work sufficiently worthwhile to buy it from them with regularity to make up a collection (Andrew Wyeth (a painter) is an example of this). The popular tastes have always tended to be superficial and transient; this is a sad thing, but true. It is only recently that by appealing to a large number of people could you earn great wealth. -- Shyy-Anzr: J. Eric Roskos UUCP: ..!{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!vax135!petsd!peora!jer US Mail: MS 795; Perkin-Elmer SDC; 2486 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, FL 32809-7642 "Frr ubj Tbq jvgu uvf yvtugavat nyjnlf fzvgrf gur ovttre navznyf, naq jvyy abg fhssre gurz gb jnk vafbyrag; juvyr gurfr bs n yrffre ohyx punsr uvz abg." -- Negnonavf