tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post8140574097357196402..comments2024-01-06T05:34:00.027-06:00Comments on Blog Meridian: Eclecticism as an American aesthetic: A lion's preliminary throat-clearingJohn B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-47424844779286811512007-04-14T09:39:00.000-05:002007-04-14T09:39:00.000-05:00I can't speak to Far-East Asian eclecticism (but j...I can't speak to Far-East Asian eclecticism (but judging by the awful stuff my former Chinese flatmate used to listen to, I'd say it needs some work), but in Europe the distinction between High and Low culture/art is very pronounced. Adorno was only interested in Kultur (which by definition is high culture in German), and not much has changed, to be honest. Let's take Andrew Lloyd Webber as an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-344898852490230972007-04-13T09:31:00.000-05:002007-04-13T09:31:00.000-05:00Youza. I'll be thinking about this all weekend, at...Youza. I'll be thinking about this all weekend, at least when I'm not yelling at the OD to mark up on the opposing team's striker.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-10030455637340556062007-04-10T23:41:00.000-05:002007-04-10T23:41:00.000-05:00This thing, "american," has been coming up in conv...This thing, "american," has been coming up in conversations lately. Today, discussing potatoes and the value of the dollar with an Irish woman and on Sunday talking about the need for worship music in Swiss-German for Swiss-German congregations with a Swiss-German musician who wants to create worship music in the style of "The Killers". They both observed that the Americans they spoke to alwaysCarmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01687973133021607701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-71099935147746185482007-04-10T22:49:00.000-05:002007-04-10T22:49:00.000-05:00There will be a post. It may take a few days, but ...There will be a post. It may take a few days, but there will definitely be a post about this. I'll, er, keep you posted.Andrew Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14566187471298904513noreply@blogger.com