This is great. I'd never paid much attention to the Met Gala Ball until all the news a few years back about AOC showing up in a hilarious show of hypocrisy. Then, this year, I've seen photos of some artists I like and some I love. Maybe they've been to the Gala before but this is the first time I've seen evidence. And it makes me sad to see them there. They're mainstream artists, decidedly mainstream, or they wouldn't be at the Gala, but there is such a thing as being too mainstream for their own artistic good, right?
Interesting takes as always. I've no doubt the punks were and are sincere in their intentions, but if there's one thing Byrne, Morello, and Joey Ramone's experiences confirm, it's the old truism that aging out of idealism and embracing conventional visions of success is an inexorable process. The bills keep stacking up, long after the fires of counter-revolution go cold. That, and that Live Nation still owns our performative asses six ways to Sunday.
This is great. I'd never paid much attention to the Met Gala Ball until all the news a few years back about AOC showing up in a hilarious show of hypocrisy. Then, this year, I've seen photos of some artists I like and some I love. Maybe they've been to the Gala before but this is the first time I've seen evidence. And it makes me sad to see them there. They're mainstream artists, decidedly mainstream, or they wouldn't be at the Gala, but there is such a thing as being too mainstream for their own artistic good, right?
Interesting takes as always. I've no doubt the punks were and are sincere in their intentions, but if there's one thing Byrne, Morello, and Joey Ramone's experiences confirm, it's the old truism that aging out of idealism and embracing conventional visions of success is an inexorable process. The bills keep stacking up, long after the fires of counter-revolution go cold. That, and that Live Nation still owns our performative asses six ways to Sunday.