Comments on: Chapter 1: Three Discourses on the Age of Television http://www.anxietyofobsolescence.com/2006/04/chapter-1-postmodernism/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:53:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Charles Roland Berry http://www.anxietyofobsolescence.com/2006/04/chapter-1-postmodernism/comment-page-1/#comment-27408 Charles Roland Berry Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:14:17 +0000 http://www.anxietyofobsolescence.com/2006/04/chapter-1-postmodernism/#comment-27408 I am reading your articles with great enthusiasm! Here is my view, as a composer of symphonies and concertos, in a time when those art forms are irrelevant to most everyone: the definitions of “Postmodernism” all seem like university professors trying hard to justify their paychecks, to themselves, to their students, and to the deans of colleges. As a composer of music no one cares about, I can say—--the discussion is irrelevant to any act of creation on my part. I write these large works because I have an internal need to do so. There is no financial benefit to me, and no social or political benefit, and never has been. Which contemporary novelists are devoid of social, political or economic ambition? If I could write soundtracks for films and make lots of money—I certainly would do so. But that is a closed system. And my own needs for artistic expression are not satisfied by any film music. I do earn money from Hollywood, but that has nothing to do with creating what I consider to be Art. I know this is a lot of chatter.…but you started it with your good and interesting writing...Thank you. Charles I am reading your articles with great enthusiasm! Here is my view, as a composer of symphonies and concertos, in a time when those art forms are irrelevant to most everyone: the definitions of “Postmodernism” all seem like university professors trying hard to justify their paychecks, to themselves, to their students, and to the deans of colleges. As a composer of music no one cares about, I can say—–the discussion is irrelevant to any act of creation on my part. I write these large works because I have an internal need to do so. There is no financial benefit to me, and no social or political benefit, and never has been. Which contemporary novelists are devoid of social, political or economic ambition? If I could write soundtracks for films and make lots of money—I certainly would do so. But that is a closed system. And my own needs for artistic expression are not satisfied by any film music. I do earn money from Hollywood, but that has nothing to do with creating what I consider to be Art.

I know this is a lot of chatter.…but you started it with your good and interesting writing…Thank you.

Charles

]]> By: Freya http://www.anxietyofobsolescence.com/2006/04/chapter-1-postmodernism/comment-page-1/#comment-17255 Freya Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:56:57 +0000 http://www.anxietyofobsolescence.com/2006/04/chapter-1-postmodernism/#comment-17255 great! thanks a lot for this really informative and cleverly written chapter. (A struggling PhD student) great! thanks a lot for this really informative and cleverly written chapter.
(A struggling PhD student)

]]> By: kf http://www.anxietyofobsolescence.com/2006/04/chapter-1-postmodernism/comment-page-1/#comment-5 kf Wed, 17 May 2006 20:12:08 +0000 http://www.anxietyofobsolescence.com/2006/04/chapter-1-postmodernism/#comment-5 Alas, no; I'm really focused throughout on analyzing writing <i>about</i> television, so I don't do any direct televisual analysis. There's a lot of great work about <i>The Sopranos</i> out there, though. Alas, no; I’m really focused throughout on analyzing writing about television, so I don’t do any direct televisual analysis. There’s a lot of great work about The Sopranos out there, though.

]]> By: greg http://www.anxietyofobsolescence.com/2006/04/chapter-1-postmodernism/comment-page-1/#comment-4 greg Tue, 16 May 2006 08:02:51 +0000 http://www.anxietyofobsolescence.com/2006/04/chapter-1-postmodernism/#comment-4 will there be a section dedicated to the sopranos? the show seems to me structured more like a novel than a television program. will there be a section dedicated to the sopranos?

the show seems to me structured more like a novel than a television program.

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