Art (748 hits)
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Submitted by PepsiCoke (View user info) at 2008-02-18 03:36:24 EST
The blond guitarist at the far corner of the stage stared down at his instrument. Long, dirty hair covering his eyes. Unsmiling and far removed from the spotlight, he placed restrained, soulful chords and runs into the organic mass of sound that engulfed him. Every stroke of his pick brilliant, simple and shimmering. In a crowd of at least three hundred, I was the only one to notice. I worked my way through the mass of pulsing lights and bodies to get closer to his corner of the stage. I still couldn't see his eyes.
The black-haired guitarist held down his loud, chunky rhythm and strolled toward the singer's microphone stand and spotlight. He and the singer shared the mic during the chorus, practically breathing into each other, howling their beautifully ragged harmonies. The crowd sang along and cheered at the end of the chorus, as the black-haired guitarist grinned and stepped away from the mic. The crowd prepared to erupt, but the band held steady at mid-tempo resisting a premature climax.
The blond guitarist turned his volume knob a quarter turn and made a lightning fast adjustment on one of his tone knobs. He didn't change the notes he was playing, but his sound got warmer and began to bubble closer to the surface. All eyes remained on the singer and the black-haired guitarist.
The singer ad-libbed to great effect during the song's coda. The rhythm section repeated its hypnotic, mournful phrases. The blond guitarist made a final adjustment to his volume and, for sixteen bars, played Truth in the form of fluid, fluttering notes. The song ended as his final note rang through the building for a split second until he married it with a harmonic tone from a higher string. The two tones rubbed against each other for a moment before melting together and then fading behind the screams of the crowd as the luckiest man in the world slowly moved his sweaty fingers up the fretboard, silenced his strings, and stepped behind the curtains.
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Submitted by jimboruckus (user info) at 2008-05-24 18:33:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2008-05-09 00:10:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
No Comment
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-03-23 16:20:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I hate assholes who spam accounts with -2s.
I don't care much for your posts, but you deserve better than
being fucked by an idiot.
Submitted by PepsiCoke (user info) at 2008-03-02 21:15:02 EST (#)
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Submitted by HandZon (user info) at 2008-03-01 18:00:42 EST (#)
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Submitted by PepsiCoke (user info) at 2008-02-18 14:46:16 EST (#)
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It's about "high art" and "low art", Berty. But what you said about it probably isn't wrong.
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What, exactly, does the above mean? I'm ignorant insofar as a lot of things are concerned and the above is lost on me. I would have to err on the side of caution and say I'm capable of only low art. Whatever the fuck it means anyway.
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I think "high art" and "low art" can be useful terms, but they don't mean the same thing as "good art" and "bad art".
I wrote this little thing when I was high as fuck and I do think it's self-indulgent and barely worth talking about. I guess it's mostly just an observation on the appreciation of music. The band in the story produces low art, but it's great low art. It appeals to the subconscious. It makes you want to move your ass. The blond guitarist is a high art dealer. His audience is much smaller, but he can communicate in ways that the rest of the band cannot. He gives you a little more food for thought. Both types of art are valuable and necessary. The combination or compromise of both kinds of art is the ideal.
Submitted by HandZon (user info) at 2008-03-01 18:00:42 EST (#)
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Submitted by PepsiCoke (user info) at 2008-02-18 14:46:16 EST (#)
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It's about "high art" and "low art", Berty. But what you said about it probably isn't wrong.
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What, exactly, does the above mean? I'm ignorant insofar as a lot of things are concerned and the above is lost on me. I would have to err on the side of caution and say I'm capable of only low art. Whatever the fuck it means anyway.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2008-03-01 15:47:06 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-03-01 13:07:32 CST (#)
Ranking: -1
Two guys playing guitar and singing.
A bunch of needless verbiage and no story
someone please appreciate the irony
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2008-03-01 14:45:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I liked this because it reminds me of a lot of shows I've been to. And it's fairly accurate in some situations.
I was watching the Goo Goo Dolls live on some television show once, and the guy who only sings in about 1/5 of the songs had his turn... And while he was singing, the lead singer Johnny Rzeznik was going around the edge of the stage touching peoples' hands while everyone ignored the guy who was singing. I dunno, it just must kinda suck to be that guy.
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2008-03-01 14:42:36 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-18 05:42:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I dunno. It wasn't badly written or anything. It's just so appalingly noncy, so self indulgent. It reads like an 18 year old boy wearing nothing but a guitar, staring into a full length mirror and jerking off.
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hahahahahahahaha
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-03-01 14:07:32 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
Two guys playing guitar and singing.
A bunch of needless verbiage and no story.
Submitted by Ballare (user info) at 2008-02-29 14:39:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
No Comment
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2008-02-29 10:04:26 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by PepsiCoke (user info) at 2008-02-18 14:46:16 EST (#)
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It's about "high art" and "low art", Berty. But what you said about it probably isn't wrong.
Submitted by wardy (user info) at 2008-02-18 12:20:09 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
+1 because this shows a great deal of promise for a new user.
other than that, this didn't really seem to have much of a point and never really took me anywhere. a bit melodramatic, i think. but then again, i've also been drinking for a few hours.
Submitted by modernpost (user info) at 2008-02-18 07:41:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-18 07:35:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Oh dear! I have the horrible feeling I captured the essence of this post and yet totally missed the point!
"point" bwaaaaaaaaaa!
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-18 07:35:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Oh dear! I have the horrible feeling I captured the essence of this post and yet totally missed the point!
Submitted by modernpost (user info) at 2008-02-18 07:32:46 EST (#)
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"premature climax" "turned his...knob a quarter turn" hee hee
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-02-18 06:37:32 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-18 11:29:19 GMT (#)
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Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-02-18 06:10:45 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
It's just so appalingly noncy, so self indulgent.
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Mr Kettle, I pressume?
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Oh please, when I indulge myself it's cute and you love it.
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:)
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-18 06:29:19 EST (#)
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Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-02-18 06:10:45 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
It's just so appalingly noncy, so self indulgent.
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Mr Kettle, I pressume?
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Oh please, when I indulge myself it's cute and you love it.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-02-18 06:10:45 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
It's just so appalingly noncy, so self indulgent.
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Mr Kettle, I pressume?
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-18 05:42:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I dunno. It wasn't badly written or anything. It's just so appalingly noncy, so self indulgent. It reads like an 18 year old boy wearing nothing but a guitar, staring into a full length mirror and jerking off.
Submitted by jared.melton (user info) at 2008-02-18 04:26:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-02-18 04:15:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Coke.