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What happens to advanced artists if the advanced theory becomes widely known? I guess that, according to the theory, they would have to abandon the traditional advanced ways.But then again, that would be doing the opposite of what is expected of them, so who knows what they'll do? And what of the wannabes? They'll start doing things that fit into the theory, but they will be doing it overtly, so they'll still be overt.
Luckily, though, anyway you dress it up, advancement can't be faked. That's why when an advanced artist does something that doesn't quite fit in with the theory, it still "feels" advanced.
Bloom, Bloom, Bloom, Let's Go Back to My Room Here are a few remarks from Harold Bloom about "Don Quixote" that should be interesting to all who follow the advanced theory:"Cervantes is always out ahead of us, and we can never quite catch up."
"Here are two characters [Don Quixote and Hamlet]..
.who seem always to know what they are doing, though they baffle us whenever we try to share their knowledge."
"We cannot know the object of Don Quixote's quest unless we ourselves are Quixotic (note the capital Q).
" -parentheses by the author
Bloom has provided the perfect summary of the theory: The advanced artists are always ahead of us, they know what they are doing even though we are baffled, and we can't understand them unless we ourselves are advanced.
So there you go.
Britt and I had a conversation today about the advanced theory and how angry it makes people.
The problem, I think, is that it is easy to get caught up in the possiblities of the theory and neglect its essence. Britt said something that I think is important: All the theory says is that certain artists reject traditional rock'n'roll with the idea that they are somehow about it. Then, as they get older, they embrace the things they used to reject.
I'm paraphrasing--Britt put it more elegantly. Hopefully he'll write more about that idea. My take is that overtness is rejecting something without understanding it, while being advanced is understanding something and recognizing that there is no need to reject it.
As always, there's so much more to say.
By the Time I Get to Phoenix, I'll Be Drunk Driving According to , Glen Campbell played a concert for his fellow prisoners while he was in jail for DUI. What particularly amused me was this:
He pleaded guilty in May to extreme DUI and leaving the scene of an accident, then began his jail term on July 1 with his final eight days set up as work-release. Campbell was allowed to leave the jail, where he had a indoor private cell, during the day to handle business affairs, returning overnight. "It's been an eye-opener, that's for sure," Campbell said of his time behind bars.
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That does sound like an eye opener. Also, I like that it was "extreme DUI." Regular DUI wasn't good enough.
Just once, I'd like to hang out with George Jones and Glen Campbell. I can only imagine how weird those two guys are.
Sold My Soul to Rock'n'Roll, LLC I heard a lot of people wondering why Bob Dylan would do that Victoria's Secret commercial. They were dismayed that an artist of his stature would "sell out." I don't see much difference in selling one's image to an underwear company and selling one's music to a record company.Either way, you're making a deal with the devil. And Victoria never asks, "Where's the single?"
Britt Bergman and I invented the advanced theory in 1990 at a Pizza Hut in Columbia, SC. What is the advanced theory? As Chuck Klosterman put it, " When a genius does something that appears idiotic, it does not necessarily mean he suddenly sucks.What it might mean is that he's doing something you cannot understand, because he has Advanced beyond you.
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