Kennedy Center Bans Concert

[steve ridgway]

The CIA's Cold War-era cultural funding, like its support for Darmstadt, was part of an ideological battle, but today's mechanisms are more subtle, diversified, and increasingly driven by funding from Russia and other players with their own agendas.

There are so many conspiracies nowadays it's impossible to keep up . In this game of us and them, who exactly is "us"?

[AnotherSpin]

There are so many conspiracies nowadays it's impossible to keep up . In this game of us and them, who exactly is "us"?

For me, the concept of us is meaningless, and even more so, them. These groupings and distinctions seem entirely imaginary and illusory. I exist — there is no doubt about that — while every thing else arises from nowhere and disappears into nothing. Sometimes it lasts for an hour or a day, and then it dissolves, as if it never existed.

[steve ridgway]

For me, the concept of us is meaningless, and even more so, them. These groupings and distinctions seem entirely imaginary and illusory. I exist — there is no doubt about that — while every thing else arises from nowhere and disappears into nothing. Sometimes it lasts for an hour or a day, and then it dissolves, as if it never existed.

Hey, your avatar's gone blank - watch out  .

[AnotherSpin]

Hey, your avatar's gone blank - watch out  .

Thanks for the alert. It was done with a purpose

[steve ridgway]

Thanks for the alert. It was done with a purpose

Well not blank, all colours #FFFFFF 🌈.

[AnotherSpin]

Well not blank, all colours #FFFFFF 🌈.

You can use HEX, but you can also use RGB or CMYK instead. The mind sees things and perceives differences where there are none

[steve ridgway]

You can use HEX, but you can also use RGB or CMYK instead. The mind sees things and perceives differences where there are none

🧙666 then .

[AnotherSpin]

🧙666 then .

#666666 is an almost perfect shade of gray. In Indian spiritual texts, gray is mentioned as the color of transition from the darkness of night to the light of day, symbolizing the ideal thoughtless state of deep meditation.

[Crudblud]

Maybe they will ban the programming of any music by Tchaikovsky.

Based on the current administration's deference to Putin, I have to imagine that Tchaikovsky will get a pass, and not simply because he is Russian but because he was, as Gergiev once put it, 'a person without a family'.

[arpeggio]

The administration's latest assault on the arts:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/music/following-executive-orders-the-president-s-own-marine-band-scraps-concert/ar-AA1zQKSL?ocid=BingNewsSerp

[Kalevala]

Geez Louise!

K

[steve ridgway]

Make American Music Great Again!🇺🇸

[Madiel]

The administration's latest assault on the arts:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/music/following-executive-orders-the-president-s-own-marine-band-scraps-concert/ar-AA1zQKSL?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Yeah well, they said a bad word.

[LKB]

Yeah well, they said a bad word.

Was it " democracy " ?

[Madiel]

Was it " democracy " ?

Given that word doesn't appear anywhere in the article, no.

[Brian]

The word does appear - "equity"

[Madiel]

I'm currently wondering whether the Ode to Joy in Beethoven's 9th would clear the new administration's word checker.

[Madiel]

I gather various performers have been cancelling their own shows or disassociating themselves from the Kennedy Center in other ways.

[steve ridgway]

I'm currently wondering whether the Ode to Joy in Beethoven's 9th would clear the new administration's word checker.

It depends on who Joy was, and how they presented .

[KevinP]

It depends on who Joy was, and how they presented .

And how much she was owed.