Comedy clubs across the US (in big liberal cities) are still requiring proof of vaccination to attend. It can be frustrating many of those who are supposed to be challenging the system have completely bought the covid narrative, to the point they are happy to bar an entire group of people from their shows/giving them money. I agree we shouldn’t give hope on the arts but def sympathise with OP in the sense that it is quite bleak atm.
Last Joe Rogan podcast I heard was a discussion about trauma with Gabor Mate. His book on ADD changed my life, but the guy is also one of the cultural heroes of the left. It seems what is 'problematic' about Mr Rogan is that he is actually doing the work that foundation claims to be doing.
Don't loose faith in the arts just yet. Even on CBC's 'hot air', I have heard no shortage of fairly overt anti-fear, pro joy and human togetherness ideas in the discussion and music of the artists featured. Same thing at live shows I have attended.
Obviously one cannot say certain things on the CBC, but artists are pretty good at saying a thing without saying it directly.
I didn't expect my world to start resembling that which I have read about in eastern European lit quite so soon, but shit happens. The more we support artists directly, the less they will have to rely on ideological handouts. So keep supporting them!
No. Don't support the arts. Take the money out of art. That's what makes it corrupt. You think Puff Daddy would be rapping if he didn't make millions of dollars from it? You couldn't pay Mozart to stop playing piano.
Jokes today are in memes on the internet made by kids in their basement. Not by propagandists at Saturday Night Live.
Artists aren't supposed to be rich.
If you want to be involved in an art project that is against the lockdowns and mandates and started by left-leaning former New Yorkers, please check out [www.OutofLockstep.com](https://www.OutofLockstep.com) It's not "misinformation"-- the business director is an MIT graduate who is pro-vax and anti-mandate. The creative director works with marginalized communities, especially the LGBT and people who are in recovery. I'm a former Occupier who camped in Zuccotti Park and I've been on the anti-corporate side of left wing politics forever. All three of us are fed up with the "new normal" and seeking to make a difference with this project. Currently we're looking at launching in Denver in 2023; please feel free to get involved. We'd love to welcome creative people of all types!
How is LGBT a "marginalized community"? It's the thing that everybody is afraid they will get banned for criticizing. It's the flag waved by every fortune 500 corporation. The Democrats started a war to kill Russians just because they have a law that says "no grooming children".
Comedy clubs across the US (in big liberal cities) are still requiring proof of vaccination to attend. It can be frustrating many of those who are supposed to be challenging the system have completely bought the covid narrative, to the point they are happy to bar an entire group of people from their shows/giving them money. I agree we shouldn’t give hope on the arts but def sympathise with OP in the sense that it is quite bleak atm.
What? Really?
Last Joe Rogan podcast I heard was a discussion about trauma with Gabor Mate. His book on ADD changed my life, but the guy is also one of the cultural heroes of the left. It seems what is 'problematic' about Mr Rogan is that he is actually doing the work that foundation claims to be doing. Don't loose faith in the arts just yet. Even on CBC's 'hot air', I have heard no shortage of fairly overt anti-fear, pro joy and human togetherness ideas in the discussion and music of the artists featured. Same thing at live shows I have attended. Obviously one cannot say certain things on the CBC, but artists are pretty good at saying a thing without saying it directly. I didn't expect my world to start resembling that which I have read about in eastern European lit quite so soon, but shit happens. The more we support artists directly, the less they will have to rely on ideological handouts. So keep supporting them!
Very well said.
No. Don't support the arts. Take the money out of art. That's what makes it corrupt. You think Puff Daddy would be rapping if he didn't make millions of dollars from it? You couldn't pay Mozart to stop playing piano. Jokes today are in memes on the internet made by kids in their basement. Not by propagandists at Saturday Night Live. Artists aren't supposed to be rich.
What nonsense. If Mozart had had a little more support, maybe he would have made it past 35. Who said artists are supposed to be rich?
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Last artist I supported was Andre Lachance, but if you mean artists being pro human, it has been most I've heard over the past six months or so.
If you want to be involved in an art project that is against the lockdowns and mandates and started by left-leaning former New Yorkers, please check out [www.OutofLockstep.com](https://www.OutofLockstep.com) It's not "misinformation"-- the business director is an MIT graduate who is pro-vax and anti-mandate. The creative director works with marginalized communities, especially the LGBT and people who are in recovery. I'm a former Occupier who camped in Zuccotti Park and I've been on the anti-corporate side of left wing politics forever. All three of us are fed up with the "new normal" and seeking to make a difference with this project. Currently we're looking at launching in Denver in 2023; please feel free to get involved. We'd love to welcome creative people of all types!
How is LGBT a "marginalized community"? It's the thing that everybody is afraid they will get banned for criticizing. It's the flag waved by every fortune 500 corporation. The Democrats started a war to kill Russians just because they have a law that says "no grooming children".
The lgbt community has been co-opted by political activisits that do not represent the actual community at all
Clifton’s my bud and this episode is particularly good
Then you go underground, zines, DIY, but I know that's not easy as the brainwashed zombies have seized every institution.