NO AD NEWS : News and media that doesn't slant the news to appeal to advertisers. Fair news.
Hello Reader! In this issue we will build your vocabulary with 100 or so new words and phrases. Some will be influential concepts for the upcoming years, some will be come quaint as the years go by. You decide for yourself which is which and let us know what you think- the editor. note: the words & phrases are in no specific order.
LETHE ART: One drink from the Lethe river (Greek Mythology) and you forget everything. In the same way lethe art is art that's totally forgettable - gum-without-the-flavor art, vanilla art, oatmeal art. Example: You might enjoy the theater experience but afterwards you can't remember a single lyric or melody of the musical that you just heard. Same with the film you just saw, the book you just read, the art exhibit you just went to etc.
MODERN MUSIC: It's the music that's replacing the establishment music of today (50 year old rock and roll). Also called World Music. It is any kind of alternative music to rock and roll that can't be pigeonholed into any single format category, i.e. no format music.
DOT YAWN: A boring website.
COMPOSER PLAYER / PERFORMER PLAYER: A composer player is one who is competent enough to play or sing what he/she has written. A performer player is one who is not only competent but gifted in singing or playing others music. (Sort of a demo tape vs. a finished recording comparison.)
DIVERSITY OF BEAUTY: The concept in fashion etc. that states that there are many ways a person can be beautiful as opposed to the present system that only tall thin models are beautiful.
HAPPY TALK: (Coined by Valerie Halas) Happy talk is journalism that never makes waves, never disturbs any big shots. "I think that I would still have my job as newspaper adviser (to a school newspaper) if I had said, "Were going to print nothing but happy talk" V. Halas.
CYNICAL LINE IN THE SAND: It seems that no matter how cynical about Corporate Art I get, THEY can always cross that line in the sand with their weasel-ly-ness. Art S Rev.
SERGEANT BURNOUT: The concept that companies use to hire managers (of all kinds of franchises: restaurants, theaters, clubs etc.) and proceed to overwork them knowing full well they will burn out and quit (to be quickly replaced by the next sucker) or they will burnout, smarten up and then move up the corporate ranks.
BUCKERS: The behind the scenes investors (with the bucks) that just want investment returns and abhor any creative changes no matter how beneficial to company or customers alike.
ALL DOT COM: A website that is all commercials and no fun.
CLONE NEWS: The 5 same main stories that all the mainstream media reports on each day. (Who is the mastermind that decides these?
INVISIBLE NEWS: All the news outside the 5 main stories. Any news that doesn't appeal to advertisers so is never reported.
NO AD NEWS : News and media that doesn't slant the news to appeal to advertisers. Fair news.
MASS MARKET PAINTINGS: The concept of mass marketing exact painting reproductions like recordings, or mass market books. We now have the technology to do it . This would end the Gallery & Museum system of showing art we have today. It would allow more and more people to see more and more paintings in traveling exhibits of the exact reproductions.
COG GENERATION: Any generation that is no more than a cog in the wheel of the established order of things.(If "V" is for the 60's gen. (V for peace sign) then "W" was for the 70's. "X"ers for the 80's. That means the new gen. is the "Y" ?or "Z"? gen.?
LAWYER MORALS: Any morals no matter how underhanded, mean, or deceiving, that the company lawyers say that the company can legally get away with. Too many companies use these as their code of doing business.
D.I.T.HE.R: That Dear-In-The-HEadlights-Response, that non creative people give to art work that is challenging, innovative or creative. Also called "The Total Huh?"
LOOP THINKING: The concept of Corporate Art Execs giving to consumers exactly what they've discovered that they already like, thus trying to repeat success ad nauseam without ever introducing anything new or original. A dog chasing his tail.
COGITOLOGY: the art of thinking. A term coined by Musea and Gregory K.H. Bryant.
TELEPHONE BOOK SINGER: Any singer so good that they would charm us even if they sang a page from a telephone directory (ASC)
SALON ART: Any established art that has run its course and is now effete and washed up. Salon art was old hat to the Impressionists in the 19th century. Modern Art / Gallery Art is the salon art of today.
CULTURAL SOVEREIGNTY: The rite of any country to hold on to and or to get back all the art that originated in that country. Example the right of Greece to get back the Elgin Marbles from England. Mostly a problem of rich countries stripping poorer countries of their best native art.
CORPORATE ART: Any art of any type that's produced by the 10 conglomerates of Corporate Art. It's marked by being art that's usually overly commercialized and very poor in quality.
CORP. DORK: An exec. in one of the Corp. Art companies.
CO. : A company.
REFRIGERATOR ART: Parents often post their children's drawings on the refrigerator door. This says they love them even if the work is not professionally done. Too often the media treats local arts as refrigerator art and refuses to give them fair reviews thus lumping in the worst with the best. Refrigerator art is happy talk about art. It means nothing and is a great disservice to real artists.
SOPHIE'S CHOICE: The fictional Sophie had to choose which of her 2 sons would be killed in the novel by William Styron. A Sophie's Choice is any problem that has only 2 choices and both are bad.
SOCIETY ARTS: Arts that are non-controversial (society loves them) usually because they are classics and the artists are long dead. Any old style art that is now considered establishment art that the upper crust can safely support: symphonic music, opera, etc.
BAND AID Gov. / Media / etc. Any Government group or media org that puts a band aid on a problem that is a major wound and requires a much bigger fix. Example: Instead of ending the debt, small tax refunds. Instead of talking about health care reform, HMO problems. etc.
THE MCGUFFIN: A term coined by film director, Alfred Hitchcock, that refers to anything that keeps the plot moving. Example: The Maltese Falcon statue is the McGuffin in the film of the same name.
DEVELOPING COUNTRY: A term that's racist and insulting. How would you like to be called developing? And how bizarre to call countries with 1,000 year old sophisticated cultures like China , Egypt, Persia, Greece,or India, developing! How arrogant!
VIO GEEK: Oftentimes the arts will portray violent people as cool. In truth the ones I've known have always been a mix of extreme violence alternating with a weird geekyness. The term Vio Geek de- mystifies violent behavior and shows it as it is, an abnormal and weird behavior.
JOURNALESE: That type of newspaper writing that's dry boring factual, emotionless, and never takes a stand for anything.
ART REVOLUTION: The peaceful revolution started by Musea to lawfully end the monopoly of Corp. Art and bring back quality and fun to the arts and to the bought off mainstream media too.
SECOND WIND: In running it's that burst of energy that seems to come out of nowhere and give the runner miraculous added strength. In art the tern stands for that magic that enters a painting (or any great art work) after it surpasses a certain level of excellence. The best art work has a certain indescribable spirit, or rightness that makes it more than the sum of paint and brushstrokes. It's that undefinable streak of lightning that allows the viewer a glimpse of another world greater than his own.
AFTERS: A painting copy of a great masters painting. Afters are not only great training in learning how to paint, but they are by far the best way to understand a painting. How? While painting the work the modern artist must compare his method with the master. And that comparison can show incredible insight. Example: the master's painting has more depth contrast than my version. He must have had a greater intensity level than me. etc.
ZINES Any DIY publication of the late '80's (started with the punk movement) and '90's. Zines are ushering in an exciting golden age of literature. There are 1,000's and 1,000's of them in the U.S. alone. You are reading one now!
PARTY BUS: A bus serving alcohol to all but the driver, that drives patrons from one club to another and does a circuit of the coolest clubs, restaurants, and other sites all for a single all nite price.
FATHEAD FACTOR: Anyone who has ever dealt with the people in the arts and art business know that you meet a lot of fatheads. To become successful you have to factor into your equation for success the Fathead Factor. Good luck! You'll...We'll...need it.
THE MUSEY: A worthless art award. Musea gives itself 1 million Museys every minute thus making our publication the most award winning magazine of all time. It, like most other major art awards, is totally worthless.
ZINE HALL OF FAME: the best zines as chosen by Musea (this award actually means something).
THEATERPLEX: The idea of joining a number of theaters together into a plex like the movie plexes. In this case a person would go to a number of live theaters all in one place that might be showing: a modern play, a classic, short plays, children's plays, a musical, a dance recital, a concert, etc.
NO FORMAT ART: Art that appeals to a wide range of audiences and is not geared to a narrow format.
CHILDREN'S PARADE: A non-commercial parade that showcases floats, cars, animals, marching bands, etc. that in some way celebrate children's literature.
PUDO ART: Any art in the public domain. Musea thinks this art belongs to all and should, like information in the public domain, be made accessible to all. Too much art today is tied up in copyright claims by descendants of the artists way too long after the artists have died.
POST MODERN ART: That style of art that is replacing the goofiness of modern art with an art that is based not on weird one trick pony art isms but is built on all styles of painting. It is painting that communicates to other human beings and doesn't have to be explained by the artist.
LANY-Land: L.A. & N.Y. used to be the centers for all kinds of art in the U.S. Now they've become looney-land. Any center of goofy art.
HOUSEDALLAS: A fashion house that's more concerned with fun fashion for normal people than perfume deals.
MOUSED: Being screwed by Disney (Mickey Mouse) of any other Corp. Art Conglomerate. Example: ABC News was moused when Disney bought the network. (ASC)
STORY DANCING: Modern choreography is unfathomable, so maybe it's time for story dancing, dancing that tells understandable stories in graceful, meaningful movement.
JUKEBOX CD : A custom made CD where the customer picks out the songs he wants by the artists he wants. Then a CD is made with his favorites either through the internet or at a neighborhood store. (The Big 5 are against it because they wouldn't be able to pawn off all the filler found in most of their terrible albums.)
PENTALIUM: A history project for the new millennium that chronicles the last 5 (penta).
BIG 5: The 5 conglomerates that control all the music on the planet. All are run by dull, old, uncool, out-of-touch, rich men; "Warners & the 4 Foreigners" or "Warners, Sony, Seagram, BMG, and EMI.
ROUND ROBIN CONCERTS: Set up 2 or more stages with musical acts. The 1st stage plays 1 song. After they're finished the 2nd stage plays a song, etc. The music never stops (like 2 live alternating turntables).
K-O-O-L RADIO: No-ad, no format radio.
ART OLYMPICS: Every 4 years, Olympic type, competitions in the arts, open to all nations with categories: film, painting/sculpture writing, theater, architecture, dance, photography, etc.