QMF

[aj]

Anyone checked out Paul Grabowsky's program for the Queensland Music Festival in July ? Lots of interesting concerts, eh?

www.queenslandmusicfestival.com

[timothystevens]

This is probably a bonzer festival, and truly I hope it goes off. But please, Creative in residence?

Good grief. Only a business think-tank could come up with that one. (And what a lot of think-tank it is, to be sure.)

[aj]

Pretentious ? Moi ?

[timothystevens]

Sad (though not surprising) to see that there are luminaries in the business community who are so unfamiliar with the word 'creative' as actually to think it's a noun.

[aj]

Most of them think it's hyphenated with 'accounting'.

[isaacs]

Fair enough Tim and aj. I'm sure plenty of business people also like to stereotype artists and arts administrators negatively. There's plenty of justification on both sides. For what it's worth though, I prefer to to express my appreciation for the support that the Australian business community gives to the arts and look at ways to encourage them to do more. Slagging them off as a whole - while good fun and mother's milk to old-fashioned "faux-Marxist" types - probably doesn't help much with the latter.

[timothystevens]

It's simply about the bullshit use of language. That's all. Three cheers for rounding them up to listen to Paul, a demonstrably creative person and a thoroughly engaging speaker. But 'creative' is an adjective, and faux-Marxist or not I won't be browbeaten into the kind of relativist spinelessness that goes along with this nonsense. It's as though they took a kind of pride in having thought up a new usage, whereas (like the ubiquitous and vacuous 'excellence') the end result might actually be to cancel the word's meaning out altogether.

[aj]

Agreed ! I nominate Tim for the position of OJF Pedantic In Residence.

[paulgrab]

And I look forward to seeing you all there at the QMF. Many great ozjazz colleagues will be performing, many of them in remarkable contexts. Barker, McMahon, Dewhurst, Slater, Tinkler, Choulai, Wilson, Magnusson, Grant, Browne, Isaacs, Greening, Berardi, Rodgers, Griswold, Knight and Dalgleish are just some of the names appearing. Check out the program, disregard the use of gerunds, and explore the musical offerings.

[isaacs]

aj said:

Agreed ! I nominate Tim for the position of OJF Pedantic In Residence.

I'd be happy to give up the title. Tim has my vote.

[timothystevens]

I thank you all. See you at Scone.

[bod]

i don't know nothing but isn't it 'pedant in residence'?

[isaacs]

bod said:

i don't know nothing but isn't it 'pedant in residence'?

Ummm.... I think you're missing the joke, or are you also joking?

[freddy]

admin said:

Fair enough Tim and aj. I'm sure plenty of business people also like to stereotype artists and arts administrators negatively. There's plenty of justification on both sides. For what it's worth though, I prefer to to express my appreciation for the support that the Australian business community gives to the arts and look at ways to encourage them to do more. Slagging them off as a whole - while good fun and mother's milk to old-fashioned "faux-Marxist" types - probably doesn't help much with the latter.

What's the difference, in this context, between a "faux-Marxist" and a Marxist. If you're not sure, why don't you ring your friend who advised you last time. We can wait.

[isaacs]

freddy said:

admin said:

Fair enough Tim and aj. I'm sure plenty of business people also like to stereotype artists and arts administrators negatively. There's plenty of justification on both sides. For what it's worth though, I prefer to to express my appreciation for the support that the Australian business community gives to the arts and look at ways to encourage them to do more. Slagging them off as a whole - while good fun and mother's milk to old-fashioned "faux-Marxist" types - probably doesn't help much with the latter.

What's the difference, in this context, between a "faux-Marxist" and a Marxist. If you're not sure, why don't you ring your friend who advised you last time. We can wait.

I'm not interested in answering your grouchy questions or taking your condescending advice. Have a nice day.