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Post by mrqwerty on Aug 23, 2006 14:05:57 GMT 10
Mid Year Exam:
Umbria Jazz Melbourne 2007 no longer happening..
Carlo Pagnotta cuts ties.
discuss...
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Post by Gb on Aug 23, 2006 15:39:01 GMT 10
who gives a shit? sorry for the typical melbourne/australian apathetic response. but really, what's there to discuss?
guess that's why i always failed exams...
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Post by Kenny on Aug 23, 2006 15:49:08 GMT 10
Don't apologise. At least you didn't give a shit with passion!
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Post by marksiks on Aug 23, 2006 20:56:17 GMT 10
who gives a shit? sorry for the typical melbourne/australian apathetic response. but really, what's there to discuss? guess that's why i always failed exams... Don't be such a prick Last year everyone had an opinion.... |
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Post by glean on Aug 23, 2006 23:34:39 GMT 10
thank god that is over. i couldnt take another year of listening to all those whiney complaints by everyone who didnt get a gig, especially my own. they were the whiniest.   |
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Post by kazuo on Aug 24, 2006 9:28:59 GMT 10
I've got an idea - Why don't we organise the Melbourne Jazz Festival in Umbria? - why can't we have a junket like those Italians did last year?
Albert could be musical director.
Loads of unrecognisable Australians doing gigs in Italian jazz clubs - ahhh.......the memories. We could even get a 6 year old sax player to do a bunch of gigs, should be good.
It's sure to be a hit!!
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Post by Kenny on Aug 24, 2006 11:42:40 GMT 10
There are many issues up for debate, but I can see at least one silver lining - we will be spared any more Italian jazz musicians. or, more accurately, Italian jazz musicans as chose by Carlo.
Others more hip to the Italian scene than I tell me there is some great stuff to be had in Italy. And there were doubtless some great and even brilliant players in the crew who hit Melbourne last year.
But the overall impression I gained was one of amiable blandness and dullness - more a reflection of the artistic director's tastes than Italian jazz at large I'm sure.
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Post by glean on Aug 24, 2006 16:34:38 GMT 10
I liked the Munster family backing the 'Kid'. They were funny.
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Post by jj on Aug 24, 2006 19:07:18 GMT 10
This is but another area where we have a trade deficit. More artists coming into the country than artists going out.
If the government was half as interested in helping artists as they are in helping farmers export their products, things may be a little different.
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Post by kazuo on Aug 25, 2006 9:56:11 GMT 10
If the government was half as interested in helping artists as they are in helping farmers export their products, things may be a little different. Maybe we could kill two birds with one stone and send a few animal musicians overseas! |
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Post by glean on Aug 25, 2006 11:15:00 GMT 10
who,,, Antboy and Tiger Rex?
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Post by Gb on Aug 27, 2006 21:46:06 GMT 10
another interesting article about the debacle on www.jazz.org.authis is getting fishier and fishier (spelling?) |
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Post by glean on Aug 27, 2006 23:41:01 GMT 10
we can celebrate that at least we won't have to put up with the artistic director's choise of international jazz artists like Elton John, like those poor Umbrians do.
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Post by Miriam Zolin on Aug 28, 2006 20:21:59 GMT 10
Just read Jazz Australia piece and 'Andra's' article.... So.... if we got lots more sponsors really really quickly, would Umbria change its mind?
(that's a joke, by the way...)
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Post by kazuo on Aug 29, 2006 9:23:36 GMT 10
carlo pagnotta is a vile creep good riddance, just wish he'd take albare with him worst thing about this is that these fuckwits managed to secure major festival funding and you can be absolutely sure that once the three years is up that it will not be renewed and funding at that level will NEVER happen again for a jazz festival in melbourne... it's really sad. if they'd given the money to aj we'd have an absolutely slamming melbourne jazz festival with an assured future and an interesting programming direction. makes me want to fuckin scream What exactly are you trying to say?.............. |
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