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| From | John Micek <jlmicek@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Lef Unsetz |
| Date | Mon, 26 May 2008 14:50:14 -0400 |
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Exactly.
Years ago, I had the brief pleasure of chatting with Pound's editor,
James Laughlin. He very politely turned down my request for an
interview. Very gracious fellow, though.
JLM
On May 26, 2008, at 2:46 PM, Michael Coxe wrote:
> But at least Pound wrote the Cantos. And composed music, and
> was quite the musicologist. And a superior translator of other
> poets into English. He just should have kept away from politics
> and had more sex.
>
> - Michael
>
> ohn Micek wrote:
>> I think what's most troublesome about him is the fact that, for
>> all his blather about how the industry is changing, he's
>> profoundly uninterested in new music of any kind. I can't tell you
>> how many posts I've read recently that began "I don't want to hear
>> your band," or "Don't tell me about your band ..."
>> The funny thing is, his act is as old as the hills ... the cranky
>> old guy complaining about the state of art. Ezra Pound started
>> doing it first, and until he was consumed by the demons of anti-
>> semitism and pro-Mussolini sympathy, he actually did it better.
>> The tragedy of it was that it destroyed whatever good he had done
>> beforehand. The same is pretty much true of Lefsetz. If you put
>> theirs' and Pound's writing styles next to each other, the block
>> caps and rant-y tone are exactly the same. But if you ask Lefsetz,
>> he'll probably tell you he's channeling Lester Bangs, but the
>> antecedents are the same.
>> John Micek.
>> On May 25, 2008, at 9:45 PM, Scotthomewood@cs.com wrote:
>>> Lefsetz has always struck me as one of the most unsavvy music
>>> business people
>>> I have ever run across. Anyone who knows the least bit about
>>> music has been
>>> saying the same thing he's been blathering about for years (wow,
>>> music business
>>> is changing - people have been saying that since 1995) and, as
>>> someone just
>>> mentioned, he's not smart enough to offer any solutions or new
>>> insights. I
>>> can't believe he's a consultant and any label who wastes money
>>> using him is simply
>>> THROWING money DOWN THE DRAIN - as he would no doubt write.
>>>
>>> The Hall and Oates article is case in point. Not only does he
>>> endlessly write
>>> about nostalgia like H&O and The Eagles but his example of people
>>> telling him
>>> H&O were cheesy and now they're cool etc. Who is saying that
>>> stuff? Who is
>>> talking about Hall and Oates right now? WHY would they be talking
>>> about Hall and
>>> Oates right now? How does a Hall and Oates nostalgia show affect
>>> Radiohead or
>>> Duffy? It doesn't. Not at all. H&O are great artists, yes, but
>>> hardly on the
>>> tip of anyone's tongue these days. I guess he saw a show and
>>> decided to turn
>>> it into a diatribe about the music business. With caps and
>>> everything.
>>>
>>> Wait until I write about the Drifters and Coasters show I am
>>> seeing at a
>>> casino next week. I wonder if Capitol will hire me to consult.
>>>
>>> Sheesh.
>>>
>>> Scott Homewood
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