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re: Top 6 "artists" of the past 50 years
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:49 pm to Robin Masters
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:49 pm to Robin Masters
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I always forget that one. Loved literature but grammar was never my strong suit. My grandfather was a commander of a destroyer escort during WWII by the way. SS Swenning. My dream is to have my son and/or daughter attend the US Naval Academy!
I'm fricking with you bro. Don't send your kid to the boat school unless you're absolutely sure he wants to devote 30+ to becoming an Admiral. The Academy is not necessarily what college life should be.
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Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:50 pm to Snatchy
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Hunter S Thompson
I'll start off by saying I'm a fan of the doctor. And while he probably wouldn't make my top ten list, his chronicling of the hideous Nixon Era--the darkest six years in America's political history--is a significant contribution to the literature of political thought and analysis.
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:50 pm to Snatchy
Steve Jobs
Stanley Kubrick
Rick Rubin
Whitney Houston
Martin Cooper
Stanley Kubrick
Rick Rubin
Whitney Houston
Martin Cooper
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:50 pm to Pettifogger
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Elaborate on what? I think it's nuts to name Thompson as a top 6 artist of the last half century.
The guy was the definition of artist. Gonzo journalism is being replicated at an insane frequency today. But the real kicker is, all acclaimed artists alive would easily put him in the top 6.
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:50 pm to Upperdecker
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They have fine art in Alabama?
you tell me
This post was edited on 12/3/14 at 8:51 pm
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:51 pm to Rouge
Jobs and Kubrick are definitely worth discussing.
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:52 pm to Pettifogger
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I think it's nuts to name Thompson as a top 6 artist of the last half century.
He's the only one on Snatchey's list that I thought belonged anywhere in the conversation. Interesting that you focused on him.
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:53 pm to Snatchy
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The guy was the definition of artist. Gonzo journalism is being replicated at an insane frequency today. But the real kicker is, all acclaimed artists alive would easily put him in the top 6.
I'm not sold on that at all. Moreover, journalism, even the brand pioneered by Thompson, is pushing the boundaries of most definitions of art.
In any single category he wouldn't make top 6 (writer, journalist, thinker, etc.). I don't think he gets anywhere close in the aggregate either.
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:53 pm to Snatchy
Tom Waits? 
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:53 pm to sgallo3
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GEORGE R R MARTIN
Let him finish first.
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:54 pm to Navytiger74
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He's the only one on Snatchey's list that I thought belonged anywhere in the conversation. Interesting that you focused on him.
In my opinion people who revere Thompson exalt Thompson. There is no middle ground. Thompson was eccentric and interesting, but I can't justify him in the top 6, probably not the top 15 or so.
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:54 pm to HeadyBrosevelt
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No Jerry Garcia or Trey Anastasio?
Move it back to the jam band orgy threads on the music board
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:54 pm to Diddles
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Tom Waits?
I know, right.
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:54 pm to Diddles
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Tom Waits?
What's wrong with Waits?
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:54 pm to Snatchy
Anyone else mention Charles Nelson Reilly?
In all seriousness, Richard Pryor should be mentioned for his revolutionary style of standup
In all seriousness, Richard Pryor should be mentioned for his revolutionary style of standup
This post was edited on 12/3/14 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:55 pm to Snatchy
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Let him finish first.
It's not going to happen.
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:56 pm to Pettifogger
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In my opinion people who revere Thompson exalt Thompson. There is no middle ground. Thompson was eccentric and interesting, but I can't justify him in the top 6, probably not the top 15 or so.
I don't exalt him. I found his works singularly fascinating and altogether unique among his contemporaries. I don't know that he's a top 6 (odd number isn't it) artist of the last 50 years, but he's the only one that didn't leave me with a WTF face when I read OP's list.
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:58 pm to Snatchy
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What's wrong with Waits?
Nothing's wrong with him. But when you try to narrow down the six most meaningful/impactful/talented/whatever artists since the 1960s, you have to justify that shite. That's why I said you set yourself up for failure. It's really, really easy to sit here and snipe at your choices. Truth is, I'd have trouble coming up with a top 50 list. But top six? Come on...
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:59 pm to Navytiger74
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navytiger
You didn't mention Henson or Lynch. Thoughts?
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:59 pm to Rouge
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Richard Pryor
There you go. Pryor was one of the few black men of his time--any time for that matter--who could punch a white man in the face ... and make the white man laugh.
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