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Unread 03-18-2016, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Erik Olson View Post
This seems a radical statement to me and for such a place as this at that. Should we all start rapping or singing then? Should we all become beat poets? Do you realize how our art is connected to the page? If this were religion it would be heretical. You would sound like a sure apostate.
If this were a religion, we'd probably all be apostates, or at least think we were, if we wanted to be worth a lick -- you're not a cat if you can be herded. But as you said earlier, Erik, it's impossible to predict how trends will go or what folk will fancy in years to come. And what does it matter, anyway? Though Michael's trying to read the tea leaves for some reason having to do with an article, I doubt he cares that much himself. I would add one name to the mix in this guessing game, though: Michael Donaghy.

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