Comments on: Episode 61: Kerry James Marshall

By: Black Romantic : Bad at Sports

Black Romantic : Bad at Sports — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:49:51 +0000

[...] blog has posted an interview with former BAS guest Kerry James Marshall. They sat down with Marshall while he was installing his show ” Black Romantic” at Jack [...]

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:06:42 +0000

Thanks! We appreciate the overseas love.

By: Jason Benedict

Jason Benedict — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 01:22:11 +0000

This is the best Bad at Sports show that I have heard so far. Well done.
I am listening from Berlin, Germany but enjoy getting hints of what is going on back in Chicago regarding art. The surprise spam mail that I received earlier this year that turned me onto your efforts has filled that gap nicely.
I have attempted to popularize your interviews with my artist friends bearing a connection to Chicago. A small demographic indeed, but your drip of quality content in the ocean of the internet is appreciated.

By: Mark Staff Brandl

Mark Staff Brandl — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:03:17 +0000

Alright Richard, get your BAS-asses over here and you all can stay with me in Switzerland and other friends — but none of this typical American all-the-countries-in-Europe-in-one-week-crap. You should stay a bit and check out art and stuff. And do a series of tapings for podcasts later, from Switzerland, France, Italy, Germany, Liechtenstein, Austria and England (the places I have lots of contact with) and any other such as Roberto and Stefano.

Warning — Americans are not all that popular here right now, and Canadians ARE! Horrors!

But really, I invite you and D and A. Come sometime.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:17:30 +0000

How come all of you fabulous foreign listeners aren’t inviting us for vacation tours!!!

By: Stefano Pasquini

Stefano Pasquini — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:50:48 +0000

Hey Roberto! I’m supposed to be THE only Italian listener!

By: Mark Staff Brandl

Mark Staff Brandl — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 15:30:01 +0000

FABULOUS interview. What a wonderfully clear thinker. I just got to listening to the Podcast — I’m behind you guys, I know! I didn’t find KJM cynical at all, in fact, I think his notions very clearly leave a door open to and INVITE resistance, they are just pragmatic about the biased arenas in which we operate. Reminds me a bit o that wonderful political philospoher, Cornel West. ANd beautiful paintings too. And paintings!

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:53:24 +0000

Great job BAS, a wonderful and insightful interview. Kerry wasn’t cynical at all, he relayed his own personal experience with a cup full of truth. Bravo!

RE: Cave Painting (Don’t you think the Cave Painter, while painting to insure the hunt, was offered his share of the spoils depending on the outcome thereof.)

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 04:05:32 +0000

This is one of the best BAS interviews I’ve heard.
Not only should we celebrate KJM’s honesty and intellect but that he is here in this city. Proof that even with a sophisticated strategy for making work, one does not have to secede to the coasts to have an impact.

By: Steve Hamann

Steve Hamann — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:25:07 +0000

I like how this interview connects with the previous podcast about the influence of comic book art in contemporary art. I would’ve liked to hear more of Marshall’s comic influences. I wonder who his in his “cannon” of comic artists or comic characters ? Marshall’s “Rhythm Mastr” (I don’t think I spelled it right) and “Sob Sob” seem very much in the realm of “Comic Art” that M.S.Brandl discussed earlier, in that it utilizes an illustrative style, with comic book conventions such as the word balloon.