Comments on: Episode 132: Review-arama: SF vs. Chi – a showdown – a throw down

By: wwc

wwc — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:46:41 +0000

In the sweet spirit of love that this thread is full of, let me congrats Richard (I assume) for the lovely Buffy musical music on this episode.

By: Chris Roberts

Chris Roberts — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:04:52 +0000

Very entertaining responses! I stopped listening to the podcast half-way through and concentrated on reading all the replies.

Anyway, shouldn’t we be glad that people are attending shows, and creating discussions about them on podcasts, which, in turn, gets alot more people going to see these shows for themselves, and talking about art, etc?

I am definitely on the low end of the totem pole of Chicago art, but I anxiously await a bad review! That would mean that people are talking about my art.

Chris

By: Mark Staff Brandl

Mark Staff Brandl — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:50:03 +0000

By the way, I think far more dangerous than drinking and blogging is writing comments in the middle of the night. I often do it, in a white heat, and then later re-read what I have written and cringe a wee bit.

I too like to think of Speh, MW, BaS, Sharkforum, Wesley, Tony, PV and others (I hope I am helping somewhat too) here as part of the slow-but-steady solution, not the problem, or even a symptom, and would hate to see any of you self-destruct or bash each other into retreat. I saw it happen many times in Chicago when I lived there. But don’t stay so “civil” that you get all fake nicey-nice, as happens far too often here in Switzerland.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:37:40 +0000

Beer would be very Wisconsin of us!

Duncan has been talking about my anus for 3 years and that hasn’t stopped anything.

Actually now that Amanda is in NYC there has been a lot less anus humor than before.

By: Scott Speh

Scott Speh — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:30:08 +0000

Hey Richard,

Can we get a beer instead? And I apologize to you for the cursing.

Otherwise, when people start talking about my anus (when I am obviously much more of dick man), I am outta here! Have fun here on these interwebs……good times!

By: David Roth

David Roth — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:21:44 +0000

when Duncan’s doing it it’s always a party. Duncan and Steve-O, that is.

By: amytalluto

amytalluto — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:11:44 +0000

did someone say “wasabi snorting” party?

By: David Roth

David Roth — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:10:10 +0000

“…and could somebody explain Workman’s comments.”

I thought it was just me…

“or I will come down to Peoria street and stack asses.”

speaking of bromance…

I keed, I keed.

By: tony fitzpatrick

tony fitzpatrick — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:10:57 +0000

I take it there is no ‘bromance’ between Mr. Speh and Mr. Workman– again, a shame — two guys I like a lot.

I understand the concept of bone-deep grudges– I’ve had plenty of them — but in the long haul those things drag us down– they coarsen us and remove the possibilities.

BAS is part of what is good in this landscape– and I love a good and vigorous debate– but the mean spirited stuff gets us nowhere — a measure of civility will not hurt a good debate.

I am a little new to this ‘Kumbaya’ shit– I’ve said plenty of things on these blogs that I probably should keep to myself– but I look at Scott and Richard, and Michael– all guys I like and think there is much more to be gained by not needlessly belittling each other.

So … knock it off … or I will come down to Peoria street and stack asses.

By: pedro velez

pedro velez — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:38:08 +0000

Coyle, I wasn’t dissing, I approve of BAS work in the Chi community, the issuse raised here are about specifics regarding how to take a couple of punches when being an “art critic or commentator.”

and could somebody explain Workman’s comments.