Fuck art, let's dance

created by tregoweth

(idea) by Alpheus (1 wk) (print) ? (I like it!) 1 C! Mon Jan 22 2001 at 21:21:12

Sometimes, art gets to you. It haunts you, it keeps you up at night. You can't get this song out of your head or that picture out of your mind.

You listen to gloomy music to elongate your gloomy mood, because dammit you're an artist, and you're gloomy, and you have a right to be.

However, even artists get tired of the melodrama sometimes. We all have our Mitch Taylor-side and our Chris Knight-side.

Being an artist is rigorous, tiring, and hard work.

Being a good craftsman can sometimes be a royal pain in the ass.

Sometimes, no matter how seriously we take ourselves, we just have to let go and dress up in a plastic black and white checkered dress and spiked heels the size of New Jersey and SOME DISCO-RED LIPSTICK AND A MONKEY AND A FEATHER BOA AND JUST DANCE DANCE DANCE!

....

Or some similar release. You know. Whatever.

(idea) by Quizro (1.7 d) (print) ? (I like it!) Mon Jan 22 2001 at 21:56:01

A slogan coined by British ska band Madness. It has since been associated with or appropriated by a number of other artists and music scenes, as a great motto like that just can't lie around unpilfered for long.

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Fuck Art. Let's Kill.	Art has an actual purpose	What Constitutes Great Music?	Is sexuality a limit to finding people attractive?
How to fix art in America	Let's call this art	I suggest you dance. If you need a reason, I'm sorry.	The "that music all sounds the same" fallacy
The fact that you make no sense doesn't mean you're an artist	aesthetic fascism	Everything is silly and nothing makes sense	Madness
Debra Ann's got a tiger in her hips	The great web site background music conspiracy	Patterns in Popular Music	War of Assassins
Abstract Art is Shit	I see you baby, shakin' that Astoria: You are the dancing Queens	fuck	On what's wrong with hip-hop
Getting over "Disco Sucks!"	Screamadelica	pilfer	Let's dance

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