I’ve been called out on many occasions for criticizing art. I was lambasted for shitting on a video of a teenage girl who looked like she’d rather be putting hot pokers under her finger nails than playing guitar. I will continue bashing mediocrity. It makes me a curmudgeon. It makes me Simon Cowell.
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JAIMIE VERNON – MEDIOCRITY: THE NEXT MASS EXTINCTION
Posted in Opinion with tags Bullseye Records, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Jaimie Vernon, Mediocrity, segarini on July 4, 2015 by segariniSegarini: Enough Already – Part 2: We Have Met the Enemy….
Posted in Opinion with tags Bob Segarini, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Greatness, Mediocrity, Records, Television, The Beatles, The Public, Toronto on April 30, 2014 by segariniPortions of this column originally ran previously and have been updated.
It is everywhere. In the Government (both Federal and Local) in the corporations, the banks, on Wall Street, in medicine, food and drink, the music business, radio, television, movies, and the internet. No matter where you look, there is a Festival of Crap evident in every facet of our daily existence. We are inundated with shoddy this and tacky that, ill-advised laws, rules, and regulations, planned obsolescence and dumbed down entertainment. So why is there so much crap out there? The short answer? Because we love it.
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