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  One thing that is unwelcome…

  08.02.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Tonight, I met someone who really, truly, frustrated me.
  She had visions of a musical world that ended with Mahler, where contemporary culture (she was talking about rap and r&b) didn’t exist and we all presumably, wore top hats and tails to walk to the butchers.
  I truly believe in a no-holds-barred approach to the arts: if [...]

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  Value of culture.

  06.05.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Recently, somebody with whom I work was lamenting her eldest son’s lack of interest in “high culture”. They had brought them up going to galleries, concerts and museums. She couldn’t understand why he didn’t do it anymore, and whether there was any point in doing it when he was younger as it didn’t appear to [...]

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  Heist

  10.17.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  The word ‘Heist’ evokes the gentleman maverick who relishes a challenge and who navigates less-than-friendly terrain with ease and confidence. Alfred Dunhill website
  A great quote from an unusual place, I agree. But I think that this is really a great way to sum up the CoffeeLoop approach to contemporary culture.