tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post4596386607990070190..comments2023-08-10T05:24:20.775-04:00Comments on Razing the Bar: The Appetite for DifficultyAndy Whitmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04010130934552315074noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-81986840811497564812007-08-04T04:01:00.000-04:002007-08-04T04:01:00.000-04:00I'm just a bit more than a week removed from my la...I'm just a bit more than a week removed from my latest Dylan show and I gotta say that despite there being at least some 'appetite for difficulty' left in our culture, it certainly isn't front and center. <BR/>Keep in mind, we're even 20 years removed now from "Appetite for Destruction," as Rolling Stone reminds us this week. I have no way of reconciling in my mind the fact that "Appetite" represents the halfway point between "John Wesley Harding" and now.Catfish Vegashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06891550844173350208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-64978228865592093162007-08-02T13:26:00.000-04:002007-08-02T13:26:00.000-04:00How true. I think we've totally lost that appetit...How true. I think we've totally lost that appetite because culture has become so much more fast-paced since the 60s. There are so many more distractions calling out for attention during every single minute of life that the great majority of people just want to sit down and turn their brains off when they go to the theater or listen to music.<BR/><BR/>I wish it weren't so (and I try not to do it), but in a culture that moves SO FAST it is increasingly hard to find works of value in the mainstream media. When one is found, it is even harder to try to get people to engage it.Phillip Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360871807988071143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-86741515806582297602007-08-02T02:30:00.000-04:002007-08-02T02:30:00.000-04:00AmenAmenEriolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18202802872007912133noreply@blogger.com