I hope those of you who continue to bitch about the Boiler - a thread that
should have gone to rest many postings ago- realize that the fact you're so
impassioned/inflamed/impatient with it is rather laughable to some. It's
just a Web site. In the grand scheme of life, does it *really* matter to
you whether or not you're worthy of viewing it in its entirety?
"Classism?" "Art students?" Sheesh! Who cares? It's a Web site! It's
interesting, and looks pretty, but it's not the best of the 'Net, or the
best in modernism, that's for sure. I hope you boys aren't losing sleep
over it, as it's not as earth-shattering, life-changing, or mind-blowing as
you seem to expect. Maybe they'll "let" you in when the bars do.
>From: Jeff Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: the boiler, classism, and art students
>Date: Wed, Jan 19, 2000, 8:59 PM
>
>I agree. There are two different terms, and they aren't really related that
>much, only that they both took place during the same time period, more or
>less. Modernism and Modism. Modernism at the Boiler appears to be the
>American Modernism movement starting in the post war 1940s and focusing on
>architecture, art, furniture like Paul Frankl, etc...not to be confused with
>Modism, which we all know and love...
>
>Jeff
>http://www.dominoeffect.com - Modism...
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: chris brudzinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 2:48 PM
>Subject: the boiler, classism, and art students
>
>
>> i've just experienced the snobbery from the boiler site that i've heard
>> you all speak about. here's what happened: they just got the new phase
>> of the site under way and asked people to check it out and comment via
>> their forum section. now for those who haven't been on the site, it's
>> divided up into sections - art, graphic design, music, furniture,
>> architecture, etc. and each section has content discussing its relevance
>> and importance to modernism. i suggested that there needed to be a
>> section devoted to fashion. just a simple observation. just my humble
>> opinion. i thought it was more important to the mod ethos than something
>> like architecture. well the next thing i knew, all these people wrote in
>> defending the worth of architecture and basically calling me ignorant to
>> the upmost importance of architecture to mods and modernism in general.
>> now i suppose there are those out there who agree with them and would
>> love nothing more than to spend their time discussing the importance of
>> architecture. so before i piss off all the art students, i'd just like
>> to say that i've nothing against art students or students in general. i
>> think that it's great they have the time and luxury to discuss such
>> matters. but when i have spare time or money, i'm not going to spend it
>> talking about bloody architecture. call it ignorance, call it a class or
>> cultural difference. i don't much care. all i know is that at the end of
>> the day, architecture isn't going to effect you as a person or you as a
>> mod or your life. and that's a fact.
>>
>> i'm sorry if i offend anyone with this message. it is intended only as a
>> bitching session. i just needed to vent.
>>
>> -chris
>>
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