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...young middle classes being buffeted by their times. Midway through the decade, taste changed, and a cooler brand of conceptual art came into favor. His star plummeted. "A lot of us grew up in public," he says. "In a weird way that often means you have to fail in public too. I became a poster child for the '80s." In the past few years, Longo has begun showing work again in New York Citydrawings of Sigmund Freud's apartment, waves and atom-bomb blasts. "An artist should know art history," he now concludes. "Shock value only lasts so long...
...leaders fail to forge a compromise this week, the next move will be in the European Parliament, which is expected to come up with a set of proposals to revamp the directive in May. A thorough discussion is likely to take place in the fall - long after the French and others have held their referendums...
...John Peel and his ilk’s influence on popular music over the last three decades. Peel was committed to playing music that he liked, simple as that—damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! This revolutionary attitude put his broadcasts head and shoulders above afraid-to-fail approach that plagues most other radio. Peel is credited with assisting the launch of the careers of such divergent acts as Captain Beefheart, the Buzzcocks, the Smiths, Pulp, and the White Stripes...
...work. The latest news from the Curricular Review front concerns the General Education Committee. Its initial recommendations, which Summers had a large hand in producing, fell flat. Indeed, after the dismal reception Gen Ed got, the sense among faculty now is that large portions of the Review will simply fail...
...creativity from the courage of a people that can somehow survive everything." He feels both excited and scared at the prospect: "You know what gets me out of bed in the morning? Fear of failure. Every day I start the day thinking, 'Jesus Christ! I'm going to fail...