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Though acknowledging the influence of Anderson on his course, Tcherepnin says composer John Cage is the "patron saint of Music 159r." The works of such artists as Brian Eno and Philip Glass are also among the most important developments in the genre in recent years, says Tcherepnin. But recent popular electronic creations have deviated from the experimental norm established by pioneering artists, say students in Music 159r. Tcherepnin and students agree that the germinating influences by figures like Cage have been redirected toward more commercial goals. "Artists don't control their own creativity anymore," says Tcherepnin. "The real trick...
Here is little Cupid as a London linkboy, sporting demonic bat wings and an immense phallic torch to remind those in the know of the proclivities of a certain patron. And here are Reynolds' friends in the learned Society of Dilettanti, arguing about antiquities and knocking back the vintage claret, while Sir William Hamilton points to an engraving of one of his own Greek vases and Mr. John Taylor holds up a lady's garter. Peering into this lost world--reprehensible, no doubt, for its elitism, sexism, amateurism and other social vices, yet not without its allure--one realizes what...
...patron can miss seeing her, so Kelly must maintain her poise and self-confidence. "I guess I have a tendency toward exhibitionism," she says...
...examine a polar extreme--the hypothetical legislator becomes an avid patron of pornographic materials. The protection of pornography makes his life more 'pleasant.' He has unlimited access to whatever his eyes desire. He's glad the hypothetical veil gave him the 'right' to look at dirty pictures...
...best sex," one patron announced, "is with menopausic women and prepubescent boys...