Should we be guilty about guilty pleasures?

[Nearly Sane]

Good article on Adorno's thoughts on art and morality


https://aeon.co/essays/against-guilty-pleasures-adorno-on-the-crimes-of-pop-culture

[jeremyp]

The article lost me here:

We are now, on average, working longer, with less security, for less money

That's blatantly false over any reasonable time scale.

Edit: In fact, as it stands, it is meaningless. Longer since when? Who is we? What is the average.

[Rhiannon]

For some reason this reminds me of an episode of Frasier I saw yesterday. The Crane men have all been dumped and they are in a bar. Frasier and Nile’s discuss going into deep therapy in order to sort out their problems with relationships. Marty gets them to sing the theme from Goldfinger with the bar pianist. They move from being reluctant little boys doing what their dad says to the freedom of enjoying something for its own sake and not giving a shit about what it is, what others might think, just as kids do.

ETA found on the Tube of You.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=QcJdgHhQDL4

[Dicky Underpants]

Good article on Adorno's thoughts on art and morality


https://aeon.co/essays/against-guilty-pleasures-adorno-on-the-crimes-of-pop-culture

Wonder what he'd say about Kanye West.