When It Comes to Amy Sedaris, Love Is All

damn, neumo's definitely didn't make that clear. after hearing the hype, and loving most artists out of gothenburg, i was disappointed when i'd heard the show was sold out.

Wow Tobi, that, like, totally clarifies things.

Josh: The conversation with Amy Sedaris was completely sold out, but you could have purchased tix for Love is All at the door.

I didn't get a ticket in time. I'm really sad that no one stayed for Love Is All. I was actually more disappointed to be missing them than not hearing the conversation with Amy Sedaris.

spider and the webs would like to offer another perspective on amateurism, courtesy of billy childish, one of our biggest inspirations:

Crimes of the professional against society and creativity and the artist's role as saviour and underdog.

1. The true artist, by nature, is always an amateur and never a professional.

2. In a world populated be experts the artist must be a forever moving target.

3. The professional's violence against creativity and his rewards for his cowardice must be exposed and finally ridiculed.

4. The professional is weak because of his need to be respected, honoured and adored. The true artist, on the other hand, must have the courage to remain unimpressive, shallow and obvious.

5. The lie of originality, the ignorance of its champions and the intrinsic honesty of plagiarism.

6 The inherent provincialism of professionals and the intrinsic cosmopolitanism of the amateur.

7. It is the professional's obsession with good taste that obliterates all creativity. It is actually this fear of life itself that forces the professional to become a neurotic expert and crush the intrepid amateur.

SUMMARY OF COMMUNICATION 0003

We have allowed the right of expression to be hijacked by a suspect body of so called professionals and experts. Humiliated in our artistic dreams as children, only a very select few of us go on to participate in the making of our culture. In ignorance we have allowed ourselves to be bullied into becoming passive and admiring doormats to the good taste of these so called professionals, who then spoon feed us on a constant drip-feed diet of de-natured, un-nutritional pap! It seems that we have somehow been tricked into believing that our own personal expression is inadequate when compared to the gaudy hype of these professionals. We, at Group Hangman however, believe that rather than being the poor brother of professionalism, amateurism is in fact the ultimate form of artistic expression, and is far more worthy of praise than the sheep-like professionals pathetic devotion to accolade and success. Our proposals for the rejuvenation of society are three fold.

1. In all areas of life the violence of the professional must be questioned and where necessary smashed. It must be seen that amateurism is the only creed that invites participation, stimulation and ultimately, personal growth.

2. Just as the professional footballer ruins football, so too does the professional musician destroy the joy of music. We, at Group Hangman call for the immediate and total disbandment of all professional bodies and organisations and the installation a purely amateur society, where people are encouraged at all levels to express themselves regardless of their ability or so called lack of it. e.g. If a child wishes to sing in the school choir, that is reason enough for that child to do so.

3. We further demand the disbandment of the current school curriculum and the installation of a syllabus that places the advancement of creative thought and expression at the heart of its activities and objectives, and finally chucks society's heinous and odious obsession with professionalism on the dung heap of history.

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tobi vail

ps i'm 37, and at this point we can hardly be dismissed as "college students", i've been playing in bands for 23 years and make a large portion of my living doing it, though it is true we'd rather be playing in a basement in olympia. long live moe tucker!