“Whaam!” (1963)
Ethan Gach
I write about comics, video games and American politics. I fear death above all things. Just below that is waking up in the morning to go to work. You can follow me on Twitter at @ethangach or at my blog, gamingvulture.tumblr.com. And though my opinions aren’t for hire, my virtue is.
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on TSN Open Mic for the week of 1/30/2023We'll see. Signalling and setting expectations is part of the Feds strategy.
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So I guess the question is whether changing the exploding aircraft from a North Korean one (the original) to an American one (the artwork) is a meaningful change intended to comment on how the harsh reality of war’s true inhumanity means that when we kill the other we also kill ourselves or whether Lichtenstein just screwed up and painted the wrong damn plane.Report
Perhaps (perhaps!) the simple possibility that he did carelessly srew it up makes the first interpretation all the more potent.Report
The careless interpretation would make more sense if this was depicting a whisper.Report
Most overrated artist everReport
Why?Report
Completely off topic but i hope one of TPTB is planing a Levon Helm post with videos tomorrow. RIP
If that doesn’t happen someone will get a stern frowning at and huff of disapproval.Report
greg, as a huge fan, my first reaction was to watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_hsp4SBwO4
I can’t embed videos here for the life of me.Report
I was working on one incorporating his work with Ronnie Hawkins (but I can’t find the particular song I’m looking for!).
But, yeah, I was researching this one.Report
Thats fine, (holsters pointing and accusing finger).
Just listened to a good live version of The Weight which really hit me.Report