The Institute of Composing/SouthBank Centre hosted a debate 'the end of literacy' on 13th July. This is critic Paul Morley's contribution including:
Punk as works of art -- Bowie as a search engine -- music as the soundtrack to the idea -- a belief in changing the future -- we are an anti-intellectual country -- the arts as an irritant -- catastrophic loss of attention span - what had turned into bow ties was actually a way of tidying away these magnificent minds -- despite light of internet we are on verge of dark ages - dreading the 'charming' Proms voices -- the importance of the genius of the audience -- lost? from Bob Dylan to Tulisa -- Brian Eno "the artist now is more a gardener than an architect -- the need for geniuses?
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