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The Best Show on WFMU => Dear Tom => Topic started by: noise.light on March 26, 2008, 06:40:39 AM

Title: the long plastic hallway
Post by: noise.light on March 26, 2008, 06:40:39 AM

Dear Tom,

I just came across this image on Flickr and thought that you would appreciate it.  Perhaps you are already familiar with this quote but it's new to me.

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2379/2363416126_7f62fbc540.jpg)

Title: Re: the long plastic hallway
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on March 26, 2008, 10:15:24 AM

I've heard that quote before, but thought it was about Hollywood generally.  I also like the mystery of the photo: why would someone go through the trouble of printing that quote out in (apparently) MS Word, then framing it, then shooting a guy in front of it?

Title: Re: the long plastic hallway
Post by: masterofsparks on March 26, 2008, 10:42:06 AM

I've heard a similar HST quote about the music industry:

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."

Title: Re: the long plastic hallway
Post by: <<<<< on April 14, 2008, 09:24:51 AM

Reminds me of the less poetic opening trench analogy in Steve Albini's "The Problem with Music".