Monday, January 15, 2007

REVOLUTION--TELEVISED?

It’s ironic that Andy Warhol's main claim to (general public) fame is his quip, I’m sure just a toss-off, about fame itself—the fifteen minute thing. Some people enjoy that kind of circularity.

Everyone has heard the cliché, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.” How many have heard of Gil Scott Heron?



Here’s the source. Note: When he talks about “the revolution,” it seems like he thinks that some sort of revolution might actually come to pass, more or less soon.

Those were innocent times. No one had even heard of “crack.”

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