![]() The irony is, instead of seeking out something that might really feed our souls, sensing the void, we run toward anything sold to us as authentic. The Twin Cities are filled with people happy to spend thousands of dollars on a decorative retaining wall from Home Depot, but who don’t see the value in investing in the musicians, dancers, and visual artists who make this a place worth living despite the expensive rents and horrible winters. What’s obvious to me in all this is that unless something can be readily labeled and marketed with a catchy campaign, it has no real value to most of us. I suspect what’s happened with the Minnesota Orchestra and the SPCO this season stems from obstinacy turned malignant, a callous willingness to sacrifice everything for money and control. But I don’t believe in conspiracies - orchestrated awfulness is weak next to run-of-the-mill, random human awfulness. If I were looking for conspiracies, I could almost imagine these kinds of disputes as part of some master plan to chisel away at our culture until there is nothing left but The Voice and 3D movies. Is anyone benefiting from this stalemate? Someone must be. Whatever nonsense is going on behind the scenes, surely enough is enough. ![]() THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA STILL ISN’T PLAYING the SPCO just last night reached an agreement, but with almost a whole season squandered. Tags : authenticity Cafe Maude jazz Jazz Central Liquid Music Minnesota Orchestra music scene Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Soul Studio Z The Artists' Quarter The Black Dog The Icehouse The Walker Art Center twin cities 1
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