We stopped off in Cleveland today (on our way from Toledo to Pittsburgh) to visit the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. If you don't want to read a rant from Christopher, just be assured that it was quite enjoyable, and we're still having a great time and navigate away from this page now....
Well, you've decided to stay to hear the rant. Here goes : This is the only picture you'll see of the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame because one of the rules of the Hall Of Fame is that no cameras are allowed near the exhibits. That's not a "no photography or video recording" rule, that's a "no cameras, or phones with cameras etc. are allowed into the exhibit halls" rule, they must be checked at the door. So, having been able to photograph a Van Gogh self portrait, or Grant Wood's American Gothic, or Seurat's Grand Jette with any camera we liked at the Art Institute in Chicago yesterday afternoon, we could not take a photograph of Nokie Edwards' guitar behind reinforced and alarmed glass this afternoon. (Who's Nokie Edwards? Exactly). The Hall of Fame also insists that the tickets you are given for the $22 entrance fee are exchanged almost immediately for a wristband that you MUST wear on your right wrist. There were many more rules and regulations that the Hall of Fame insisted you conform to, and all were thrown into sharp relief by the many videos of superannuated stars like Bono, Stephen Stills and Mick Jagger extolling the virtues of rock and roll as a rebellious call for liberty. It all went to prove that most conservative establishment of all is an establishment founded on calls for licence and dissent. I found myself in complete agreement with the Sex Pistols' response the Hall's invitation of induction (readers of a sensitive nature may wish to look away now) :
Well, you've decided to stay to hear the rant. Here goes : This is the only picture you'll see of the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame because one of the rules of the Hall Of Fame is that no cameras are allowed near the exhibits. That's not a "no photography or video recording" rule, that's a "no cameras, or phones with cameras etc. are allowed into the exhibit halls" rule, they must be checked at the door. So, having been able to photograph a Van Gogh self portrait, or Grant Wood's American Gothic, or Seurat's Grand Jette with any camera we liked at the Art Institute in Chicago yesterday afternoon, we could not take a photograph of Nokie Edwards' guitar behind reinforced and alarmed glass this afternoon. (Who's Nokie Edwards? Exactly). The Hall of Fame also insists that the tickets you are given for the $22 entrance fee are exchanged almost immediately for a wristband that you MUST wear on your right wrist. There were many more rules and regulations that the Hall of Fame insisted you conform to, and all were thrown into sharp relief by the many videos of superannuated stars like Bono, Stephen Stills and Mick Jagger extolling the virtues of rock and roll as a rebellious call for liberty. It all went to prove that most conservative establishment of all is an establishment founded on calls for licence and dissent. I found myself in complete agreement with the Sex Pistols' response the Hall's invitation of induction (readers of a sensitive nature may wish to look away now) :
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