RTP-area local music and culture

[Chris Rossi <rossi AT webslingerZ.com>]

bendy wrote:
> Jeff Hart wrote:
>
> > i think ray davies has been pretty outspoken in his embrace of british
> > tradition. doesn't surprise me at all he's accepted a royal honor.
> > "arthur" was pretty much full of his philosphy on it. 
>
>
> See, I read "Arthur" as the exact opposite- how British tradition keeps 
> you down, how smugness about the Empire, obviously crumbling around you, 
> keeps you pat. Someone oughta make an American version.
I saw it as a series of character sketches, each with varying viewpoints 
on empire and tradition.  With the author more of a mirror than a critic.

Village Green does espouse a certain amount of traditionalism but it 
seems to be a populist version--he lauds the village commons but doesn't 
have much to say about the court.  So one wouldn't necessarily draw the 
conclusion that he was a staunch loyalist or had great feelings of love 
for the monarchy.  But he doesn't attack it either.

Which, all I'm saying, I guess, is who knows?  Maybe somebody should ask 
him.

rossi