Their next tour date is at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, after that theyll be at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. I feel it is my responsibility as an artist to express my, albeit guarded, optimism, and encourage others to do the same. Roger Waters is currently touring across 3 countries and has 43 upcoming concerts. I believe we have at least a chance to aspire to something better than the dog eat dog ritual slaughter that is our current response to our institutionalized fear of each other. In my view it is too early in our story to leap to such a conclusion, we are after all a very young species. The Animals reissue has been held up for two years as Waters and Gilmour wrestled over of all things the liner notes. In some quarters, among the chattering classes, there exists a cynical view that human beings as a collective are incapable of developing more ‘humane’ ie, kinder, more generous, more cooperative, more empathetic relationships with one another. Roger Waters and David Gilmours long-lasting feud will no longer prevent the bands reissue of its remixed 1977 studio album, Animals, and has only fueled the Pink Floyd bassists imperative to tell the bands true story in his autobiography. This new production of The Wall is an attempt to draw some comparisons, to illuminate our current predicament, and is dedicated to all the innocent lost in the intervening years. Anyway, in the intervening years it has occurred to me that maybe the story of my fear and loss with it’s concomitant inevitable residue of ridicule, shame and punishment, provides an allegory for broader concerns.: Nationalism, racism, sexism, religion, Whatever! All these issues and ‘isms are driven by the same fears that drove my young life. It took me a long time to get over my fears. We just have to keep blogging, keep twittering, keep communicating, keep sharing ideas.ģ0 Years ago when I wrote The Wall I was a frightened young man. There is a lot of commercial clutter on the net, and a lot of propaganda, but I have a sense that just beneath the surface understanding is gaining ground. I believe this is still a supremely relevant question and the jury is out. ” What it comes down to for me is this: Will the technologies of communication in our culture, serve to enlighten us and help us to understand one another better, or will they deceive us and keep us apart?”
I recently came across this quote of mine from 22 years ago:
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