Guest Blog By Carey Mercer: How The Vancouver Olympics Is Fucking Over Your Favourite Artists, And Why You Should Care - Op-Ed - Stereogum
Why censor?
Does VANOC think Feist is going to unfurl a massive canvas portrait of the Anarchist prince Kropotkin, inciting a cop-car-smashing riot, the likes of which Vancouver has not seen since Axl Rose cancelled his 2002 concert? Would she play her smash-the-state anthem “Down with the Olympics, Class War Now, Eat The Rich,” while the streets run red with revolutionary blood?
major lulz!
But seriously, why is anyone surprised? The Olympics is a brand, not a “democracy.” I’d be curious to find out what the legal consequences of breaking contract and saying something critical would really be. A hefty fine? Certainly not jail time. Someone better damn well step up.
- December 4 2009 | 15 Notes - Read More →
