One, art is an extension of a person's self, a way of expressing who and what they are, right? Then how come I get *****ed at when I say I don't like someone's music/acting/etc. because they're an *******?
Why? Because there is probably horrible stuff you don't know about in the lifes of the people you do think are 'nice people', and can therefore listen to their records/watch their movies etc.
For all you know some of things reported about the people you do hate are exagerated or lies, and it is common for deep, dark stuff to come out about a much loved, 'squeeky clean' celebrity's life after they die.
edit: and it's besides the point anyway, if you can't *ever* seperate the artist's life from their works, you are going to just end up being a judgemental hypocrite somewhere down the line, because you will end up listening to someone who is a bigger b***** than someone else you boycottted, without you knowing it. edit: am am not trying to be so harsh as that sounds, i am not calling you a judgmental hypocrite, it's just the only way i can think of expressing the position you may find yourself in, ie you are not conciously choosing to be a hypocrite per se. It's just that you have to accept you are mostly ignorant about the facts of a these people's lifes and circumstances.
I can understand it sometimes, believe me, I can do it myself, i try not to but its sometimes unaviodable, and for me, it's a rare thing.
the thing is , you don't really know these people at all, except through the somewhat distorted eye of the media.
Two, I don't buy and/or listen to a lot of recent music, and I typically like less than half of the songs on most albums, so my saying that a Weird Al album should be recognized because it was a milestone for the artist himself and his genre, isn't really that telling of anything except for the fact that I'm a Weird Al fan.
Ok, i made a joke to make a point. I imagine your 'policy' made some records you would have otherwise liked go into your 'not nice person therefore drop' pile when it came to the best records of the decade, so it was also a fair observation.
Three, Courtney Love has never come off as a stable person, sober or not.
I never said she was stable all the time, all i said was she was an intelligent woman. edit : In fact, I said far more than that, here is what i said about her, since you didn't quote it...
Courtney Love is so flakey that she can just as easily drop someone like a hot potato, as suck up to the latest, so I wouldn't put that much stock into who she wants right now.
She might have problems, but from all reports and some interviews i have watched with her, she is very savvy, intelligent person, so she will have her lucid moments/days/weeks/months of intelligent decisions and inspirations.
Now, does that indicate I think she's a 'stable' person? No, but it indicates that I think she's an intelligent person despite displaying unstable tendancies. they are not mutually exclusive qualities, as you seem to believe.
