art is the whorehouse of the tourist

For me, art cannot be compromised... and it is happening all the time. Artists are becoming whores.. well it has been that way for a long, long time. The paintings we see in the galleries today (accept for maybe Van Goghs and a few others) were paid for by the ruling classes of the day, and were compromised for that very reason. It's the same with the music of the previous centuries; it was written to please the kings of Europe. The joke now is of course that the beneficaries of art now are the fuckin multinational companies and their advertising and marketing department.. they want to promote their product so they fund films or music or television programs. Do we not see this? At the moment I would be happy never to see another studio film, television program, blockbuster, best seller, chart hit... I want something real, and that only happens without a compromise.
I wish for one day, the working class of this country would not buy a glossy celeb magazine; a top twenty CD; not buy a ringtone; the no 1 besteller; a lottery ticket... not listen to anything but podcasts or indie radio... not watch anything on TV at all.... not go to a multiplex... not be fooled by an advert...not be conned by a piece of cardboard masquerading as a burger. I wish for one day we could all be Bill Hicks (after he quit smoking, but before he died obviously); there was a man who never gave up his integrity. Then maybe after that one day, we would see that the day before we had been cruelly deceived and we really do not need the shit they are selling us... maybe then the working classes would stop being screwed... just remember that without our backs and strong arms and legs, and without our money, nothing in this world would happen. We indirectly and directly support everything that is manufactured, bought and sold in this world... we should remember that. We should remember that the middle classes are spineless and idealess... it comes with living in a permanent comfort zone, you get so very, fucking lazy.
This may sound like some Marxist rant. It's not, it is an anarchist rant; I'm just very tired of being cheated... join the club people... it's free... in fact I encourage everybody not to spend... I advocate putting any money you were going to spend on the above, and put it in a jar... leave it there.